Financial Accountant - Physician Practices

Your experience matters

• Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is part of Lifepoint
• Health [https://lifepointhealth.net/locations], a diversified healthcare
• delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound
• commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to
• others. As Financial Analyst joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission
• dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey
• where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference
• in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

• At Highpoint Health – Sumner Physician Practices, our finance team partners with
• operational leaders to understand practice performance and support decisions
• that strengthen patient care and clinic operations. We value curiosity,
• collaboration, and proactive problem-solving, with a focus on turning financial
• data into practical insights. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to
• provider planning, practice growth, and the financial performance of our
• physician practices.

How you’ll contribute

• A Financial Analyst who excels in this role:
• Analyze financial performance across physician practices, identifying trends,

• explaining favorable and unfavorable variances, and highlighting
• opportunities for improvement.

• Evaluate budget-to-actual performance and determine the underlying drivers

• related to provider productivity, patient volume, reimbursement, staffing,
• and operating decisions.

• Review and analyze revenue, contractual deductions, operating expenses, labor

costs, and EBITDA.

• Support month-end closing, account reconciliations, and accurate financial

reporting.

• Develop financial forecasts and assess the financial impact of operational

decisions.

• Build financial models to support provider recruitment, new positions, clinic

growth, capital investments, and other business opportunities.

• Analyze provider productivity metrics, including work relative value units

(wRVUs), compensation models, and productivity benchmarks.

• Translate large amounts of financial and operational data into clear, concise

reports and insights that leaders can use to make informed decisions.

• Proactively investigate unusual results, identify emerging financial

concerns, and communicate findings and recommendations.

• Partner with finance and operational leaders to support practice performance

and other financial initiatives.

• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and follow applicable

healthcare regulations and organizational policies.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for

Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. Additional

requirements include

• Required
• At least two years of relevant accounting, finance, or financial analysis

experience.

• Strong financial and analytical skills, including the ability to interpret

• financial results, explain variances, and identify underlying business
• drivers.

• Understanding of budgeting, forecasting, month-end closing, and financial

reporting.

• High proficiency in Excel and financial reporting or analytics tools,

• including the ability to organize and analyze large datasets and build
• financial models.

• Ability to understand or learn physician productivity metrics, provider

compensation models, and productivity benchmarks.

• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and a proactive, curious approach

to problem-solving.

• Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain financial

information clearly to operational leaders.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently with general

guidance, and connect financial details to broader operational goals.

Preferred

• Experience in healthcare, physician practices, or medical group operations.
• Experience with Axiom and Oracle.

Schedule: Full-time

Why join us

• We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing
• excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position

also offers

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision

coverage for full-time and part-time employees.

• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital

• indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family
• leave and paid time off.

• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification

• tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company
• match.

• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free

• gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and
• discount programs).

• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement

opportunities.

More about Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas

• Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is a 167-bed acute care
• hospital serving Gallatin and the surrounding Sumner County community. For more
• than 60 years, the hospital has provided a broad range of inpatient and
• outpatient services, including emergency care, surgical services, cardiovascular
• care, orthopedics, women’s services, and other specialty care. The hospital is
• accredited by The Joint Commission and is part of Highpoint Health, a regional
• health system serving communities across Middle Tennessee.

EEOC Statement

• “Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is an Equal Opportunity
• Employer. Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas is committed to
• Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with
• all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

• Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of
• Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans
• 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and
• behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across
• the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers
• and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through
• talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with
• opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a
• difference in communities across the country.
• We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to
• promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with
• an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and
• reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.