Finance Manager- Behavioral Health

UHS•Brentwood, TN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will provide financial leadership and oversight of new service offerings within a large, matrixed healthcare organization. Additionally, this will require hands-on input, review and oversight within the month-end close and annual budget process while coordinating with finance and operational counterparts and leaders. This role partners closely with clinical, operational, and executive leadership to ensure financial sustainability, compliance, and performance optimization. This position will work 3 days on site and 2 days remote.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required
5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
2+ years in a healthcare environment
Demonstrated experience with month-end close ownership, budgeting and forecasting, and financial modeling and variance analysis.
Strong knowledge of GAAP and healthcare financial practices
Experience with healthcare financial systems.
Comfort working with large datasets and BI tools

Nice To Haves

master's degree preferred
CPA preferred
Experience partnering with non-finance leaders strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Close multiple sets of books each month following the UHS corporate close guidelines
Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
Prepare and review financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow)
Ensure accuracy of journal entries, accruals, allocations, and reconciliations
Maintain compliance with GAAP, healthcare accounting standards, and internal controls
Develop and manage operating and capital budgets
Lead forecasts and long-range financial planning
Partner with department leaders to build realistic budgets, monitor variance drivers, identify cost containment and efficiency opportunities, and understand opportunities for volume growth
Deliver monthly variance analysis (budget vs. actual (MTD and YTD), prior period)
Analyze key healthcare metrics: Labor productivity, Cost per visit / procedure, Contribution margin, Payer mix and reimbursement trends
Provide data-driven recommendations to leadership
Support business cases, ROI analysis, and growth initiatives
Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to improve financial performance
Support contract modeling, payer negotiations, and reimbursement analysis
Monitor revenue cycle performance in partnership with billing and operations teams
Assist with capital planning and cash flow management
Maintain and improve financial systems (ERP, budgeting tools, BI dashboards)
Oversee and strengthen internal controls and financial processes
Automate reporting where possible to increase efficiency and accuracy
Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and organizational policies