Financial Analyst 2

FMOLHS•Baton Rouge, LA

About The Position

The Financial Analyst 2 - HLN will support Health Leaders Network by recognizing, tracking, analyzing, and reporting income across value-based care arrangements, shared savings programs, payer contracts, and other revenue streams. This role will produce recurring financial reports, year-end statements, variance analyses, and actionable insights that help leadership monitor financial performance, strengthen revenue integrity, and identify opportunities for sustainable revenue growth.

Requirements

3 years in financial analysis, accounting, healthcare finance, revenue cycle, managed care, payer contracting, or a related analytical role.
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or a related field.
Experience supporting an Accountable Care Organization, clinically integrated network, population health program, managed care organization, health system, or physician enterprise.
Knowledge of value-based care models, including shared savings, downside risk, capitation, quality incentives, attribution, benchmark performance, and total cost of care.
Experience with healthcare claims, payer remittance data, contract performance reporting, or revenue cycle analytics.
Familiarity with accounting standards, internal controls, audit support, and month-end or year-end close processes.
Experience with financial, clinical, or reporting systems.

Responsibilities

Track, reconcile, and analyze HLN income from payer contracts, shared savings distributions, quality incentive payments, care coordination payments, and other value-based revenue sources.
Support revenue recognition processes by maintaining accurate documentation, validating revenue assumptions, and ensuring income is recorded in alignment with organizational policies and applicable accounting standards.
Identify revenue-generating opportunities, including contract optimization, incentive capture, leakage reduction, workflow improvement, and enhanced documentation or reporting practices.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including budget-to-actual analyses, revenue trend reports, and contract performance summaries.
Develop end-of-year financial statements and supporting schedules for HLN leadership, network participants, finance teams, auditors, and other internal stakeholders.
Monitor performance against financial targets, benchmarks, attribution models, and payer contract terms to identify variances, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Analyze claims, utilization, care management, quality, and financial data to assess the financial impact of HLN initiatives and value-based care programs.
Create and maintain financial models, forecasts, and scenario analyses to support strategic planning and decision-making.
Assist with annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities related to HLN operations and value-based care performance.
Translate complex financial data into clear summaries, presentations, and recommendations for executive, operational, and clinical audiences.
Partner with external payors and internal finance, data, population health, revenue cycle, contracting, operations, and clinical teams to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness of financial information.
Support audit requests, compliance reviews, and internal control activities by preparing reconciliations, workpapers, and supporting documentation.