Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis - Outpatient

Overview

The Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) - Outpatient serves as the senior finance leader for the Outpatient Analytics Department and is responsible for all budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, financial analytics, operational finance support, and profitability improvement initiatives. The role leads the entire FP&A organization for Outpatient Finance and acts as a strategic business partner to executive leadership, Directors of Finance, and Regional Vice Presidents of Operations to drive sustainable growth, operating margin expansion, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

- Lead annual budget, quarterly forecast, monthly outlook, and long-range planning processes.

- Direct and develop all outpatient financial analysts and FP&A resources. Set expectations for the team.

- Partner with VP of Outpatient Financial Operations, Directors of Finance and Regional Vice Presidents to provide financial analytical support with the goal of improving clinic, regional, and divisional profitability.

- Develop and maintain executive dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and management reporting.

- Perform variance analysis and identify opportunities to improve revenue, productivity, labor management, and operating margins.

- Support de novo expansion, acquisitions, integration activities, and strategic initiatives.

- Present financial results and recommendations to executive leadership.

- Drive automation, reporting standardization, and process improvement initiatives.

Leadership Responsibilities

- Build and mentor a high-performing FP&A organization, ensuring data accuracy and consistency,

- Establish accountability, performance expectations, and succession planning.

- Promote cross-functional collaboration between finance and operations.

Success Measures

- Forecast accuracy and budget attainment.

- Growth in operating margin and EBITDA performance.

- Timeliness and quality of executive reporting.

- Employee engagement, development, and retention.

- Adoption of actionable analytics by operational leaders.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field required.

- MBA, CPA, CFA, or comparable advanced credential preferred.

- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.

- Healthcare finance experience required; outpatient healthcare preferred.

- Demonstrated leadership of FP&A, analytics, and finance teams.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) with all levels of the organization and any internal/external stakeholders.

- Excellent executive presentation skills and presence.

- Proven ability to manage multiple projects at one time and work with team members across the organization