DIRECTOR ENGINEERING - Service Delivery

Senior Project Manager - Healthcare Finance

Location: SMILES 1, Bengaluru, Bengaluru

Years of Experience: 16-20 Years

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong background in healthcare finance, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), and service delivery. The ideal candidate will lead financial analytics initiatives, manage service-line profitability, and partner with client finance leaders to deliver actionable insights. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills and a deep understanding of healthcare costing, reimbursement, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Own service-line profitability, cost, budget, variance, and forecasting analytics.
• Establish financial data models, reconciliations, KPI definitions, and reporting controls.
• Partner with client finance leaders on insight requirements and decision-support products.
• Lead financial domain specialists, analysts, data engineers, and BI professionals.
• Maintain clear boundaries from statutory accounting and transactional finance unless contracted.

Experience and Capability Requirements

• 15+ years in healthcare finance, FP&A, financial analytics, or provider decision support.
• Strong grasp of healthcare costing, reimbursement, profitability, and planning.
• Experience leading analytics teams and executive finance stakeholders.
• Strong data governance and financial-control orientation.

Core Competencies

• Executive stakeholder management.
• Structured problem solving and decision-making.
• Quality, risk, and governance discipline.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Leadership-team development.
• Commercial and operational judgment.

Mandatory Skills

• Service Delivery: Proven experience in managing service delivery in a healthcare finance context.
• Financial Analytics: Expertise in predictive analytics, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Leadership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Business Impact Analysis and data visualization.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance.
• Advanced degree in finance, business administration, or related field.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field is required. An advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) is preferred. Professional certifications (CFA, CPA, etc.) are a plus.