Sr. Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis - GPO Rebates

What Financial Planning & Analysis contributes to Cardinal Health

Function: Finance is responsible for the accounting, tax, financial plans, and policies of the organization, establishing and maintaining fiscal controls, preparing, and interpreting financial reports, oversight of financial systems, strategic decisions, support, and safeguarding the organization's assets.

Family: Financial Planning & Analysis -- Financial Planning & Analysis is responsible for being objective and strategic financial partners, leading collaborative cross-functional effort to drive relevant, flexible, and efficient financial planning and analysis that supports our key business decisions.

Job Summary        

At Navista, our mission is to empower community oncology practices to deliver patient-centered cancer care. Navista, a Cardinal Health company, is an oncology practice alliance co-created with oncologists and practice leaders that offer advanced support services and technology to help practices remain independent and thrive.

This is a high impact analyst role driving Navista Network initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, and reporting, preferably within the healthcare sector, with a strong preference for prior oncology experience. An understanding of GPO rebates is a major plus. They should demonstrate proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis, with advanced Excel skills and familiarity with planning systems like Workday Adaptive Planning or similar tools. This position will report to the Senior Leader of Finance, Navista. Through successful completion of initial goals & objectives, the right candidate will have exposure to further opportunities and growth within Navista Finance.

Responsibilities         

• Lead the improvement and accuracy of GPO rebate tracking, validation, accruals, performance and transparent reporting independently and through cross-collaboration with pharmacy, physicians, GPO team, accounting and finance to scale this process to best-in-class

• Develop and maintain financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term strategic planning across multiple oncology practices

• Analyze monthly financial performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying key variances and trends to inform operational and executive decisions

• Collaborate with accounting, clinical and operational leaders to understand cost drivers, revenue cycles, and productivity metrics unique to oncology care delivery

• Prepare and present financial reports and dashboards to operational leadership, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights.

• Contribute to the on-going integration of ION into Navista / Cardinal Health, including learning and standardizing reporting in the new Workday ERP

• Assist with end of month forecasts, including Workday Adaptive input and modeling

• Monitor KPI performance and investigative analytics for operational excellence and to improve overall earnings

• Opportunity to expand current analytics tools and work on mapped out KPI initiatives

Leadership & Communication

• Proficient at presenting to operational & financial leadership

• Growth mindset and change/transformation capabilities

• Timely & effective communication with other departments around practice performance, challenges, opportunities, and other relevant topics

Qualifications

• BA or BS  in finance or accounting, preferred

• 2+ years of experience, preferred

• Previous experience owning complex performance/tier based analytics, highly preferred

• Prior experience in community oncology, highly preferred, or clinic-based healthcare, preferred

• Prior experience in MSO / practice roll-up structure is a plus

• Strong financial modeling skills required

• Experienced and comfortable with high-volume, multi-variable reconciliations

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, embedded formulas, etc.

• Experience in PowerBI, preferred

• Self-starting and problem-solving mindset

Location

• If local to Dublin, OH, candidate will be required to come into the Dublin, OH office 1-2 days per week with remote work the other days. Otherwise, fully remote.

Anticipated salary range: $68,500 - $97,800

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefit