Hospital for Special Surgery

Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis

Hospital for Special Surgery  •  United States (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
Expired
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Job Description

How you move is why we’re here. ®
Now more than ever.


Get back to what you need and love to do.
The possibilities are endless...

Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximizethe abundant opportunities for growth and success.

If this describes you then let’s talk!

HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.


Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Emp Status

Regular Full time

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Compensation Range

What you will be doing

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Budget, Forecasting & Long-Range Planning

  • Own end-to-end enterprise budget development, including calendar, guidance, templates, assumption setting, consolidation, review cycles, and leadership presentations.
  • Lead rolling forecasting and long-range planning processes (including scenario planning), ensuring plans reflect strategic priorities, operational realities, and emerging risks/opportunities.
  • Establish and maintain a consistent planning framework (drivers, assumptions, workforce planning, inflation, productivity, volume, etc.) to improve comparability and decision-making.
  • Ensure all budget/forecast submissions meet quality standards for accuracy, completeness, documentation, and alignment with leadership direction.

Performance Management & Executive Narrative

  • Lead monthly/quarterly performance cadence (Budget vs Actual, Forecast vs Actual) with operations, including variance drivers, risks, and corrective action recommendations.
  • Translate operational performance into clear financial narratives and decision-ready insights for senior leadership.
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to establish measurable financial targets and track progress against initiatives (as applicable).

Finance Business Partnering & Operator Liaison

  • Act as the primary liaison for operational leaders across the organization, ensuring a proactive and trusted finance partnership model.
  • Build a consistent rhythm with operators (monthly reviews, ad hoc decisions, capital-to-operating impacts), supporting both tactical execution and strategic planning.
  • Identify opportunities to improve performance, optimize resources, and strengthen accountability through financial insight and decision support.

Business Plans & Strategic Financial Planning Integration

  • Oversee new business plans, ensuring completion of financial metrics, strong assumptions, and clear ROI/IRR analyses where relevant.
  • Ensure approved business plans are fully integrated into budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans, including phasing/timing of impact, staffing implications, and operational dependencies.
  • Maintain a visible business plan pipeline and stage-gate process, coordinating with key stakeholders to move plans from concept to decision to execution.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A team (3–6 direct reports plus broader team), building a strong bench of future finance leaders.
  • Define clear roles, responsibilities, deliverables, and escalation paths to ensure speed, accountability, and quality.
  • Foster a collaborative team culture that is operator-oriented, outcomes-driven, and continuously improving.

Planning Transformation & Standardization

  • Partner with finance transformation and analytics stakeholders to advance automation, build financial reporting tool, standardization in planning processes and reporting.
  • Drive adoption of streamlined planning tools and improved data quality, focusing on reducing manual effort and enabling self-serve, trusted insights.
  • Improve documentation, controls, and governance for planning inputs and outputs.

Non-Discrimination Policy
Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.

Hospital for Special Surgery

About Hospital for Special Surgery

HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 16th consecutive year), No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2025-2026), and the best pediatric orthopedic hospital in NY, NJ and CT by U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” list (2024-2025). In a survey of medical professionals in more than 20 countries by Newsweek, HSS is ranked world #1 in orthopedics for a fifth consecutive year (2025).

Founded in 1863, the Hospital has the lowest readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection and complication rates. HSS was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center five consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State, as well as in Florida.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Year Founded
1863
Website
hss.edu
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