Finance Manager

Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.

As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge:

• We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business.
• We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.
• We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients.
• We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.

The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going—and the growing career opportunities for YOU.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, Optum Specialty Practices, the Finance Manager will be responsible for supporting and partnering with the Vice President of Operations, Directors of Operations, and their broader teams in the Orange County market, bringing financial clarity on all planning, reporting, and analytical matters. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, reporting and analytical activities, including, but not limited to:

• Working closely with the leadership team to formulate the department’s medium to long-term financial and strategic plans.
• Adhering to accounting and reporting processes and systems that support accurate income and expense capture and reporting for Division(s) and reporting to the parent organization (Optum Specialty Practices, OSP). 
• Establishing relationships with physicians and reporting on the monthly financial and operational results in partnership with the finance and accounting teams.
• Assisting with managing bank transfers between divisions, allocations for shared expenses, timely payment of expenses, and performing physician compensation calculations.

• Evaluate budget performance, expenditures, and operational effectiveness and its effect on cash flow for the Divisions.

• Provide ad hoc project support to finance team and the market GVP/VPs, as needed.

• Administers capitation reporting including monitoring of payor remittances, administration of capitation distribution principles, and ongoing cap check processing to the divisions.
• Accepting other duties as assigned.

• Travel required (25%).

• 3-5 years of experience working in a physician practice role or healthcare finance role.
• Qualified candidate will be highly analytical, a critical thinker, intellectually curious, and bring financial clarity to all business partners.
• Ability to digest financial information, render judgment, create context, and recognize patterns.
• Ability to meet deadlines, maintain attention to detail, and manage conflicting priorities.
• Very proficient to expert level using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerBI, PowerPoint), Tableau, and Essbase. Proficiency in SQL or Python highly desired.
• Prior experience with demonstrated success in a high-growth, rapidly changing environment.
• Collaborate with other finance teammates, and across departments.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to speak in front of large audiences explaining financial and operational data. Toastmaster’s International experience highly desired.  

Education:

• An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or healthcare administration is required. Master’s degree in healthcare administration or business administration highly desired.

Success factors:

• Collaborative, engages in a direct, inclusive, and respectful manner.

• Ability to deal with responsibility with confidential matters.

• Creative, deeply curious, and seeking innovative approaches to solving problems.
• Disciplined, executes top priorities relentlessly and follows through on commitments.
• Driven, self-motivated with an extraordinary will to win.

Candidate must be based in the Pacific Time Zone. Desirable if near Irvine, CA.

Salary : $100,000 - $130,000