Senior Analyst, Finance (Medicare, VBC, SQL) - REMOTE

Molina Healthcare; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Molina Healthcare seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to provide senior-level financial and analytical support for its Medicare line across multiple markets. Primary duties include overseeing forecasting, reporting, and trend analysis to guide business decisions across markets including SC, NY, MA, TX, ID/UT, AZ, CA, and WA.

The role requires analyzing medical costs, evaluating capitation and risk-based arrangements, and delivering actionable insights to support strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of finance experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.
• Strong communication and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Proficient in Excel with VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables.
• Experience with large datasets, forecasting, and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain forecasts, financial models, and projections related to Medicare costs, capitation, and value-based care programs.
• Monitor and analyze medical cost and utilization trends across Medicare markets to identify drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Evaluate financial performance of capitation and risk-based arrangements via variance analysis and reporting.
• Support value-based care initiatives by measuring provider performance and assessing financial impact.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, forecasts, and analyses for market and executive leadership with actionable insights.
• Collaborate with operations, clinical, and market teams to analyze performance and develop cost-quality improvement recommendations.
• Use large healthcare datasets to perform ad hoc analyses and quantify financial impacts for strategic decisions.
• Present findings and recommendations to management and stakeholders and enhance reporting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Time management

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Job Summary

Provides senior-level financial and analytical support for Molina's Medicare line of business across multiple markets, with primary responsibility for overseeing financial performance, forecasting, reporting, and trend analysis for SC, NY, MA, TX, ID/UT, AZ, CA, and WA. Monitors medical cost performance, evaluate financial trends, support capitation and risk-based arrangements, and deliver actionable insights that support business decision-making.

Essential Job Duties

• Develop and maintain forecasts, financial models, and projections related to Medicare medical costs, capitation arrangements, and value-based care programs.
• Monitor and analyze medical cost and utilization trends, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities across Medicare markets.
• Evaluate the financial performance of provider capitation and risk-based arrangements through variance analysis, trend reporting, and performance monitoring.
• Support value-based care initiatives by measuring provider performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and assessing financial impact.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, forecasts, and analyses for market and executive leadership, highlighting key performance indicators and actionable insights.
• Partner with operational, clinical, and market teams to analyze financial performance and develop recommendations to improve cost and quality outcomes.
• Utilize large healthcare and financial datasets to perform ad hoc analyses, quantify financial impacts, and support strategic decision-making.
• Present findings and recommendations to management and stakeholders while driving enhancements to reporting, forecasting, and analytical processes.

Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of finance experience, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong critical-thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong time-management skills, and ability to manage simultaneous projects and tasks to meet internal deadlines.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite products, including key skills in Excel (VLOOKUPs and pivot tables), and applicable software program(s) proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Medicare healthcare experience, preferably within a managed care or health plan environment.
• Experience supporting value-based care (VBC), capitation, or other risk-based reimbursement arrangements preferred.
• Proficiency in SQL for data extraction, validation, analysis, and reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, forecasting, and trend analysis.

Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V

Pay Range: $54,373.27 - $117,808.76 / ANNUAL
*Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.