Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

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Put your passion where it meets purpose! Evolent attracts some of the brightest minds in health care. Surround yourself with talented, driven colleagues who share a passion for better health outcomes and a more connected care journey. We are hiring for an Associate Director to join our Operations Finance Team.

We are looking for a team member that is highly analytical with strong financial modeling skills and who is passionate about serving as a consultative thought partner to our Operations leadership team to bring financial subject matter expertise to Evolent’s operational decision making.

Collaboration Opportunities:

Operations Finance is a specialized internal FP&A function that works in a close partnership with Operations given the thousands of employees required to support Evolent’s 70+ client partnerships. The team is focused on headcount forecasting, translating operational intelligence into business insights, and delivering insight to cross-functional stakeholders. At its core, Operations Finance seeks to identify, report, and forecast Evolent’s service delivery cost structure at the client, product, and divisional level. This function works closely with the Enterprise FP&A team on budgeting and forecasting.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Build and maintain headcount models, financial packages, and business intelligence / KPIs
• Report out to the Operations and Finance leadership teams on recent performance and trends during monthly meetings and in any other forums
• Act as subject matter expert for Operations and support ad hoc analysis and data requests including highlighting unexpected variances / trends and engaging business leaders to jointly investigate these items
• Bring creativity and data-driven depth to solutioning opportunities with Operations
• Continuously improve our models as our business and operations constantly evolves with expansions of our customer base, new product offerings, and to reflect operational efficiencies
• Provide both business updates and process recommendations to the cross-functional partner teams such as Talent, Workday, and Enterprise FP&A informed by challenges and opportunities within that business area
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process, monthly forecasting process, and corporate planning in coordination with the Enterprise FP&A function
• Support department budget owners with monthly reports, job requisitions support, department P&L forecasting
• Liaise with other teams under the Finance umbrella (e.g., Accounting) to maintain accurate forecasting and partner on month-end variance analyses to better refine monthly forecasting

Qualifications – Required and Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent experience (Required)
• 3-5 years of experience as an Associate Director or Senior Analyst in corporate finance (FP&A), investment banking, or other Finance role with substantial financial modeling experience and ideally coming from an institution with a training / rotational / development program (Required)
• Extensive experience using Microsoft Excel (Required)
• Experience creating dynamic executive-level dashboarding (drop-downs, visuals, summaries) to distill large amounts of complex data into actionable insights (Required)
• An iterative, scalable, and modular approach to modeling/analyses, utilizing standardized “data templates” to enable plug-and-play modeling
• Proven track record of exceptional documentation and version controlling for iterative change analyses (Required)
• Ability to work independently and manage time across multiple work streams and stakeholders (Required)
• Extraordinarily detail oriented and focus on accuracy (Required)
• Exceptionally strong analytical abilities, with a track record of identifying insights from financial information and translating into business analytics and recommendations (Required)
• Experience with Adaptive Insights and other reporting tools like Power BI/Tableau (Preferred)
• Experience in or exposure to the healthcare space, pricing, and/or operational analytics (Preferred)
• Candidate who thrives with growth-driven changes (Preferred)

To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.

Technical Requirements:

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router.

Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [email protected] for further assistance.

The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $115,000. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.