Centene Healthcare/BioTech

Finance Analyst III – Network Quality & Affordability

Remote Full-time

Location: Remote-FL

Position Purpose: Compile and analyze financial information for Network Reimbursement and Contracting initiatives, playing a key role in supporting annual cost-savings goals. Support the ideation, management, and execution of Quality and Healthcare Affordability Initiatives (QAI) through financial analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Details: Healthcare or managed-care experience is preferred; network reimbursement, contracting, or operations experience is a plus. Ideal candidates will have experience with recurring financial reporting, savings and cost tracking, projections, reconciliations, variance analysis, data validation, and resolving discrepancies across multiple data sources. Strong ability to translate complex financial results into clear business insights is important.

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, formulas, data validation, and Excel queries, are required. Experience with Power BI, Planview, Power Query, macros/VBA, reporting automation, and large financial datasets is preferred. This high-visibility role offers exposure to affordability strategy and portfolio management, with opportunities to present financial insights and support leadership decision-making.

Fully remote within the continental U.S.; Eastern or Central time zone preferred.

Develop integrated revenue/expense analyses, projections, reports, and presentations.

Create and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and ensure financial information has been recorded accurately.

Validate source data, financial entries, calculations, and reporting outputs; investigate discrepancies and partner with initiative owners and subject-matter experts to resolve data-quality issues before results are published.

Develop and maintain financial models, Excel-based analyses, Power BI reporting, and executive-ready materials that communicate key drivers, trends, risks, and performance.

Perform financial forecasting and reconciliation of internal accounts.

Identify trends and developments in competitive environments and present findings to senior management.

Collaborate with cross-functional partners to establish reporting assumptions, definitions, controls, and timelines that improve forecast accuracy and consistency across initiatives.

Present and discuss analysis with upper management.

Handle complex and high-level financial analysis.

Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, strengthen quality-control checks, standardize documentation, and reduce manual effort while preserving accuracy.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience. 4+ years of financial or data analysis experience. Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.

Pay Range: $70,100.00 - $126,200.00 per year

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act

Additional Locations: Remote-TN, Remote-KS, Remote-SD, Remote-IN, Remote-SC, Remote-IL, Remote-RI, Remote-ID, Remote-PA, Remote-IA, Remote-OR, Remote-OK, Remote-GA, Remote-OH, Remote-NY, Remote-DE, Remote-NV, Remote-DC, Remote-NM, Remote-CT, Remote-NJ, Remote-CO, Remote-NH, Remote-CA, Remote-NE, Remote-AZ, Remote-ND, Remote-AR, Remote-NC, Remote-AL, Remote-MT, Remote-MS, Remote-WY, Remote-MO, Remote-WV, Remote-MN, Remote-WI, Remote-MI, Remote-WA State, Remote-ME, Remote-VT, Remote-MD, Remote-VA, Remote-MA, Remote-UT, Remote-LA, Remote-TX, Remote-KY

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