Financial Accountant - Physician Practices

Lifepoint Health • Gallatin, TN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network. This role is for a Financial Analyst joining the team, contributing to the mission of making communities healthier. The finance team partners with operational leaders to understand practice performance and support decisions that strengthen patient care and clinic operations. The role values curiosity, collaboration, and proactive problem-solving, focusing on turning financial data into practical insights. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to provider planning, practice growth, and the financial performance of physician practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• At least two years of relevant accounting, finance, or financial analysis experience.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including the ability to interpret financial results, explain variances, and identify underlying business drivers.
• Understanding of budgeting, forecasting, month-end closing, and financial reporting.
• High proficiency in Excel and financial reporting or analytics tools, including the ability to organize and analyze large datasets and build financial models.
• Ability to understand or learn physician productivity metrics, provider compensation models, and productivity benchmarks.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and a proactive, curious approach to problem-solving.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to operational leaders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently with general guidance, and connect financial details to broader operational goals.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare, physician practices, or medical group operations.
• Experience with Axiom and Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial performance across physician practices, identifying trends, explaining favorable and unfavorable variances, and highlighting opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate budget-to-actual performance and determine the underlying drivers related to provider productivity, patient volume, reimbursement, staffing, and operating decisions.
• Review and analyze revenue, contractual deductions, operating expenses, labor costs, and EBITDA.
• Support month-end closing, account reconciliations, and accurate financial reporting.
• Develop financial forecasts and assess the financial impact of operational decisions.
• Build financial models to support provider recruitment, new positions, clinic growth, capital investments, and other business opportunities.
• Analyze provider productivity metrics, including work relative value units (wRVUs), compensation models, and productivity benchmarks.
• Translate large amounts of financial and operational data into clear, concise reports and insights that leaders can use to make informed decisions.
• Proactively investigate unusual results, identify emerging financial concerns, and communicate findings and recommendations.
• Partner with finance and operational leaders to support practice performance and other financial initiatives.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and follow applicable healthcare regulations and organizational policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level