Senior Strategic Finance Project Analyst
Amerihealth Caritas United States
Hospitals and Health Care · 51-200 employees
About the role
The Senior Strategic Finance Project Analyst leads cross-functional finance projects and portfolio workstreams from planning through execution. They synthesize financial and operational data into actionable insights and prepare executive-ready materials to support senior leadership decision-making.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and possess 5 or more years of experience in finance, project coordination, or business analysis. Strong proficiency in financial modeling, project management methodologies, and executive communication is required.
Benefits
Full description
Role Overview:
The Sr Strategic Finance Project Analyst leads high-priority finance projects and cross-functional workstreams by bringing structure, governance, and disciplined execution to complex initiatives. This role develops actionable insights from financial, operational, and market data; translates findings into clear implications, risks, opportunities, and recommendations; and prepares executive-ready materials that support senior leadership decision-making, portfolio oversight, and achievement of strategic objectives.
Work Arrangement:
- Remote within the United States, working Eastern Standard Time
- For roles that are 100% remote or hybrid, you must have access to a reliable high-speed internet connection to support daily job responsibilities. A minimum bandwidth of 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload is required. Those fully remote associates residing in states where service is required by contract, law, or regulation will be allowed to submit for reimbursement.
Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional finance projects and portfolio workstreams from planning through execution, including project charters, workplans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decision logs, and governance routines.
- Develop business cases, financial models, and value assessments in partnership with Finance, IS, and business leaders, including data collection, assumption validation, scenario analysis, and expected outcome tracking.
- Synthesize financial, operational, and market data into insights that identify performance drivers, root causes, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for leadership review.
- Build and maintain portfolio dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools to monitor project performance, value realization, financial impact, and emerging risks or opportunities.
- Prepare executive-facing materials, including Board, senior leadership, steering committee, and CFO/CEO-level updates, with concise storylines, decision frameworks, talking points, and clear “so what” implications.
- Identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and barriers across projects, pairing escalations with mitigation options, accountable owners, timing, and recommended decisions.
- Facilitate working sessions, leadership reviews, and cross-functional discussions to align stakeholders, clarify decisions needed, confirm ownership, and drive timely follow-through.
- Drive standardization of project templates, executive reporting formats, action trackers, dashboards, and portfolio management processes to improve consistency and repeatability.
- Mentor junior analysts and promote analytical rigor, structured thinking, and executive-ready communication across assigned projects and deliverables.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 5 or more years Finance, project coordination, business analysis, analytics, healthcare, or related experience.
Other Skills:
- Strong project management skills, including workplans, milestones, RAID logs, decision logs, action trackers, and other governance routines.
- Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems and translate complex information into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Advanced analytical, financial modeling, business case development, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong executive communication, storytelling, presentation, and audience-tailoring skills.
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, influence stakeholders, facilitate discussions, and drive timely follow-through.
- Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, portfolio reporting, and performance monitoring tools.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with data visualization or BI tools preferred.
- Strong attention to detail, accountability, organization, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package
Flexible work solutions including remote options, hybrid work schedules, Competitive pay, Paid time off including holidays and volunteer events, Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents on Day 1, 401(k) Tuition reimbursement and more.
Your career starts now. We’re looking for the next generation of health care leaders.
At AmeriHealth Caritas, we’re passionate about helping people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. As one of the nation's leaders in health care solutions, we offer our associates the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people through our national footprint of products, services and award-winning programs. AmeriHealth Caritas is seeking talented, passionate individuals to join our team. Together we can build healthier communities. If you want to make a difference, we’d like to hear from you.
Headquartered in Newtown Square, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven organization with more than 30 years of experience. We deliver comprehensive, outcomes-driven care to those who need it most. We offer integrated managed care products, pharmaceutical benefit management and specialty pharmacy services, behavioral health services, and other administrative services.
Discover more about us at www.amerihealthcaritas.com.
