Financial Expert Senior Advisor

Financial Expert Senior Advisor

Location: Indianapolis IN United States

Job Description:

Overview

IU Health | Financial Expert Senior Advisor

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM with a hybrid schedule

Build Your Career with IU Health!

Are you a visionary with a passion for transforming healthcare? Do you thrive on tackling complex challenges and driving impactful change? If so, IU Health invites you to bring your expertise to our dynamic team!

About the Role

The Financial Expert Senior Advisor role describes a senior financial management position within a regional healthcare organization, focusing on matrixed responsibilities managed through a central analyst pool overseen by Finance Directors. The role involves advising business units on financial performance and broader downstream impacts of decisions, utilizing expertise to address large, cross-departmental issues affecting financial results. Key responsibilities include creating executive-level reports on costs, revenues, and operational metrics to inform senior leadership and boards, analyzing diverse data sets to support strategic and operational decisions, and participating in regional executive decision-making.

The position collaborates closely with the President and regional leadership to establish strategic goals and policies, identifying growth and revenue opportunities by leveraging regional and facility-specific services. It promotes coordination between hospitals and physician groups to share best practices, improve operational performance, and foster innovation. The role also leads long-term financial planning, budgeting, and capital processes, combining relationship-building, analysis, and risk management to ensure plans are executed effectively.

Additionally, the role involves engaging with leadership and frontline teams to implement organizational development strategies and change initiatives aimed at optimizing operations. It serves as a trusted financial resource, providing reporting, expense management, operational improvement advice, and growth evaluations. The position also requires performing data analytics, benchmarking, and maintaining accurate volume and expense forecasts to help regional leaders meet their goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required. Degree in Accounting, Finance, or other business/healthcare related field is required. MBA or Graduate level degree is preferred.
• Requires 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 and influencing/inspiring all levels of leadership in fiscal stewardship, primarily senior level executives.
• Requires experience implementing large scale process improvement initiatives that drive measurable business results.
• Requires the ability to promote teamwork and develop team members without having direct reports - leading through influence.

Why IU Health?

We invest in your growth through ongoing training, leadership development, and cross-functional opportunities. Our comprehensive benefits package includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, PTO, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, and more-supporting your career and personal well-being.

Interested?

If you are committed to advancing healthcare quality and compliance across a large health system, apply today!

IU Health Benefits

IU Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.