As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

Leads the analytics and modeling capability for the UU Health clinical enterprise. Owns the methodology and data behind patient-level cost information and the standard models used by the other finance leaders. Provides independent, consistent financial analysis to support Enterprise Management Committee and system leadership decisions on resource requests, program growth, and facility expansion.

Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics represents our clinical operations for the larger health system.

Essential Functions

• Lead clinical enterprise financial analytics, including standard reports, model structures, and analytic tools used across the finance team.
• Support the CFO and finance leaders with scenario analysis and ad hoc analysis for strategic decisions.

• Own costing methodology, allocation logic, and data integrity for patient-level financial data.
• Support costing system users and respond to their data needs.
• Coordinate with the financial systems function, which administers the platform, on data feeds, system changes, and governance.
• Partner with the Sr. Director of Ancillary and Care-line Finance, who operationalizes the data for improvement.

• Provide support for Enterprise Management Committee and system leadership resource request submissions.
• Apply consistent standards for assumptions, format, and financial review across submissions.

• Lead pro forma modeling for program growth requests and facility expansion.
• Maintain standard templates and assumptions, and track post-approval performance against the model.

• Provide return and operating-impact modeling to the Director of Capital Budgeting to support prioritization. The Director of Capital Budgeting retains ownership of the capital planning process.

• Support Hospital and Ambulatory Finance with modeling tools for volume, payer mix, revenue, and reimbursement scenarios.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Knowledge of finance, financial methods, tools and strategies employed by private and public corporations.

• Ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from financial and numerical material.

• Knowledge of and ability to use processes, tools and techniques for exploring and evaluating alternative financial scenarios and results.

• Knowledge of the functions, tools and processes needed to manage financial assets and liabilities throughout the organization.

• Knowledge of the methods, processes, and tools for maintaining the books of the organization and preparing financial statements and reports.

• Knowledge of financial and accounting applications specific to the organization.

• Demonstrated leadership, human relations, and effective communication skills.

• Demonstrated advanced analytic skills and the ability to present complex analysis clearly to senior executives and committees.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Eight or more years of healthcare finance or analytics experience, including financial modeling and pro forma development.
• Hands-on experience with patient-level costing systems and cost allocation methodology.
• Advanced analytic skills and the ability to present complex analysis clearly to senior executives and committees.
• Experience leading analysts or analytic teams preferred.

Preferred

• CPA or equivalent professional credential preferred.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.