FP&A Senior Manager

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

athenahealth is a progressive, innovation-driven software product company. We partner with healthcareorganizations across the care continuum to drive clinical and financial results. Our expert teams build moderntechnology on an open, connected ecosystem, yielding insights that make a difference for our customers andtheir patients. We maintain a unique values-driven employee culture and offer a flexible work-life balance. Asevidenceofourrapidgrowthandindustryleadership, wewereacquiredbytheworld’sleadingprivateequityfirm“BainCapital”in2022 for $17bn andwehavemanynewstrategicproductinitiatives

Position Summary: We are looking for a Senior Manager – FP&A to build an India-based Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Center of Excellence team. The Senior Manager will grow the team’s scope, size, and impact over time to build a world-class FP&A team supporting full P&L activities.

You: Let’s talk about you. You are a player/coach who works in deep detail while growing your team. You’re a fast learner well-versed in curating data, building financial models, fostering relationships, and delivering insightful & accurate reporting on time. You develop holistic, interconnected processes and KPIs to report, diagnose, and improve team performance. You also understand the people on your team, their capabilities & opportunities and help them grow their skills. You are tenacious and strive for excellence in delivering what our FP&A team and our stakeholders need to manage the business.

The Team: Our FP&A team drives decisions at all levels, from Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team strategy to manager-level tactical operations, by analyzing and reporting financial results and developing forecasts. This role reports into the Corporate FP&A team.

We are a highly agile and visible team of trusted partners. We continuously create, improve, and partner to advance athena’s forecasting, analysis, and reporting capabilities. 

Job Responsibilities 

Deliver forecasts, reports, and analysis on time with accuracy, directly and/or indirectly through the team (monthly close, cost center/account variance, vendor planning, data updates & reconciliation, pixel perfect PowerPoint slides, etc)

Design and implement forecast and performance management processes that drive rigor, accountability, and alignment across divisions

Develop, align, and execute the team vision for growth, including becoming the sole owner of activities

Partner with senior leaders across FP&A to identify, align, and execute on opportunities to standardize and centralize work in the India-based team

Proactively develop & share areas of future risks/opportunities and ways to mitigate risks/operationalize opportunities

Drive best-in-class governance in approving purchase orders and analyzing vendor spend; partner with Accounting, IT, and budget owners to improve process and technology across procure to pay activities to optimize vendor spend 

Improve existing datasets, models, and reports to uncover new insights, simplify work, and/or improve user experience

Develop and maintain team planning calendar to effectively balance demand for deliverables and team capacity

Be the team leader: own coaching, teaching, issue escalation, career development, and succession planning 

Qualifications 

Min 10+ years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis across the P&L

Prior experience of working directly in a FP&A functional team is required. Center of Excellence/Shared Services/Global Capability Center leadership and public accounting experience is preferred.

3+ years of managing a team

Demonstrates the highest integrity with a track record of maintaining strict confidentiality

Manages, develops, and leads people to become their best selves

Builds a culture of excellence that delivers high quality results on time; has an obsession with getting the details right

Develops trusting relationships across seniority levels and teams

Communicates proactively and clearly with team and stakeholders

Takes initiative proactively; acts like an owner to identify and fix problems and build new capabilities

Owns a track record of strong analytical problem-solving skills: manipulate data, build models, create Board-ready reports, develop analysis, and communicate findings with a strong command of technology (Excel, Anaplan, PowerPoint, PowerBI, or similar tools)

Is a well-organized, action-oriented planner who optimizes team capacity & leverages the power of process

Able to work 2:30p-11:30pm IST

About athenahealth

Here’s ourvision:  To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

What’s unique about our locations?
From an historic, 19thcentury arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant,allofathenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our10offices across the United States and India —plus numerous remote employees —all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.

Our company culture might be our best feature.
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story.athenahealth develops andimplements products and services that support US healthcare: It’sour chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.

Our vibrant and talented employees — orathenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplishour goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing theirbestselves to work.

Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enoughthatyourindividual contributionswill stand out— butlarge enoughto grow your career with ourresources and established business stability.

Giving back is integral to our culture. OurathenaGivesplatform strives tosupport food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’sCorporate Social Responsibility(CSR)program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.

What can we do for you?
Along with health and financial benefits,athenistasenjoy perks specific to eachlocation, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance,employeeresource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, includingbook clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And weprovideathenistaswithacompany culturebased onlearning,the support of anengaged team,andan inclusive environment where all employees are valued. 

We alsoencourage a better work-life balance forathenistaswith our flexibility. Whilewe 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.