FINANCE MANAGER

Finance Manager

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, is a leader in healthcare food and nutrition services company, serving more than 1,000 hospitals and healthcare systems across the country. With more than 31,000 associates nationwide, Morrison uses the Power of Food to create personalized dining experiences for patients and in their cafés to advance the healing and healthful missions of its clients. Morrison has been serving some of the nation's largest health systems for more than 70 years, and it leverages culinary, nutritional, and operational expertise to provide consistency and transform the healthcare experience. Since 2012, Morrison has been recognized as one of Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work and Training Magazine has named it a Top 125/APEX Award Training Organization. Morrison has more than 1,600 registered dietitians and 1,200 executive chefs, and serves more than 600M meals annually.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Finance Manager to support a $64 million managed volume portfolio across nine hospital food service accounts throughout the Chicago region. This hybrid role will serve as a key financial partner to operational leaders, providing financial analysis, budgeting support, forecasting, and strategic guidance to drive performance across the region. The ideal candidate will reside in the Chicago area and be available to travel to client accounts as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage monthly financial analysis of revenue, labor, food costs, and operating expenses against budget and prior-year performance.
• Partner with operational leadership to identify risks, opportunities, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Support month-end close activities, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Analyze business performance metrics and develop actionable recommendations to improve financial results.
• Prepare and present monthly and quarterly financial reviews to clients, operators, and executive leadership.
• Investigate and resolve billing, collections, and financial process issues.
• Develop financial benchmarks, reporting tools, and dashboards to support business decision-making.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and support special projects as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 3 years of Finance experience.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, and financial modeling.
• Experience with SAP, Workday, and financial dashboard development preferred.
• Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively partner with operational leaders in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
• Must reside within the Chicago region and be willing to travel to hospital accounts as needed.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic healthcare food service leadership team and make a measurable impact across a growing portfolio of hospital clients.

Associates at Morrison Healthcare are offered many fantastic benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan, flexible time off, paid parental leave, holiday time off, personal leave, associate shopping program, health and wellness programs, discount marketplace, identity theft protection, pet insurance, commuter benefits, employee assistance program, and flexible spending accounts.