Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Hospital Finance at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Decision Support Manager, TH Senior Financial Analyst. 

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Team Management:
  • Supervise and mentor decision support analysts; manage daily operations and project milestones.
• Data Integration & Reporting:
  • Consolidate clinical and financial data into comprehensive reports for cost accounting, service line profitability, and budget performance.
• Budgeting & Forecasting:
  • Develop case-based budgeting models, utilization projections, and long-range financial plans.
• Financial & Operational Analysis:
  • Perform cost/revenue analysis, variance explanations, benchmarking, and scenario modeling.
• Strategic Collaboration:
  • Partner with Finance, Operations, and clinical leadership to support strategic initiatives through data-driven insights.
• Process Improvement & Tool Development:
  • Enhance reporting processes, dashboards, and analytical tools; lead automation initiatives and system implementations (e.g., Oracle/Med Metrix).
• Project Management:
  • Oversee decision support projects, set priorities, and provide status updates to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 3+ years of experience in decision support or related roles, with 1 to 3 years in a supervisory capacity.
• Experience in a healthcare setting with familiarity of hospital systems (Epic, cost-accounting, budgeting tools).
• Proficiency in financial modeling, BI tools (Power BI, SQL, Excel), and cost-accounting applications.
• Ability to interpret large datasets, present complex analyses to senior leadership, and collaborate across teams.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with a track record of implementing strategic initiatives. 
• Or, a satisfactory equivalent combination of experience, education and training to the above. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday; 9:00am to 5:00pm (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu