Director, Decision Support

Atlantic Health System•Morristown, NJ

6d•$163,702 - $306,130

About The Position

The Director of Decision Support is a strategic finance leader responsible for advancing enterprise decision-making through cost accounting, financial analytics, and data-driven insights. The role oversees the design, management, and continuous improvement of the organization’s costing processes and systems, and leads an analytics function delivering recurring and ad hoc insights. The Director will develop analytics capabilities from descriptive reporting toward diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to support proactive operational and financial decisions. The role also oversees the governance, administration, and optimization of financial subsidiary systems, with responsibility for data integrity, security, and scalability. The Director leads cost accounting and decision support, financial and operational analytics, advanced analytics capability development, financial systems and data governance, and the development of a team spanning cost accounting and analytics. The role works with clinical and operational teams, finance, executives, IT, and vendors to improve cost transparency, analytics, systems, and decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
At least 6 years of progressive experience in finance, cost accounting, or decision support roles.
Leadership experience managing high-performing teams.
Deep expertise in cost accounting methodologies and financial analytics.
Strong experience with business intelligence tools.
Ability to influence senior leadership and drive strategic decisions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to translate complex data into compelling narratives.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree, such as an MBA, MHA, or similar.
Power BI experience (strongly preferred).
Experience building or scaling analytics functions.
Exposure to predictive analytics, statistical modeling, or data science techniques.
Experience working with large, complex datasets and enterprise systems.
Background in healthcare, manufacturing, or another cost-driven environment.
Continuous improvement mindset focused on innovation and automation.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing management of the organization’s cost accounting methodology and processes.
Ensure cost allocation models are accurate, transparent, and scalable to support operational and strategic decisions.
Oversee periodic cost updates, variance analysis, and continuous improvement of costing accuracy.
Partner with clinical, operational, finance, and executive stakeholders to turn cost insights into actionable recommendations.
Lead a centralized decision support and analytics function that delivers recurring financial and operational reporting, KPI dashboards, and ad hoc analyses.
Drive adoption and development of Power BI dashboards and self-service analytics tools.
Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
Establish and maintain data governance standards to ensure consistent and reliable reporting.
Build and execute a roadmap to advance analytics from descriptive and diagnostic methods to predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Introduce statistical methods, forecasting models, and scenario analysis into decision-making.
Partner with IT and data teams to integrate advanced analytics tools and datasets.
Promote a data-driven culture across finance and operations.
Oversee administration and optimization of financial subsidiary systems.
Ensure effective system governance, including user access and security controls, data integrity and validation, and system configuration and updates.
Partner with IT and vendors to maintain system performance, enhancements, and integrations.
Serve as functional owner for finance systems supporting costing, analytics, and reporting.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team across cost accounting and financial and operational analytics.
Establish performance expectations and career development plans, and foster continuous improvement.
Foster collaboration across finance, operations, and IT.
Drive adoption of modern tools, automation, and best practices to improve team efficiency and impact.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage (for team members working 22.5 hours per week or above).
Life and AD&D insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage, with options to supplement.
403(b) retirement plan with employer match and an additional non-elective contribution.
PTO and paid sick leave.
Tuition assistance, advancement, and academic advising.
Parental, adoption, and surrogacy leave.
Backup and on-site childcare.
Well-being rewards.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Fertility benefits and Healthy Pregnancy Program.
Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
Pet, home and auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.