Director, Finance - Medicaid

Position Purpose: Key financial leader with primary responsibility for month end and year end close as well as quarterly and annual forecasting. In addition, they negotiate and handle activities of the business unit’s finance department and aid in formulating and administering organizational financial policies and procedures.

Key details: This fully remote role provides financial leadership for the Oklahoma Complete Health plan and offers the opportunity to drive improvements and bring new ideas to a growing organization. Candidates should have healthcare finance experience, including cost trend analysis, and proven management experience with responsibility for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing employee performance. Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/HLOOKUP, Power BI, and Excel queries, are required. An MBA and/or CPA is preferred. The preferred work schedule is aligned to the Central Time Zone.

In this Director, Finance role, you will:

• Monitor business processes and systems to assure integrity in information and systems.
• Oversee preparation of accurate and timely financial reports.
• Review, communicate, and present strategic plans, operating budgets, and forecasts.
• Establish targets and measures that are appropriate for the site and are directly linked to business unit and corporate objectives. Evaluate program effectiveness and ensure reporting accuracy.
• Provide financial planning for performance variances, operating alternatives, program and investment initiatives, etc.
• Interpret financial reports for the management team as well as identifies potential shifts in medical cost trends and works with our clinical team for cost-savings initiatives.
• Serve as contact for the State, corporate and business unit functions regarding financial matters.
• Monitor legislative and political developments affecting the business unit from a financial perspective.
• Coordinate political contribution activity, interact with lobbyists, attend political fundraisers, and ensure compliance with political contribution statutes.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of accounting, financial analysis or finance related experience. Required previous management experience, including responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work and managing performance of staff. Experience in public accounting, operations, financial analysis, information systems and health care or insurance preferred.

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act