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Connecticut Children’s is the only health system in Connecticut that is 100% dedicated to children. Established on a legacy that spans more than 100 years, Connecticut Children’s offers personalized medical care in more than 30 pediatric specialties across Connecticut and in two other states. Our transformational growth establishes us as a destination for specialized medicine and enables us to reach more children in locations that are closer to home. Our breakthrough research, superior education and training, innovative community partnerships, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion provide a welcoming and inspiring environment for our patients, families and team members.
At Connecticut Children’s, treating children isn’t just our job – it’s our passion. As a leading children’s health system experiencing steady growth, we’re excited to expand our team with exceptional team members who share our vision of transforming children’s health and well-being as one team.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Strategic Finance & Value Realization Analyst serves as a key member of the Enterprise Performance Office (EPO), supporting enterprise decision-making across Connecticut Children’s Health System. This role provides financial analysis, business case and proforma development, and investment evaluation for strategic, operational, and growth initiatives. The position leads value realization efforts, tracking projected versus actual financial performance and supporting performance improvement initiatives across the enterprise. This role partners closely with operational, financial, and strategic leaders, as well as Clinical and Executive Leadership, to evaluate opportunities, validate assumptions, and quantify financial impact. The position ensures organizational decisions are supported by sound financial analysis, achievable operational metrics, and sustainable, measurable outcomes. This role is not responsible for core Finance ownership of budgeting, monthly close, or formal financial reporting, but serves as the EPO’s financial partner for initiative evaluation, planning assumptions, and value realization, and collaborates broadly across the organization to support enterprise initiatives and priorities.
Strategic Financial Analysis - 30%
- Serve as the primary day-to-day financial resource supporting the Enterprise Performance Office.
- Develop and maintain business cases supporting strategic, operational, and growth initiatives.
- Build, review, and evaluate proformas for new programs, service expansions, physician recruitment, capital investments, system growth, and strategic opportunities.
- Conduct sensitivity analyses, scenario modeling, break-even analyses, ROI analyses, and investment evaluations.
- Evaluate financial assumptions supporting enterprise initiatives and recommendations.
- Identify financial risks, opportunities, and provide recommendations to mitigate risk.
- Support strategic and business planning activities through financial analyses and scenario modeling.
Value Realization and Performance Improvement - 20%
- Support the development and maintenance of enterprise value realization methodologies and tracking processes.
- Partner with initiative owners to establish financial targets, measurement plans and expected outcomes for enterprise initiatives.
- Validate realized versus projected financial performance and identify opportunities for value leakage or performance variation.
- Validate savings opportunities, revenue enhancement initiatives, productivity improvements, and operational improvement efficiencies in partnership with Finance and operational leads.
- Provide financial recommendations to support corrective actions when expected outcomes are not achieved.
- Assist in sustainment planning to ensure long-term financial impact is maintained.
Strategic and Operational Decision Support - 10%
- Support analyses related to service line growth, access expansion, capacity planning, physician recruitment, partnerships, system growth, and operational design.
- Assess the financial feasibility of proposed investments, initiatives, and opportunities.
- Support executive leadership in understanding financial implications associated with strategic and operational decisions.
- Participate in initiative reviews, and executive discussions as appropriate.
Enterprise Portfolio Support - 15%
- Provide financial evaluation and prioritization support for enterprise initiatives and investments.
- Assist with investment scoring methodologies and prioritization frameworks.
- Support resource allocation decisions through financial analysis and business case development.
- Supporting monitoring of initiative financial performance throughout implementation and sustainment.
- Participate in enterprise portfolio reviews and governance processes.
- Partner with the Enterprise Project Management Office and Enterprise Performance team to align investments with organizational priorities and available capacity.
Executive Reporting and Decision Support - 10%
- Prepare executive-level financial summaries and decision-support materials.
- Translate complex financial analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for operational and executive leaders.
- Support development of presentations and materials for Executive Management Team, Business Strategic Council, Governance Groups, Board Committees, and Executive Leadership.
- Support the development of executive financial summaries, reports, and performance insights to inform enterprise decision-making.
- Present financial findings and recommendations to operational leaders and governance groups as appropriate.
Financial Stewardship - 15%
- Ensure financial assumptions used in planning and forecasting are reasonable, supportable, and operationally achievable.
- Partner with Finance to ensure alignment between EPO analyses and organizational financial reporting.
- Support long-range planning, investment evaluation, and enterprise financial sustainability efforts.
- Identify emerging financial risks and opportunities impacting organizational performance.
- Promote consistency, accountability, and transparency in financial evaluation of enterprise initiatives.
Performs Other Duties as Assigned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or related field.
Experience:
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare finance, financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, business planning, or operational finance.
- Demonstrated experience developing business cases, proformas, financial models, and investment analyses.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or related graduate degree.
Experience:
- Experience in a Children’s hospital or academic medical center setting.
- Knowledge of hospital operations, physician finance, reimbursement, service line economics, revenue cycle, and healthcare financial management.
- Experience with Strata, Epic, cost accounting systems, productivity analytics, and forecasting tools.
- Experience supporting strategic planning and performance improvement initiatives.
LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
None.
LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
- Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP).
- Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA).
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge:
- Healthcare finance and reimbursement methodologies.
- Business case development and financial modeling.
- Strategic planning and investment evaluation.
- Service line economics and physician finance.
- Budgeting, forecasting, and productivity analytics.
- Value realization methodologies and performance improvement principles.
- Cost accounting and healthcare financial reporting systems.
Skills:
- Strong financial modeling and analytical thinking.
- Strategic and systems thinking.
- Executive communication and presentation skills.
- Problem-solving and decision support.
- Relationship building and collaboration.
- Data interpretation and visualization.
- Consensus building and influencing skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with financial reporting tools.
Abilities:
- Translate complex financial information into actionable recommendations.
- Support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Manage multiple priorities in a dynamic healthcare environment.
- Partner effectively with operational and clinical leaders.
- Evaluate investments and quantify expected outcomes.
- Drive accountability and support value realization efforts.
- Operate effectively in a matrixed organization and influence without direct authority.
INTRODUCTION
Connecticut Children’s is the only health system in Connecticut that is 100% dedicated to children. Established on a legacy that spans more than 100 years, Connecticut Children’s offers personalized medical care in more than 30 pediatric specialties across Connecticut and in two other states. Our transformational growth establishes us as a destination for specialized medicine and enables us to reach more children in locations that are closer to home. Our breakthrough research, superior education and training, innovative community partnerships, and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion provide a welcoming and inspiring environment for our patients, families and team members.
At Connecticut Children’s, treating children isn’t just our job – it’s our passion. As a leading children’s health system experiencing steady growth, we’re excited to expand our team with exceptional team members who share our vision of transforming children’s health and well-being as one team.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Strategic Finance & Value Realization Analyst serves as a key member of the Enterprise Performance Office (EPO), supporting enterprise decision-making across Connecticut Children’s Health System. This role provides financial analysis, business case and proforma development, and investment evaluation for strategic, operational, and growth initiatives. The position leads value realization efforts, tracking projected versus actual financial performance and supporting performance improvement initiatives across the enterprise. This role partners closely with operational, financial, and strategic leaders, as well as Clinical and Executive Leadership, to evaluate opportunities, validate assumptions, and quantify financial impact. The position ensures organizational decisions are supported by sound financial analysis, achievable operational metrics, and sustainable, measurable outcomes. This role is not responsible for core Finance ownership of budgeting, monthly close, or formal financial reporting, but serves as the EPO’s financial partner for initiative evaluation, planning assumptions, and value realization, and collaborates broadly across the organization to support enterprise initiatives and priorities.
Strategic Financial Analysis - 30%
- Serve as the primary day-to-day financial resource supporting the Enterprise Performance Office.
- Develop and maintain business cases supporting strategic, operational, and growth initiatives.
- Build, review, and evaluate proformas for new programs, service expansions, physician recruitment, capital investments, system growth, and strategic opportunities.
- Conduct sensitivity analyses, scenario modeling, break-even analyses, ROI analyses, and investment evaluations.
- Evaluate financial assumptions supporting enterprise initiatives and recommendations.
- Identify financial risks, opportunities, and provide recommendations to mitigate risk.
- Support strategic and business planning activities through financial analyses and scenario modeling.
Value Realization and Performance Improvement - 20%
- Support the development and maintenance of enterprise value realization methodologies and tracking processes.
- Partner with initiative owners to establish financial targets, measurement plans and expected outcomes for enterprise initiatives.
- Validate realized versus projected financial performance and identify opportunities for value leakage or performance variation.
- Validate savings opportunities, revenue enhancement initiatives, productivity improvements, and operational improvement efficiencies in partnership with Finance and operational leads.
- Provide financial recommendations to support corrective actions when expected outcomes are not achieved.
- Assist in sustainment planning to ensure long-term financial impact is maintained.
Strategic and Operational Decision Support - 10%
- Support analyses related to service line growth, access expansion, capacity planning, physician recruitment, partnerships, system growth, and operational design.
- Assess the financial feasibility of proposed investments, initiatives, and opportunities.
- Support executive leadership in understanding financial implications associated with strategic and operational decisions.
- Participate in initiative reviews, and executive discussions as appropriate.
Enterprise Portfolio Support - 15%
- Provide financial evaluation and prioritization support for enterprise initiatives and investments.
- Assist with investment scoring methodologies and prioritization frameworks.
- Support resource allocation decisions through financial analysis and business case development.
- Supporting monitoring of initiative financial performance throughout implementation and sustainment.
- Participate in enterprise portfolio reviews and governance processes.
- Partner with the Enterprise Project Management Office and Enterprise Performance team to align investments with organizational priorities and available capacity.
Executive Reporting and Decision Support - 10%
- Prepare executive-level financial summaries and decision-support materials.
- Translate complex financial analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for operational and executive leaders.
- Support development of presentations and materials for Executive Management Team, Business Strategic Council, Governance Groups, Board Committees, and Executive Leadership.
- Support the development of executive financial summaries, reports, and performance insights to inform enterprise decision-making.
- Present financial findings and recommendations to operational leaders and governance groups as appropriate.
Financial Stewardship - 15%
- Ensure financial assumptions used in planning and forecasting are reasonable, supportable, and operationally achievable.
- Partner with Finance to ensure alignment between EPO analyses and organizational financial reporting.
- Support long-range planning, investment evaluation, and enterprise financial sustainability efforts.
- Identify emerging financial risks and opportunities impacting organizational performance.
- Promote consistency, accountability, and transparency in financial evaluation of enterprise initiatives.
Performs Other Duties as Assigned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or related field.
Experience:
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare finance, financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, business planning, or operational finance.
- Demonstrated experience developing business cases, proformas, financial models, and investment analyses.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or related graduate degree.
Experience:
- Experience in a Children’s hospital or academic medical center setting.
- Knowledge of hospital operations, physician finance, reimbursement, service line economics, revenue cycle, and healthcare financial management.
- Experience with Strata, Epic, cost accounting systems, productivity analytics, and forecasting tools.
- Experience supporting strategic planning and performance improvement initiatives.
LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
None.
LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
- Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP).
- Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA).
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge:
- Healthcare finance and reimbursement methodologies.
- Business case development and financial modeling.
- Strategic planning and investment evaluation.
- Service line economics and physician finance.
- Budgeting, forecasting, and productivity analytics.
- Value realization methodologies and performance improvement principles.
- Cost accounting and healthcare financial reporting systems.
Skills:
- Strong financial modeling and analytical thinking.
- Strategic and systems thinking.
- Executive communication and presentation skills.
- Problem-solving and decision support.
- Relationship building and collaboration.
- Data interpretation and visualization.
- Consensus building and influencing skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with financial reporting tools.
Abilities:
- Translate complex financial information into actionable recommendations.
- Support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Manage multiple priorities in a dynamic healthcare environment.
- Partner effectively with operational and clinical leaders.
- Evaluate investments and quantify expected outcomes.
- Drive accountability and support value realization efforts.
- Operate effectively in a matrixed organization and influence without direct authority.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Strategic Finance Analyst
Verify your degree aligns with the role
USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation claims for finance roles. A degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a closely related quantitative field strengthens your petition. A business administration degree with no finance concentration can trigger a Request for Evidence.
Pull LCA filings before applying
Filter DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data by occupation code 13-2099 to see which employers have certified prevailing wages for strategic finance roles. Companies with recent, recurring filings in this code are actively sponsoring, not just open to it.
Use Migrate Mate to target verified sponsors
Search Migrate Mate by role and filter for employers with H-1B filing history in finance. This surfaces companies already familiar with the LCA and I-129 process, cutting out the negotiation required to educate a first-time sponsor.
Negotiate who bears filing fees upfront
Federal law prohibits employers from passing certain H-1B filing fees to you, but premium processing and legal fees are negotiable. Clarify in writing whether the employer covers attorney costs before you accept an offer, not after.
Benchmark your offer against the prevailing wage
Run your job title, location, and experience level through the OFLC Wage Search before signing. Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your specific geography; an offer below Level I or II wages for your metro area will fail the LCA certification.
Document your FP&A and modeling work precisely
When your employer's attorney drafts the specialty occupation letter, vague job descriptions like 'analyze financial data' invite RFEs. Provide a detailed task list that ties each responsibility to a specific finance or economics degree requirement, citing tools like DCF modeling or variance analysis.
H-1B Visa Strategic Finance Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Strategic Finance Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Strategic Finance Analyst roles typically qualify because they require at least a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field as a standard entry requirement for the position. USCIS evaluates the specific job duties, not just the title. Roles focused on financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business planning consistently meet the specialty occupation standard, though a vague job description can attract a Request for Evidence.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Strategic Finance Analyst positions?
Large technology firms, investment banks, private equity-backed companies, and multinational corporations are the most active H-1B sponsors for strategic finance roles. You can identify them by reviewing DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data filtered by the relevant occupation code. Migrate Mate surfaces this filing history directly, so you can focus your applications on companies with a documented track record of sponsoring finance professionals.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect strategic finance job offers?
Your employer must certify through DOL that your offered salary meets the prevailing wage for your job title, experience level, and work location. For strategic finance roles, prevailing wages vary significantly by metro area, with high-cost markets setting higher floor requirements. Run your offer details through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting. An offer below the applicable wage level will fail DOL certification and block the visa filing entirely.
Can I change employers while on an H-1B in a Strategic Finance Analyst role?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer as soon as they file a new H-1B petition, as long as your existing H-1B has been approved for at least 180 days and the new role is in the same or a related specialty occupation. For strategic finance professionals, moving between a corporate FP&A role and an investment firm's finance function generally qualifies, but your new employer must file a fresh I-129 and LCA before your start date.
What happens to my H-1B status if my employer eliminates my Strategic Finance Analyst position?
Your H-1B status is tied to your employment, so a layoff or position elimination starts a 60-day grace period during which you must find a new sponsor, change to another valid status, or depart the U.S. Your former employer is legally required to pay the cost of return transportation to your home country if the employment ends before your petition period. Begin your job search immediately and document your search timeline carefully for any future status change application.