Financial Reporting Analyst

Ardent Corporate; Brentwood (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Health in Brentwood, TN, is seeking a Financial Reporting Analyst to partner with accounting, decision support, and finance teams. The position supports hospital-based service lines across the enterprise, ensuring reporting accuracy and data-driven decision-making.

Candidates should have a finance or accounting background, proficiency in Excel and BI tools, and the ability to deliver concise analyses and dashboards for internal leadership and MOR reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in hospital accounting, decision support, or finance.
• Master's degree, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of budgets for hospital-based service lines in coordination with market finance and accounting teams.
• Monitors financial performance of facility contracts for internal Monthly Operating Review (MOR) reporting.
• Evaluates financial performance of current vendor partners against budget and prior-period trends, analyzing variances.
• Develops and maintains dashboards for on-call and medical directorship expenditures.
• Collaborates with internal decision support teams to create analytical data packages supporting RFP data needs across service lines.
• Builds and maintains KPI dashboards for hospital-based service lines.
• Works with decision support and clinical IS teams to generate ad hoc reports aiding in operational staffing and site-of-service decision-making.
• Supports internal executives on confidential due diligence to assess financial considerations related to new hospital-based service line ventures.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Master's degree, preferred

Tools

Power BI

EPIC Cogito

Job description

Overview

This is an onsite role located in Brentwood, TN.

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in growing mid-sized urban communities across the U.S. With a focus on people and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent delivers care through a system of 30 acute care hospitals, 24,000+ team members and more than 280 sites of care with over 1,800 affiliated providers across six states.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Financial Reporting Analyst is a role designed to collaborate across accounting, decision support, and finance teams. This position will support all hospital-based service lines across the enterprise, ensuring financial performance monitoring, reporting accuracy, and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of budgets for hospital-based service lines in coordination with market finance and accounting teams.
• Monitors financial performance of facility contracts for internal Monthly Operating Review (MOR) reporting.
• Evaluates financial performance of current vendor partners against budget and prior-period trends, analyzing variances.
• Develops and maintain dashboards for on-call and medical directorship expenditures.
• Collaborates with internal decision support teams to create analytical data packages supporting RFP data needs across service lines.
• Builds and maintains KPI dashboards for hospital-based service lines.
• Works with decision support and clinical IS teams to generate ad hoc reports aiding in operational staffing and site-of-service decision-making.
• Supports internal executives on confidential due diligence to assess financial considerations related to new hospital-based service line ventures.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in hospital accounting, decision support, or finance.
• Master's degree, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Familiarity with hospital-based physician service lines.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, formulas, and analytical functions, preferred.
• Familiarity with EPIC Cogito, Power BI, or similar Business Intelligence (BI) platforms, preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively across teams, preferred.