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HealthPartners is hiring a Strategic Finance Senior Director. This role serves as a key strategic partner to the CFO and HealthPartners leadership team, providing oversight of enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and leading system-wide strategic financial initiatives. This role integrates financial insight across the health plan and care group to drive decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and support long-term organizational sustainability.

This leader is responsible for consolidating enterprise financial plans and forecasts, improving financial processes and systems, enhancing reporting capabilities, and ensuring clear, actionable communication of financial performance. The role operates in a highly matrixed environment, partnering across finance, operations, and executive leadership to align financial strategy with organizational goals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
  • 10+ years progressive finance and leadership experience, preferably in large healthcare systems or payer-provider organizations
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Deep expertise in FP&A, financial modeling, and healthcare finance
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in complex environments
  • Advanced knowledge of budgeting systems and financial reporting tools

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • MBA
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Experience supporting both health plan and care delivery financial operations
  • Experience leading enterprise system implementations or transformations

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: (Includes duties that represent 10% or more of the role’s time and focus)

1. Lead Enterprise FP&A Function (25%)

• Oversee consolidated forecasting across health plan and care group
• Establish FP&A calendar, governance, and processes
• Standardize forecasting methodologies and assumptions
• Align forecasting with accounting and operational finance

2. Enterprise Financial Reporting & Executive Communication (20%)

• Present financial results (actuals and forecasts) to CFO and leadership team
• Develop executive, Board, and stakeholder presentations
• Translate complex financial data into actionable insights

3. Strategic Financial Leadership & Initiatives (20%)

• Lead organization-wide strategic financial initiatives

• Provide scenario modeling and decision support

• Partner with senior leaders on growth, margin, and investment strategies

  4. Long Range Financial Planning (10%)

• Oversee development and consolidation of long-range models

• Establish cadence and governance for long-term planning

• Ensure alignment with enterprise strategy

  5. Cash Flow & Capital Planning Oversight (15%)

• Lead enterprise cash flow forecasting

• Oversee annual capital planning process

• Partner with capital leadership on investment prioritization

• Support liquidity and funding decisions

  6. Financial Systems, Reporting & FP&A Transformation (10%)

• Enhance financial planning systems and tools

• Expand SG&A reporting and enterprise analytics

• Drive process improvements and automation

About the Company

At HealthPartners we believe in the power of good – good deeds and good people working together. As part of our team, you’ll find an inclusive environment that encourages new ways of thinking, celebrates differences, and recognizes hard work.

We’re a nonprofit, integrated health care organization, providing health insurance in six states and high-quality care at more than 90 locations, including hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together research and education through HealthPartners Institute, training medical professionals across the region and conducting innovative research that improve lives around the world.

At HealthPartners, everyone is welcome, included and valued. We’re working together to increase diversity and inclusion in our workplace, advance health equity in care and coverage, and partner with the community as advocates for change.

Benefits Designed to Support Your Total HealthAs a HealthPartners colleague, we’re committed to nurturing your diverse talents, valuing your dedication, and supporting your work-life balance. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits to support every aspect of your life, including health, time off, retirement planning, and continuous learning opportunities. Our goal is to help you thrive physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially, so you can continue delivering exceptional care.

Join us in our mission to improve the health and well-being of our patients, members, and communities.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identify, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.