[Hiring] Associate Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis @Humana

Role Description

The Associate Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) serves as a senior finance leader responsible for providing strategic financial insight, forecasting, and decision support for CenterWell and Conviva's Primary Care Organization (PCO). This role leads the development of current-year forecasts, annual operating plans, and long-range financial strategies, including ownership of the 5-Year Plan, gross margin outlook, unit economics, and growth assumptions supporting enterprise and segment decision-making.

The AVP partners closely with executive leadership, operations, actuarial, strategy, development, and payer teams to evaluate business performance, assess strategic opportunities, and guide capital allocation decisions. The role is responsible for collecting, validating, analyzing, and translating complex financial and operational information into actionable insights that support acquisitions, investments, divestitures, mergers, expansions, payer strategies, and other strategic initiatives.

• Evaluate industry, economic, healthcare, financial, and market trends to forecast the organization's financial performance and competitive position.
• Provide leadership across financial planning, forecasting, reporting, budgeting, business case development, and financial modeling.
• Focus on understanding and optimizing the key drivers of profitability, growth, and value creation within the Primary Care Organization.

In addition to traditional FP&A responsibilities, this role is accountable for developing and strengthening several critical finance capabilities required to support CenterWell's growth strategy:

• Strategic Responsibilities
• Financial Planning, Forecasting & Value Creation
  • Lead development of current-year forecasts, annual operating plans, and 5-Year Plans.
  • Own forecasting and analysis of gross margin, unit economics, membership growth, clinic performance, provider economics, and long-term profitability.
  • Develop driver-based financial models to support strategic planning, investment decisions, and value creation initiatives.
  • Provide financial leadership and recommendations to senior executives regarding operational and strategic alternatives.
• M&A Due Diligence
  • Lead financial diligence activities supporting acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments.
  • Evaluate transaction opportunities, synergy assumptions, integration economics, and long-term value creation.
  • Build scalable diligence capabilities to support anticipated inorganic growth initiatives.
• Bid Strategy and Bid Diligence
  • Partner with payer, actuarial, and operational leaders to evaluate bid assumptions, provider risk arrangements, benefit changes, and revenue implications.
  • Identify and quantify financial exposures, opportunities, and risks associated with Medicare Advantage bid submissions and contracting strategies.
• Payer Contracting and Network Strategy
  • Provide financial leadership for payer contracting, recontracting, termination evaluations, and network optimization activities.
  • Analyze strategic, operational, and financial implications of payer relationships and contract structures.
  • Reduce key-person dependencies by establishing repeatable analytical frameworks and broader organizational capabilities.
• Driver-Based P&L Development and Enhanced Management Reporting
  • Lead development of future-state driver-based P&Ls, management reporting, and KPI frameworks.
  • Enhance Monthly Financial Reviews (MFRs) by connecting financial outcomes to operational drivers and economic performance.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership by providing deeper insight into the underlying drivers of profitability, growth, trend performance, and the organization's value creation curve.

This role operates with significant autonomy and influence, shaping both the financial strategy and operating model of the Primary Care Organization while supporting CenterWell's long-term growth and profitability objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Science, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, actuarial, healthcare finance, corporate development, or strategic finance.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and influencing senior executives.
• Demonstrated Medicare Advantage and/or value-based care experience, including forecasting, bid support, provider economics, payer contracting, or healthcare services.
• Experience developing annual operating plans, forecasts, long-range plans, and financial models.
• Strong analytical, strategic planning, and executive communication skills.
• Passion for improving healthcare outcomes and consumer experiences through financial and operational excellence.

Requirements

• MBA, MHA, MS Finance, or other advanced degree (preferred).
• ASA, FSA, CPA, CFA, or similar professional designation (preferred).
• Experience with Medicare Advantage bids, M&A diligence, reserving/IBNR governance, payer contracting, and healthcare growth strategy (preferred).
• Experience leading driver-based planning, long-range financial modeling, and advanced healthcare analytics (preferred).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and many other opportunities.