Strategic Finance Associate

At Shields, we pride ourselves on our culture of inclusion and kindness and the difference we make in patients' lives every day. We are tremendously proud to be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ four years in a row. In 2022, we were awarded US Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care™, Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials™ & Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™.

Improving lives and elevating performance are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why more health system leaders trust Shields to elevate access, outcomes and growth within specialty pharmacy — delivering value throughout the entire health system. Leveraging our proven Shields Performance Platform – we deliver the financial results that health systems demand and the superior outcomes patients deserve. With the foremost leaders in specialty pharmacy on our team; proven success partnering with more than 70 health systems; and a vested interest in delivering measurable results – we are the partner health systems trust to transform their specialty pharmacy into a powerful growth engine and elevate performance where it matters most.

 

Business Overview:

As the first and largest specialty pharmacy integrator and accelerator, Shields Health Solutions (SHS) is the industry leader in providing innovative and comprehensive care for the nation's chronically ill patient population. Shields creates and manages hospital-owned specialty pharmacy programs for hospitals and health systems who want to offer coordinated care services for patients with chronic illnesses. Using an integrated approach to patient care through our purpose-built software platform, TelemetryRx, our Patient Liaison model, and our centralized clinical support team, Shields is redefining what it means to provide superior, fully integrated patient care from clinic to pharmacy to patient's homes. Our innovative model and proven results in such a unique industry have led us to be one of the fastest growing healthcare companies in the nation with an immense impact on patients' lives.

Position Overview:

The Strategic Finance team works directly our CFO and all other executive, regional, and functional leaders on cross functional finance, strategy, and business projects. The team is charged with building and supporting the financial, analytical, and strategic infrastructure to scale the rapidly-growing company. The team functions as the go-to leaders for cross-functional analysis and business case building, as leading subject matter experts in both company and partner-level finance and accounting. Given its unique position within the company, team members are provided opportunities to gain direct experience working with the core executive team and help make a lasting impact on the Company. Members of the strategic finance team are provided distinct visibility into the operational model and growth-engine of one of the fastest-growing, nationally scaled healthcare enterprises. These experiences will provide the foundations of success for the future finance, strategy, growth, and business leadership of the Company.

The Strategic Finance Associate will report to the Senior Director of Strategic Finance. This role is focused on hands-on analytical work. The Associate will be expected to focus real-time on the highest-priority business issues and be plugged into every facet of the business. You can expect to define and create detailed analyses to derive insights that will drive key business decisions, help define and track key performance metrics for the company, and act as a strategic partner to our leadership teams. You’ll focus real-time on high-priority business issues and see your insights turned into impactful initiatives on a regular basis. The ideal teammates will be great communicators with outstanding interpersonal skills, exceptional analytical horsepower, have a growth-mindset, and possess the ability to work comfortably inside a highly entrepreneurial environment that is very results-oriented. 

Representative Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work directly with the C-Suite and other Company Leaders to execute and support key business priorities
• Own the company’s operating model – refinement, updating, evaluating, and be the subject matter expert
• Develop board materials to advise key stakeholders on overall company financials, initiatives, strategy, and operational results
• Handle all investor communications, reporting, capital markets and related activities
• Produce company level financials (budgets, monthly P&Ls) and a significant share of site-level financials (baseline analyses, gross margin analyses, monthly P&Ls, QBR support as needed, etc.) in a cadenced manner
• Partner with site operators and other key stakeholders in evaluation of ongoing contract renewals, analyzing future contract val