Manager of Expense Forecasting and Business Support (Remote)

**Who We Are \- Motivated by Purpose. Powered by Clinical Expertise.** **Founded in 1983, we’re a clinically\-driven, tech\-enabled utilization management company offering expert clinical reviews, regulatory guidance, and actionable insights to healthcare organizations.** **Excellence starts with our people.** **WE OFFER** * A competitive compensation package. * Benefits include healthcare, vision and dental insurance, a generous 401k match, paid vacation, personal time, and holidays. * Growth and training opportunities. * An award\-winning remote work environment **POSITION OVERVIEW** **** The **Manager of Expense Forecasting and Business Support** is responsible for leading expense planning, forecasting, analysis, and business partnership activities across the organization. This role serves as a key finance partner to business leaders, providing actionable insights, expense performance reporting, variance analysis, and decision support to help manage costs, improve forecast accuracy, and support strategic and operational priorities. **Roles:** * Lead a team of two analysts focusing on providing support to the business and developing talent * Lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of expense forecasts, annual budgets, and long\-range plans. * Partner with department leaders to understand expense drivers, staffing needs, vendor costs, operational trends, risks, and opportunities. * Prepare monthly and quarterly expense reporting, including budget\-to\-actual variance analysis, forecast updates, and executive\-ready commentary. * Identify trends, cost pressures, savings opportunities, and performance gaps; recommend practical actions to improve financial results. * Support business leaders with financial modeling, scenario analysis, investment cases, workforce planning, and ad hoc decision support. * Drive improvements in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, data quality, and planning processes. * Coordinate with Accounting, FP\&A, Operations, HR, IT, and other functional teams to ensure expense forecasts align with business activity and financial reporting. * Develop and maintain dashboards, management reporting packages, and recurring analyses that provide clear visibility into expense performance. * Support month\-end close processes by reviewing expense results, accruals, reclasses, and key variances in partnership with Accounting. * Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to analysts or cross\-functional partners involved in forecasting and business support activities. **Core Competencies:** * ****Communication: Presents financial information clearly to both finance and non\-finance audiences. * Business Partnership: Builds trusted relationships with leaders and provides practical financial guidance. * Analytical Rigor: Uses data, financial models, and operational context to identify trends and explain results. * Process Improvement: Looks for ways to streamline forecasting, reporting, and