Junior Business / Financial Analyst in Alpharetta, Georgia at Southeast Medical Group

Junior Business / Financial Analyst

Reports to: Vice President of Finance

Department: Finance

Location: Hybrid / Corporate (SPCP)

The Junior Business / Financial Analyst will support the Vice President of Finance in executing SPCP’s enterprise finance responsibilities, with a primary focus on forecasting support, business operations analytics, financial storytelling, and cross-functional coordination. This role is designed to support analytical and preparation work from senior finance leadership, enabling faster, more accurate decision-making across a multi-clinic healthcare platform. This position is not a traditional FP&A analyst role. It is intentionally broader, and more operationally oriented.

Key Responsibilities

Forecasting & Planning Support

- Support rolling forecasts (e.g., 3+9, 6+6, 9+3, 10+2) and 13-week cash forecasting

- Maintain and update forecast assumption inputs across clinics

- Assist with base vs downside scenario analysis

- Track assumption changes and document rationale for version control

- Support enterprise rollups from clinic-level forecast templates

Business & Operational Analytics

- Perform ad hoc analyses to support operational, growth, and integration decisions

- Analyze clinic-level performance trends and flag emerging issues

- Support provider capacity, visit volume, and staffing-related analyses

- Help translate operational data into financial implications

Financial Storytelling & Materials

- Assist in preparing executive-ready materials (slides, summaries, dashboards)

- Support the VP Finance in framing financial performance for executive leadership, operations leadership, and board or investor materials (as needed)

- Ensure consistency in definitions, metrics, and messaging

Cross-Functional Coordination

- Work with HR to incorporate provider starts, exits, and ramp assumptions

- Interface with Operations to validate clinic access and capacity assumptions

- Coordinate with Accounting and FP&A to ensure alignment between forecasts, actuals, and cash

- Support the Forecast Assumptions Working Group process

Process & Model Support

- Maintain standardized forecasting templates and documentation

- Help improve forecasting processes for scalability and simplicity

- Assist in onboarding new clinics or acquisitions into finance models

- Support continuous improvement initiatives within the Finance function

What This Role Is Not

- Not responsible for month-end close

- Not a GL or accounting role

- Not the owner of enterprise FP&A models

- Not a clinic operations role

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field

- 1–3 years of experience in financial analysis, business analytics, consulting, healthcare, or multi-unit environments (preferred)

- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, structured models)

- Ability to work with incomplete information and evolving assumptions

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

- Healthcare, multi-site, or services industry experience

- Exposure to forecasting, budgeting, or cash flow analysis

- Familiarity with performance dashboards or reporting tools

- Comfort working with senior leadership

Core Competencies

- Business judgment: understands how numbers connect to operations

- Structured thinking: can break ambiguity into clear assumptions

- Attention to detail: accurate, disciplined, and well-documented

- Communication: able to explain analysis clearly and concisely

- Discretion: comfortable supporting executive-level work

Growth Path

This role is intended to grow into Senior Business Analyst, Finance Manager (Operations or Strategy), or broader enterprise finance leadership roles. The analyst will gain exposure to forecasting, executive finance, healthcare operations, and M&A support — a unique development path relative to traditional FP&A roles.

Why This Role Exists at SPCP

SPCP is a growing, multi-state healthcare platform with increasing operational complexity. This role enables the VP of Finance to operate at the right altitude by delegating analytical preparation and coordination work while preserving accountability for financial decisions and messaging.