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Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Financial Planning and Analysis Senior Manager
The Senior Manager of FP&A is a high impact role that will play a critical role in shaping our financial strategy and enabling informed, high impact decision-making across the organization. This individual will lead robust forecasting cycles across all operational areas, support the budgeting and long-range planning processes, and translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights that guide the business toward its strategic objectives.
This position will work from athenahealth’s headquarters located in Boston, MA or Remote US.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Build, lead and mentor a high-performing FP&A team that delivers business critical financial support and insights
- Own the end-to-end planning process, including annual budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts across multiple service lines, departments, or business units
- Champion best practices in FP&A, driving ongoing process improvements in forecasting, reporting, and data integrity
- Develop and maintain various financial and capacity models for investment initiatives, product lines, cost centers and/or companies
- Prepare and present monthly financial reporting packages, variance analyses, and executive-level dashboards for CEO/CFO, Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors
- Lead initiatives to reimagine FP&A workflows with AI
- Serve as the primary business partner to executive and operational leaders, providing financial analysis to drive decision making through data driven insights
- Other duties as assigned
Expected Education & Experience:
- Eight to ten years of progressive finance experience. Exceptional financial analytics background, advanced modeling skills, and strong communication skills. The successful candidate must possess the following skills and characteristics:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field (MBA a plus)
- Proven supervisory experience with a passion for mentoring and developing high-performing finance teams while fostering a collaborative environment
- Exceptional analytical and modeling skills using Excel, with a strong emphasis on business analysis and strategic financial insights
- Strong understanding of finance and accounting
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills (primarily Excel)
- Exceptional communication and executive presence with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear and actionable insights
- Knowledge of Oracle and/or Anaplan a plus
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong organizational skills
- Be proactive, a self-starter, results-oriented and a team player
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment and the ability to multi-task
- Demonstrated ability to work with confidential information and to maintain strict confidentiality
- Ability to maintain poise and a sense of humor in stressful situations
- Willingness and ability to work extra hours if necessary
Expected Compensation
$126,000 - $214,000The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.
About athenahealth
Our vision: In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our company culture: Our talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and do-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.
Our DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
What we can do for you:
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers
https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity
Skills Required
- Eight to ten years of progressive finance experience
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Supervisory experience and ability to mentor and develop high-performing finance teams
- Exceptional financial analytics and modeling skills using Excel
- Strong understanding of finance and accounting
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, primarily Excel
- Strong communication and executive presence, with ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong organizational skills
- Proactive, self-starting, results-oriented, and collaborative approach
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment and multitask
- Ability to handle confidential information and maintain strict confidentiality
- Ability to maintain poise in stressful situations
- Willingness and ability to work extra hours when necessary
- MBA
- Knowledge of Oracle and/or Anaplan
athenahealth Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about athenahealth and has not been reviewed or approved by athenahealth.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision options alongside additional protections like accident and critical illness coverage. Mental health support and EAP-style counseling resources are also part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-away offerings include PTO that covers vacation and sick time, paid holidays, and options for leaves of absence and sabbaticals. Flexible time off is positioned as a meaningful part of the overall rewards package for some roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer matching, supported by broader financial wellbeing resources. Equity and performance bonuses are also referenced as part of total rewards.
athenahealth Insights
What We Do
athenahealth strives to cure complexity and simplify the practice of healthcare. Our innovative technology includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement solutions that help healthcare providers, administrators, and practices eliminate friction for patients while getting paid efficiently. athenahealth partners with practices with purpose-built software backed by expertise to produce the insights needed to drive better clinical and financial outcomes. We’re inspired by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com
Why Work With Us
We are here to make an impact on the healthcare industry at scale. We enable our diverse teams to move fast, grapple with interesting technical challenges, and innovate at every level. We are on a modernization journey and build on the hybrid cloud. We deliver best-in-class solutions to help every patient receive the best possible care.
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