Senior Budget and Forecasting Analyst

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a Senior Budget and Forecasting Analyst to lead network-wide financial planning, consolidation of budgets and strategic forecasting across 16 campuses.

You'll partner with executives, finance directors and department managers to drive accurate projections and capital planning. Responsibilities include implementing and maintaining BI tools (Strata Decision, Sage Fixed Assets, McKesson Fixed Assets), preparing management reports, and guiding performance

Qualifications

• Four-year bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Information Systems, or Business Administration.
• MBA or master’s degree in a business related field preferred.
• Five years of financial analysis and/or fixed assets accounting experience.
• Experience with business intelligence or report writing tools and data integration.
• Strong communication and analytical skills; healthcare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support network forecasting by providing tools and guidance for management to analyze financial performance.
• Assist with implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of BI and fixed assets software.
• Coordinate network management reporting, strategic forecasting, and capital management processes.
• Provide support to stakeholders with troubleshooting, training, forecast preparation, analysis and reporting.
• Engage with executives, finance directors, department managers, and capital project sponsors.
• Recommend process improvements to management reporting, forecasting, and capital management.
• Support Fixed Asset Analyst staff with applications, analysis, and reporting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Healthcare experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Information Systems, or Business Administration

MBA or master’s degree preferred

Tools

Strata Decision

Sage Fixed Assets

McKesson Fixed Assets

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

HOURS: Full Time, 40 hours/week, Mon-Fri, Days, 8 AM - 5 PM (some flexibility) No nights, holidays, or weekends On site

The Senior Budget and Forecasting Analyst position involves significant interaction with department managers and administration throughout the Network. The position supports the Financial Analysts in completing the operating and capital budgets of the St. Luke’s Health Network, and is responsible for consolidation of all individual entity budgets into the Network budget. May be involved with various network wide initiatives that may be outside the boundaries of their assigned entity.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the network forecasting initiative by providing the tools and guidance for all levels of management to make informed decisions regarding the financial performance and productivity of their organization
• Assists with the implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of software applications such as Strata Decision, Sage Fixed Assets, and McKesson Fixed Assets
• Coordinate network management reporting, strategic forecasting, and capital management processes
• Provides support to all stakeholders by assisting with system troubleshooting, training, forecast preparation, analysis, and reporting.
• Stakeholders include but are not limited to: Executives, Finance Directors, Department Managers, and Capital Project Sponsors
• Makes recommendations regarding process improvements to management reporting, strategic forecasting, and capital management applications and processes
• Supports the Fixed Asset Analyst staff with applications, analysis, and reporting

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Sitting up to 7 hours per day, 3 hours at a time.
• Continuously uses fingers and hands for typing, data entry, etc.
• Uses upper extremities to lift up to 30 pounds.
• Frequently stoops, bends, and reaches above shoulder level.
• Hearing as it relates to normal conversation and telephone.
• Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision and peripheral vision.
• Visual monotony when reading reports and reviewing computer screens.

EDUCATION:

Four-year bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Information Systems, or Business Administration. Will consider 10 years of experience in lieu of four-year degree requirement. MBA or master’s degree in business related field preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Five years of financial analysis and/or fixed assets accounting experience with the following areas: uUtilizing and implementing business intelligence or report writing tools, integrating and extracting information from one system to another, financial planning, budgeting and/or performance management processes. Advanced personal computer skills, including spreadsheets, databases, and report writing software. Proven communication skills required to interact with all levels of hospital management. Strong analytical skills. Healthcare experience preferred

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.

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