Director, Budget and Analysis for CUH

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Budget and Financial Analysis is a finance leader responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and continuous improvement of the hospital budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis functions for University Hospitals. This role oversees operating and capital planning, long-range financial modeling, productivity analysis, and performance reporting, while serving as a trusted advisor to executive, operational, and clinical leadership. The Director plays a critical role in strengthening financial performance, improving forecast accuracy, supporting margin improvement initiatives, and advancing data-driven decision-making across the hospital enterprise. This leader is expected to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable insights that support organizational priorities, operational discipline, and long-term strategic growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• 7 years of progressive financial experience.
• 5 years of healthcare finance experience.
• Demonstrated experience in hospital budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance reporting.
• Experience partnering with operational leaders and presenting financial information to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the hospital budgeting function, including development and oversight of the annual operating budget, capital budget, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Direct financial planning processes that support hospital operations, strategic priorities, service line growth, and overall financial sustainability.
• Provide executive leadership with timely, accurate, and actionable financial reporting, including budget variance analysis, forecasts, dashboards, scorecards, and scenario modeling.
• Identify financial risks, performance trends, and improvement opportunities, and develop recommendations to strengthen margin, budget accountability, and operational performance.
• Partner with hospital, clinical, and operational leaders to align financial plans with labor strategies, patient volume assumptions, resource utilization, and organizational priorities.
• Lead productivity and labor analytics efforts to support workforce planning, operational efficiency, and benchmarking against relevant healthcare performance standards.
• Support service line financial management through analysis of volumes, payor mix, case mix index, cost structure, profitability, and return on strategic investment.
• Oversee financial support for margin improvement and cost-containment initiatives across departments and service lines, including tracking outcomes and reporting progress to leadership.
• Serve as a strategic liaison with the University Budget Office, General Accounting, Decision Support, and Health System Planning to ensure consistent financial practices, sound data governance, and high-quality reporting.
• Direct the use and ongoing optimization of budgeting, productivity, and decision-support tools to enhance financial visibility and decision-making across the organization.
• Lead the hospital capital planning and capital purchase review process, including financial justification, ROI analysis, prioritization support, tracking, and reconciliation to the general ledger.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing finance team with a strong focus on accountability, collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain departmental policies, procedures, controls, and reporting standards that support operational excellence and organizational compliance.
• Partner closely with the Assistant Controller, CFO, and other senior finance leaders to strengthen the overall finance function and support enterprise initiatives.
• Perform other strategic and operational duties as assigned by the CFO or senior leadership.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees