Strategic FP&A Leader for Multi-Site Healthcare

We are a behavioral healthcare company seeking a strategic and operationally focused finance leader to drive financial planning, forecasting, operational analytics, budgeting, and executive decision support across the organization. This role serves as a key business partner to ownership, the CEO, and operational leadership, helping create financial visibility, reporting consistency, and actionable insights that support organizational growth, operational excellence, and profitability. Strategic Finance Leadership Serve as a strategic financial advisor to ownership, executive leadership, and operational leaders. Lead financial planning and analysis efforts across multiple sites, programs, and service lines. Develop financial models and operational analyses to support new programs, acquisitions, expansions, and strategic initiatives. Identify opportunities to improve profitability, labor efficiency, operational performance, and cash flow. Provide executive-level insights and recommendations based on financial and operational trends. Budgeting, Forecasting & FP&A Lead the annual budgeting process across all entities, locations, and service lines. Develop rolling forecasts, scenario planning models, and variance analyses. Create scalable forecasting processes and financial planning tools. Monitor and report on key operational and financial performance indicators including census, labor utilization, reimbursement, staffing ratios, and profitability. Drive accountability and consistency in forecasting and budget management across departments. Data Analytics & Reporting Establish standardized financial and operational reporting definitions across the organization. Develop executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and recurring reporting packages for leadership. Improve data accuracy, reporting consistency, and financial visibility across the organization. Partner cross-functionally with operations, billing, HR, and clinical leadership to ensure reliable reporting and actionable insights. Analyze trends related to census, staffing, labor costs, reimbursement, and site performance. Revenue Cycle & Operational Finance Partner with revenue cycle and billing teams to improve collections, reduce denials, and optimize reimbursement performance. Analyze payer reimbursement trends, contract performance, and service line profitability. Support strategic financial analysis related to payer negotiations and reimbursement opportunities. Leadership & Team Development Provide strategic direction and financial leadership to accounting and finance team members. Partner closely with the Controller to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, accounting operations, and internal controls. Lead through influence while building accountability, operational discipline, and scalable financial processes. Simplify complex financial data into actionable information for operational and executive leaders. Systems, Processes & Controls Lead finance-related process improvement and automation initiatives. Improve financial systems, reporting tools, and data accessibility. Develop scalable reporting structures and internal controls to support organizational growth. Support ERP optimization and reporting enhancements. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field. 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in FP&A, operational finance, strategic finance, or healthcare finance. Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI reporting, and operational analytics. Healthcare experience required; behavioral health or multi-site healthcare experience strongly preferred. Advanced Excel and ERP/reporting systems experience required. Strong executive presence and ability to communicate financial insights to non-financial leaders. Preferred Qualifications Behavioral health, residential treatment, PRTF, RTF, PHP, autism services, or multi-site healthcare experience. Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, or rapid organizational growth. MBA, FP&A leadership, healthcare analytics, or strategic finance experience strongly preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr Confidential