Accounting, Accounting Consolidation, Acute Care, Analysis Skills, Budget Management, Budgeting, Business Strategy, Communication Skills, Decision Support, Finance, Financial Operations, Financial Planning, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Forecasting, Groundskeeping, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Hospital, Investment Services, Leadership, Market Share, Mentoring, Operational Audit, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Reviews, Problem Solving Skills, Reporting Dashboards, Risk Analysis, Storytelling, Team Lead/Manager, Willing to Travel
Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in growing mid-sized urban communities across the U.S. With a focus on people and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent delivers care through a system of 30 acute care hospitals, 24,000+ team members and more than 280 sites of care with over 1,800 affiliated providers across six states.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Region Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is responsible for leading financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across hospital operations.
The Region Director will partner closely with regional and market leadership to provide financial visibility, support decision-making, and improve performance. This role also leads and develops a team of analysts, ensuring strong execution of FP&A processes in a publicly traded environment.
Responsibilities:
- Leads, mentors, and develops FP&A team members by setting clear expectations, priorities and development plans
- Develops deep understanding of operational drivers, including volume, payer mix, and labor trends
- Leads regional budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with business conditions and strategic priorities
- Standardizes financial assumptions, methodologies, and reporting tools across markets to drive consistency
- Consolidates financial results and delivers clear, actionable insights, including variance drivers, executive-ready storytelling, and enhanced reporting and dashboards
- Serves as a trusted financial partner to regional and market leadership, influencing strategic decisions
- Collaborates closely with hospital operators to align financial performance with operational execution
- Translates financial results into actionable insights to support informed decision-making
- Supports and leads regular financial and operational performance reviews
- Monitors performance against budget and forecast expectations, highlighting risks and opportunities
- Identifies key risks and opportunities and drive follow-up actions to improve outcomes
- Maintains field presence (~25% travel) to stay connected to local operations and market dynamics
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
- 7+ years of progressive FP&A or finance experience
- Previous healthcare experience.
- Financial planning, forecasting, and modeling skills.
- Analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Business partnership and communication skills.
- Team leadership and development skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree
- Prior experience leading or mentoring analysts.
- Experience working in a multi-entity or matrixed environment.