Advisor-Financial Expert

Indiana University Health System•Fort Wayne, IN

About The Position

Indiana University Health is seeking individuals who embody values of excellence, compassion, teamwork, and purpose to join our CFO Regional team in the role of Financial Expert Advisor. This role has matrixed management responsibilities with the central pool of analysts managed by the Directors of Finance in Financial Services. The Financial Expert Advisor creates executive-level reporting packages to communicate financial or other information on costs, prices, expenses, revenues, and various clinical and operational measures to make recommendations to senior management. They analyze diverse sets of data, including financial, operational, clinical, and economic, to support strategic and operational decisions. This role advises business units of financial performance and the impact of decisions, thinking broadly to other downstream outcomes from changes. The Financial Expert Advisor serves as a trusted financial resource to operational leaders of the unit, providing financial reporting and analysis, expense management, operational improvement, and the evaluation of growth opportunities. They combine strong relationships, analysis, and risk-conscious planning to ensure that the unit's plan is realized. The role interfaces with both leadership and front-line team members to execute organizational development strategies and drive change initiatives across the unit. They partner with leadership team(s) to lead and direct both the long-range financial planning process and the annual budget process, including both operating and capital. The Financial Expert Advisor analyzes complex financial data to drive operation improvement and/or subject matter expert knowledge in one or more key financial subject areas. They are accountable for accurate volume and expense planning as known at the time in assigned areas to support regional leaders in being able to hit goals. This role requires the ability to promote teamwork and develop team members without having direct reports, leading through influence.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree is required.
Requires 7-10 years of relevant experience.
Requires knowledge of state and national regulatory agency guidelines and/or a working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and/or other industry standard guidelines.
Requires experience successfully interacting with all levels of leadership.
Requires experience implementing large scale process improvement initiatives that drive measurable business results.

Responsibilities

Creates executive-level reporting packages to communicate financial or other information on costs, prices, expenses, revenues, and various clinical and operational measures to make recommendations to senior management.
Analyzes diverse sets of data, including financial, operational, clinical, and economic, to support strategic and operational decisions.
Advises business units of financial performance and impact of decisions and thinks broadly to other downstream outcomes from changes.
Serves as a trusted financial resource to operational leaders of the unit, providing financial reporting and analysis, expense management, operational improvement, and the evaluation of growth opportunities.
Combines strong relationships, analysis, and risk-conscious planning to ensure that the unit's plan is realized.
Interfaces with both leadership and front-line team members to execute organizational development strategies and drive change initiatives across the unit.
Partners with leadership team(s) to lead and direct both the long-range financial planning process and the annual budget process, including both operating and capital.
Analyze complex financial data to drive operation improvement and/or subject matter expert knowledge in one or more key financial subject areas.
Accountable for accurate volume and expense planning as known at the time in assigned areas to support regional leaders in being able to hit goals.
Requires the ability to promote teamwork and develop team members without having direct reports - leading through influence.