Finance Associate

Summary

SCA Health is a specialty care organization supporting ambulatory surgical centers, physician practices, labs, and surgical hospitals. The Finance Associate will analyze facility financial performance, develop reports and models, support budgeting and forecasting, prepare leadership presentations, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to improve financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze monthly and quarterly results regarding facility performance vs budget, forecast, and prior periods; provide thoughtful insight and recommendations on the business’ trajectory
• Drive decision making using analytics (e.g. contribution margin, cash generation, benchmarking, other ad hoc requests) to support initiatives of the Financial Operations and Operations team
• Generate standard monthly operating/financial reports and actively participate on monthly review calls with VP Operations, Finance Lead and Group President
• Assemble presentations for quarterly surgery center and joint venture board meetings
• Build financial models and projections for transactions with new physician investors and potential mergers
• Work with VP Operations and Director Financial Operations to lead annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes and assist in presentation to senior leadership
• Communicate effectively and engage with senior leadership of various external stakeholders to drive efficient processes that deliver optimum results
• Frequently engage and collaborate with senior leadership in supporting implementation of key initiatives to improve financial performance

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business field required - Finance/Economics/Accounting
• Qualified candidate will be highly analytical, a critical thinker, intellectually curious, with decision making skills
• Understanding of basic accounting principles and familiarity with financial statements/reporting
• Ability to digest financial information, render judgment, create context, and recognize patterns
• Consistently meets deadlines, maintain attention to detail, and manage conflicting priorities
• Ability to self-start, problem solve and present opportunities for continuous improvement
• Very proficient to expert level using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• 3-5 years of experience preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in business field required - Finance/Economics/Accounting
• Qualified candidate will be highly analytical, a critical thinker, intellectually curious, with decision making skills
• Understanding of basic accounting principles and familiarity with financial statements/reporting
• Ability to digest financial information, render judgment, create context, and recognize patterns
• Consistently meets deadlines, maintain attention to detail, and manage conflicting priorities
• Ability to self-start, problem solve and present opportunities for continuous improvement
• Very proficient to expert level using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Nice to Haves

• 3-5 years of experience preferred

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance