Hospital Finance Manager — Budget & Performance

University of California - Los Angeles Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health in Los Angeles seeks a Hospital System Finance Manager to lead budgeting, financial planning and operational finance for a $3 billion annual budget spanning four hospitals and 600+ cost centers. You will develop annual cost-center budgets, analyze variances, and coordinate data for resource and planning requests.

Responsibilities include maintaining position control, reviewing labor metrics, driving efficiencies, and mentoring cost centers while delivering trusted financial guidance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a business-related field or equivalent finance experience.
• Eight or more years of experience in financial management is required.
• Two or more years of experience in an academic medical center, hospital system, or related field is preferred.
• High standards of behavior, performance, quality, credibility, and integrity.
• Ability to develop advanced data queries and analyze budgets, forecasts and variance.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual cost centers budget, review and analyze monthly budget variance and trends, identify opportunities to realign cost centers to budget
• Obtain, validate and analyze data for resource, expenditure, capital, strategic planning requests, and present analysis results
• Maintain position control, review cost center labor metrics, and assist cost centers with maintaining resources within metrics
• Work with cost centers to identify opportunities for efficiencies, utilize project management skills to prioritize and implement system, tool, process and other initiative, establish metrics and benchmark to measure progress and success
• Build relationships with cost centers and become their trusted financial advisor

Skills

Financial management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Communication

Analytical thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or finance

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

EPSI budgeting system

Strata budgeting

Axiom

Kauffman Hall budgeting system

Job description

UCLA Health in Los Angeles seeks a Hospital System Finance Manager to lead budgeting, financial planning and operational finance for a $3 billion annual budget spanning four hospitals and 600+ cost centers. You will develop annual cost-center budgets, analyze variances, and coordinate data for resource and planning requests.

Responsibilities include maintaining position control, reviewing labor metrics, driving efficiencies, and mentoring cost centers while delivering trusted financial guidance