WMG Finance Business Partner

WellStar Health System; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System is seeking a part-time Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial advice to operational, clinical, and executive leadership. You will support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning while partnering with service lines and department leaders to drive performance and financial sustainability.

The role emphasizes financial analysis, performance improvement, and actionable recommendations to enhance quality, growth, access, and patient care within Georgia’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting or related field; MBA preferred.
• CPA or CHFP preferred; certifications required on hire unless stated.
• Minimum 5 years progressive FP&A, healthcare finance, or business analysis experience.
• At least 1 year experience in health system, physician enterprise, ambulatory network, or hospital setting.
• Experience supporting operational leaders and executive decision-making preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives and operational decisions.
• Prepare monthly financial reports and performance dashboards.
• Analyze variances between actual, budget, and forecasted results.
• Identify risks and opportunities impacting financial performance.
• Serve as the primary finance liaison for assigned departments, clinics, service lines, or business units.
• Collaborate with operational and clinical leaders to evaluate financial performance and resource utilization.
• Translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations.
• Support leadership in achieving operational, productivity, and financial objectives.
• Prepare business cases for new programs, services, providers, capital investments, and facility expansions.
• Conduct ROI, breakeven, and profitability analyses.
• Evaluate physician recruitment and compensation financial impacts.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and strategic growth initiatives as needed.
• Develop and maintain financial dashboards and management reports.
• Conduct trend analysis, bridge analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial data.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Excel & spreadsheet analysis

Financial modeling

Healthcare reimbursement

Communication

Forecasting

Budgeting

Management reporting

Education

Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what’s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people’s lives.

Work Shift Day

United States of America

Job Summary

Schedule: 20 hours a week M-F during business hours

The Finance Business Partner serves as a strategic financial advisor to operational, clinical, and executive leadership. This role partners with service line leaders, practice managers, physician leaders, and department directors to provide financial analysis, budgeting support, operational insight, and performance improvement recommendations. The Finance Business Partner helps ensure financial sustainability while supporting organizational goals related to quality, growth, access, and patient care.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Financial Planning & Analysis

1. Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
2. Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives and operational decisions.
3. Prepare monthly financial reports and performance dashboards.
4. Analyze variances between actual, budget, and forecasted results.
5. Identify risks and opportunities impacting financial performance.

Business Partnership

1. Serve as the primary finance liaison for assigned departments, clinics, service lines, or business units.
2. Collaborate with operational and clinical leaders to evaluate financial performance and resource utilization.
3. Translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations.
4. Support leadership in achieving operational, productivity, and financial objectives.

Operational Performance Improvement

1. Analyze staffing, labor productivity, volumes, reimbursement, and expense trends.
2. Partner with leaders to identify cost reduction and revenue enhancement opportunities.
3. Support development of corrective action plans to address unfavorable variances.
4. Monitor performance against key performance indicators (KPIs).

Strategic & Decision Support

1. Prepare business cases for new programs, services, providers, capital investments, and facility expansions.
2. Conduct ROI, breakeven, and profitability analyses.
3. Evaluate physician recruitment and compensation financial impacts.
4. Support mergers, acquisitions, and strategic growth initiatives as needed.

Reporting & Analytics

1. Develop and maintain financial dashboards and management reports.
2. Conduct trend analysis, bridge analysis, and scenario modeling.
3. Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial data.
4. Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership.

Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education

Bachelors Finance or Bachelors Accounting or Bachelors Other / Related Field or Masters Business Administration/Management-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
CPA - Cert Public Accountant-Preferred or CHFP - Cert Healthcare Financial Prof-Preferred

Additional License(s) and Certification(s)

Required Minimum

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 5 years progressive finance FP&A, healthcare finance, or business analysis experience

Required and Minimum 1 year experience within a health system, physician enterprise, ambulatory network, or hospital setting

Preferred and Minimum 1 year experience in supporting operational leaders and executive decision-making

Preferred

Required Minimum Skills

1. Excel and Spreadsheet analysis
2. High strong financial modeling and analytical skills
3. High knowledge of healthcare reimbursement and provider productivity metrics
4. Medium excellent communication and presentation skills
5. Medium strong understanding of budgets, forecasting, and management reporting
6. High

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more. Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care and inclusive culture, Wellstar is one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems. Every day, 24,000+ of us work together to provide personalized care for patients at every age and stage of life – and our team members are the foundation of that care.

Mission, Vision & Values

At a time when the healthcare industry is changing rapidly, Wellstar remains committed to exceeding patients’ and team members’ expectations, while transforming healthcare delivery.

OUR MISSION

To enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.

OUR VISION

Deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time.

OUR VALUES

We serve with compassion We pursue excellence We honor every voice Culture of Excellence Wellstar consistently receives attention and accolades from national organizations that set the standards for world-class care. Our system-wide practice of safety principles, assessing and addressing errors and seeking feedback from our patients and customers continually earns recognition for advances in safety and quality. Featured on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list, we not only provide top-notch care for our patients, but also foster the culture of Wellstar as a Great Place to Work.