Full-time, 40 Hours/Week

Monday to Friday, 8am - 5pm

Onsite

Summary:

The Manager, FP&A provides strategic and operational financial leadership across one or more enterprise-wide FP&A functions—such as Financial Planning, Performance Management, Labor Management, Decision Support, Cost Accounting, Strategic Pricing, and Financial Stewardship. Acting as a financial partner and advisor to assigned hospital divisions and departments, this role ensures effective planning, resource allocation, and data-driven decision-making to support Akron Children's Hospital's mission and financial goals.

Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the financial lead for assigned Divisions/Departments, partnering with organizational leaders and executives to understand and improve financial performance as well as strategic alignment.
2. Lead the development and execution of financial planning activities, including annual operating and capital budgets, forecasting and long-range planning for assigned areas, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and providing timely insights into performance trends to help anticipate financial risks and opportunities.
3. Lead organizational Labor Productivity including planning, benchmarking, monitoring and education in partnership with Operations and other key stakeholders
4. Manage the organizational Capital planning process including business case requests, prioritization, capital acquisition, tracking, recognition and associated cash flow projections.
5. Lead the enterprise-wide Financial Stewardship program, partnering with Financial Operations, Operational, Clinical, and Corporate leaders to identify, implement, and track initiatives that drive efficiency, reduce waste, and promote responsible resource utilization across the organization.
6. Provide decision support and business insights for strategic initiatives, business planning, and performance improvement efforts.
7. Oversee performance management and variance analysis, identifying key drivers and actionable opportunities to improve outcomes.
8. Contribute to the institutional decision support, cost accounting and service line reporting infrastructure.
9. Collaborate with finance, clinical, and operational leaders to promote financial stewardship and enhance overall organizational financial literacy.
10. Manage and mentor a team of financial analysts, fostering professional development and ensuring high standards in financial deliverables.
11. Other duties as assigned.

Other information:

Technical Expertise:

1. Experience in hospital or healthcare provider organizations preferred.
2. Exposure to FP&A, labor productivity analysis, cost accounting, decision support or service line reporting preferred.
3. Familiarity with operational benchmarking and performance improvement methodologies preferred.

Education and Experience:

1. Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Healthcare Administration, or related field required, or, 10 years of direct experience of progressive FP&A experience.
2. 8 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, healthcare finance or FP&A related roles.
3. 2 or more years of supervisory experience preferred.
4. Advanced Excel skills and working knowledge of enterprise planning tools (e.g., Strata).
5. Experience building financial models and conducting scenario or sensitivity analysis.

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000