Budget Manager

Cooper University Hospital • Camden, NJ

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About The Position

The Budget Manager will lead the Health System’s budgeting function in direct support of institutional mission and strategy. Reporting to the Senior Director, this role stewards the full operating and capital budgeting cycles; produces timely analyses and executive reporting; ensuring policy compliance; and cultivates budget literacy across the organization. The Budget Manager partners closely with department leaders, including Vice Presidents, Directors and department heads to evaluate initiatives, model multi-year scenarios, and align resources with priorities. The Budget Manager will assist the Senior Director in orchestrating Cooper University Health System’s full operating and capital budgeting cycles from calendar design through adoption and implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic and facilities plans. This role will collaborate and meet on a recurring basis with leadership to ensure accurate development and management of the annual operating and capital budgets, execute financial analyses for revenue and expense trends, and prepare presentations and reports for internal and external audiences. Work closely with the leadership to monitor spending, provide regular reports to assist with management of each area budget. Attend monthly accountability meetings with health system leadership and accounting teams. Provide hands-on education and support for departments to enhance their understanding of hospital budgets and our financial reporting tools, fostering a culture of shared accountability and fiscal transparency. Partner with accounting as a resource to better align the budgeting/monitoring process with month end close activities. Accountable to maintain a system of internal/business controls which are designed to provide reasonable assurance to CUHC Management that the information provided is accurate, timely and reliable. Assist in the management of financial processes that include statistical reporting, variance analysis and financial reporting This role will establish the use of financial decision support tools, their integration with key systems like Infor, Epic, Kronos and others. Oversee position control analytics, including staffing plans, vacancy tracking, and salary/benefit projections to inform workforce planning and multi-year forecasts.

Requirements

• 3-5 years' experience in full operating and capital budgeting cycles, timely analyses and executive reporting; ensuring policy compliance; and cultivating budget literacy across an organization.
• High School Diploma
• Associate's degree
• Communication – Ability to communicate with patients, visitors and coworkers

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree

Responsibilities

• Lead the Health System’s budgeting function in direct support of institutional mission and strategy.
• Steward the full operating and capital budgeting cycles
• Produce timely analyses and executive reporting
• Ensure policy compliance
• Cultivate budget literacy across the organization
• Partner closely with department leaders, including Vice Presidents, Directors and department heads to evaluate initiatives, model multi-year scenarios, and align resources with priorities.
• Assist the Senior Director in orchestrating Cooper University Health System’s full operating and capital budgeting cycles from calendar design through adoption and implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic and facilities plans.
• Collaborate and meet on a recurring basis with leadership to ensure accurate development and management of the annual operating and capital budgets, execute financial analyses for revenue and expense trends, and prepare presentations and reports for internal and external audiences.
• Work closely with the leadership to monitor spending, provide regular reports to assist with management of each area budget.
• Attend monthly accountability meetings with health system leadership and accounting teams.
• Provide hands-on education and support for departments to enhance their understanding of hospital budgets and our financial reporting tools, fostering a culture of shared accountability and fiscal transparency.
• Partner with accounting as a resource to better align the budgeting/monitoring process with month end close activities.
• Maintain a system of internal/business controls which are designed to provide reasonable assurance to CUHC Management that the information provided is accurate, timely and reliable.
• Assist in the management of financial processes that include statistical reporting, variance analysis and financial reporting
• Establish the use of financial decision support tools, their integration with key systems like Infor, Epic, Kronos and others.
• Oversee position control analytics, including staffing plans, vacancy tracking, and salary/benefit projections to inform workforce planning and multi-year forecasts.

Benefits

• Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement.
• attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree