Director, Finance Business Partners

Director, Finance Business Partners

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This position is responsible for leading the alignment of the organization’s financial strategy with business strategy, providing guidance over a full spectrum of strategic and tactical programs to support financial objectives. This position ensures its team provides strategic insight, financial guidance, and financial performance management across the organization. Primary duties include strategic planning and operational oversight, as well as resource, relationship, and people management. This position partners with Region, Benefit, and business leaders to elevate financial rigor, influence strategic choices, accelerate P&L performance, and proactively identify and mitigate risks to maintain operational resilience.

Estimated Hiring Range:

$165,240.00 - $201,960.00

Bonus Target:

Bonus - SIP Target, 10% Annual

Current CareOregon Employees: Please use the internal Workday site to submit an application for this job.

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Essential Responsibilities

Technical/Operational Leadership

• Partner with Region leaders to set Board of Directors and Finance Committee agendas; develop and present materials at related meetings.
• Serve as finance advisor to P&L owners and functional leaders – framing trade-offs, challenging assumptions, and driving accountability for financial outcome commitments.
• Provide direction and oversight for financial analyses, models, dashboards, and reporting packages created by the Finance Business Partner (FBP) team; standardize FBP deliverables, templates, and cadence.
• Establish and oversee standards for high-quality financial modeling, forecasting, and performance reporting; ensure effective, efficient, and compliant operations.
• Guide team in building driver-based models, scenario analyses, and automated reporting tools.
• Ensure data accuracy and alignment across all outputs; collaborate with FP&A, Actuarial Services, and Accounting teams.
• Lead adoption and optimization of planning/reporting systems and processes; collaborate with Finance Transformation team.
• Set the strategic direction for the Finance Business Partnering function, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
• Lead financial partnership for Strategic Growth & Resilience (or any financial performance focused) program, aligning initiative owners, operations, and transformation leaders around targets and value realization.
• Establish cadence for informing the rolling forecast processes, driving consistency across the team.
• Partner with senior leaders to identify performance levers and guide strategic decisions.
• Drive initiatives that improve planning quality and operational discipline.
• Oversee evaluation of strategic and operational initiatives, ensuring use of ROI and scenario methodologies.
• Guide budget monitoring, spending analysis, and KPI tracking across supported functions.
• Develop frameworks for resource prioritization and business case assessment in pursuit of financial performance outcomes.
• Review and validate FBP team financial insights for business reviews.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies and internal controls.

Strategic/Operational Planning

• Participate in the development of vision, goals, and strategic plans for the business unit.
• Provide input into the strategic plans of the organization.
• Develop annual team goals that align with organizational strategic goals.
• Develop short and long-term plans and policies; oversee the development and execution of standard operating procedures.

Financial/Resource Management

• Develop and/or manage team budget in alignment with short- and long-term plans.
• Manage resources to ensure priorities are accomplished.
• Approve resource allocations within budget, including people, finances, and timelines; make decisions on exceptions.

Relationship Management

• Lead effective communication system for work group(s), ensuring a collaborative culture.
• Build and ensure effective relationships across internal teams and external organizations for current or future integration.
• Partner with internal leaders and managers in identifying improvement plans and processes.
• Represent CareOregon CCOs in external meetings and functions, providing productive leadership presence and effectiveness.

Employee Supervision

• Direct team(s) and establish team direction and goals in alignment with the organizational mission, vision, and values.
• Identify work and staffing models; recruit, hire, and oversee a team to meet work needs, using an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens.
• Identify department priorities; ensure employees have information and resources to meet job expectations.
• Lead the development, communication, and oversight of team and individual goals; ensures goals, expectations, and standards are clearly understood by staff.
• Manage, coach, motivate, and guide employees; promote employee development.
• Incorporate guidance from CareOregon equity tools into people leadership, planning, operations, evaluation, budgeting, resource allocation, and decision making.
• Ensure team adheres to department and organizational standards, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluate employee performance and provide regular feedback to support success; recognize strong performance and addresses performance gaps and accountability (corrective action).
• Perform supervisory tasks in collaboration with Human Resources as needed.

Experience and/or Education

Required

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in finance, including core areas such as financial planning and analysis, business partnering, accounting, and business development modeling

Preferred

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a supervisory position
• Finance degree or related coursework
• Experience working in an ERP

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Knowledge

• Advanced financial knowledge
• Understanding of the health insurance industry, including internal and external managed care systems, products, and methods
• Understanding of financial structures, fiscal responsibility, and the economic impact of business decisions

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to balance strategic and operational thinking
• Ability to plan, organize, manage, and monitor work projects
• Skilled in budget management and oversight
• Ability to effectively convey business unit goals and plans ensuring integration into strategic plans and initiatives
• Ability to develop and lead high performing team members, including hiring, goal setting, coaching, performance management, and development
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, including strong presentation skills
• Ability to lead multi-stakeholder meetings and collaboration
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with business, community and internal management groups
• Skilled in how to confidently diffuse difficult situations and resolve high exposure complaints
• Consensus building skills; ability to negotiate favorable outcomes
• Ability to respond timely to the needs of business leaders
• Basic computer skills, including spreadsheet and word processing
• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups
• Ability to learn, focus, understand, and evaluate information and determine appropriate actions
• Ability to accept direction and feedback, as well as tolerate and manage stress
• Ability to see, read, and hear for at least 6 hours/day
• Ability to speak clearly and perform repetitive finger and wrist movement for at least 3-6 hours/day

Working Conditions

Work Environment(s): Indoor/Office Community Facilities/Security Outdoor Exposure

Member/Patient Facing: No Telephonic In Person

Hazards: May include, but not limited to, physical and ergonomic hazards.

Equipment: General office equipment

Travel: May include occasional required or optional travel outside of the workplace; the employee’s personal vehicle, local transit or other means of transportation may be used.

Work Location: Hybrid-Office 2 days/week

We offer a strong Total Rewards Program. This includes competitive pay, bonus opportunity, and a comprehensive benefits package. Eligibility for bonuses and benefits is dependent on factors such as the position type and the number of scheduled weekly hours. Benefits-eligible employees qualify for benefits beginning on the first of the month on or after their start date. CareOregon offers medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance, as well as health savings account, flexible spending account(s), lifestyle spending account, employee assistance program, wellness program, discounts, and multiple supplemental benefits (e.g., voluntary life, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, pre-tax parking, pet insurance, 529 College Savings, etc.). We also offer a strong retirement plan with employer contributions. Benefits-eligible employees accrue PTO and Paid State Sick Time based on hours worked/scheduled hours and the primary work state. Employees may also receive paid holidays, volunteer time, jury duty, bereavement leave, and more, depending on eligibility. Non-benefits eligible employees can enjoy 401(k) contributions, Paid State Sick Time, wellness and employee assistance program benefits, and other perks. Please contact your recruiter for more information.

We are an equal opportunity employer

CareOregon is an equal opportunity employer. The organization selects the best individual for the job based upon job related qualifications, regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, age, veteran status, ancestry, marital status or disability. The organization will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship on the operation of our organization.