Ardent Health Services is a leading provider of healthcare in communities across the country. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent owns and operates nearly 200 sites of care and 30 hospitals across six states. Together, our 24,000 employees and 1,200 employed providers touch more than 10,000 lives each day. With six Ardent entities earning recognition on Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work list in 2022, Ardent and its facilities continue to earn recognition for outstanding workplace cultures where team members feel a sense of belonging and have opportunities to grow their careers. Ardent has also been recognized by Comparably's Best Places to Work Awards, earning honors in the Best CEO, Best Company for Women, Best Leadership Teams and Best Work Life Balance categories among others.

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the AVP Financial Planning & Analysis, the Manager will manage a team of senior financial analysts supporting Budgets, Forecasts, MORs and Financial Analysis for a Regional subset of 10+ Ardent hospitals and multiple related entities.

• Manage an efficient, centralized and cross-trained team poised for future expansion.
• Assist in implementation of an integrated business planning process, including long-term strategic planning, forecasting and annual budgeting.
• Address ad hoc financial requests to help the business tackle complex financial questions.
• Provide financial support to Hospital and/or Regional CFOs.
• Responsible for directing and coordinating the work of multiple financial associates, both local and remote, in all aspects of financial operations for hospitals/entities of responsibility in the following key areas:

Budget:

• Assist in the creation, optimization and support of a centralized budget team and processes.
• Build proactive working partnerships with CFO's, executives and other budget owners.
• Oversee annual operating budget review and reporting.
• Assist in preparation of balance sheet and cash flow budgeting.
• Identify and implement system and process improvements.

Forecasting:

• Assist in the progression and evolution of forecasting at Ardent.
• Create weekly and monthly reporting to clearly identify variances to forecast, budget, and historical expense, provided in a clear and action-oriented format to drive decisions.
• Operating and capital forecast review and reporting.
• Assist in preparation of balance sheet and cash flow forecasting.
• Assist in supporting M&A activity
• Identify and promote opportunities for improvement in processes.

Capital:

• Involvement with Pro formas and Capital Lookbacks.
• Identify and implement other process and system improvements.

MORs:

• Coordinate with regional DSS lead to populate monthly hospital MOR data.
• Provide commentary on results, including variances to budget, prior year and forecast

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in a related field
• 5+ years of related experience, with 2+ years in healthcare finance.
• Leadership experience preferred
• Joint venture & private-equity experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Financial acumen & strong analytical skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Deadline-driven, organized, and able to multi-task
• Commitment to development of self and others
• Familiarity with multi-facility acute care operations preferred

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