The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) serves as a key partner to the Finance team, responsible for delivering timely, accurate financial insights and analytics. This role combines traditional FP&A responsibilities with deep expertise in the physician compensation model, supporting both strategic decision-making and operational execution.
The position will perform financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and ad-hoc analysis while acting as the backup subject matter expert for physician compensation, including modeling, physician payroll, earnings calculations, and related accounting activities for approximately 150 physicians.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review monthly financial results and key operational metrics
- Perform variance and trend analysis; clearly explain drivers of changes
- Develop and maintain financial models linking operational and financial performance
- Partner with stakeholders (Operations, Revenue Cycle, Accounting, HR) to:
- Enhance benchmarking
- Build dashboards and reporting tools
- Translate financial data into actionable insights for leadership
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Support the annual budgeting & forecast processes, including revenue, labor expense, physician compensation and FTE projections
- Participate in annual budget development, aligning financial planning with strategic priorities
- Identify, quantify, and communicate:
- Risks
- Opportunities not reflected in forecasts/budgets
- Consolidate and present results to leadership
Ad-Hoc Analysis & Strategic Support
- Support Denovo activity, including:
- Prepare reporting and presentations:
- Assist with monthly business reviews
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis and special projects as needed
- Serve as the backup subject matter expert for physician compensation
- Calculate and validate monthly physician earnings for payroll processing
- Develop and maintain monthly and quarterly compensation models
- Interpret and apply physician employment contracts
- Maintain:
- Compensation structures
- Prepare compensation and fringe-related journal entries
- Review and reclass compensation-related expenses booked by other teams
- Provide documentation and support for external audits (quarterly physician comp audits)
- Respond to physician inquiries regarding compensation
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
Required Experience
- 5–8+ years in FP&A, financial analysis, or corporate finance
- Compensation modeling
- Financial planning & analysis
- Accounting and journal entries
- Experience working with large datasets, financial systems, and reporting tools
- Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to interpret complex contracts and translate into financial outputs
- Ability to simplify complex financial information
- Comfortable presenting to senior leadership
- Experience with enterprise systems and data warehouses
- Highly organized with strong follow-through on deliverables
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Proven ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion
- Collaborative mindset with cross-functional partnership experience