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Senior Financial Analyst, Provider Compensation
LCMC Health Physician Group (LHPG)
New Orleans, LA
Are you an experienced healthcare finance professional who enjoys solving complex compensation and operational challenges? LCMC Health is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Provider Compensation to play a key role in the design, administration, analysis, and reporting of provider compensation programs across our growing physician enterprise.
This is a highly visible role that partners with Finance, Clinic Operations, Human Resources, Payroll, and physician leadership to ensure provider compensation is accurate, data-driven, and aligned with organizational goals. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in physician practice or clinic finance , advanced analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex compensation plans into meaningful financial insights.
If you enjoy working at the intersection of healthcare operations, provider productivity, financial performance, and compensation strategy, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact across one of the region's leading health systems.
What You'll Do
Provider Compensation Analysis
Develop, maintain, and validate provider compensation calculations in accordance with approved compensation plans and contractual terms.
Build sophisticated compensation models that incorporate base salary, productivity incentives, quality incentives, guarantees, administrative stipends, and other compensation components.
Analyze provider productivity, compensation, and financial performance using metrics such as wRVUs, professional revenue, collections, compensation per wRVU, and related benchmarks.
Perform scenario modeling and financial analysis to evaluate proposed compensation changes.
Support annual compensation planning, budgeting, forecasting, and provider true-up processes.
Financial Analysis & Reporting
Prepare recurring provider compensation, productivity, and financial performance reports for leadership.
Analyze actual compensation results against budgets, forecasts, contractual expectations, and historical trends.
Identify variances, unusual trends, calculation discrepancies, and opportunities for improvement.
Provide actionable financial insights that help leaders understand key drivers of provider compensation expense and clinic performance.
Support provider-level, service-line, and clinic-level financial analysis.
Data Validation & Reconciliation
Reconcile compensation calculations to payroll records, productivity reporting, source systems, and financial statements.
Validate provider roster information, compensation terms, productivity measures, and other critical inputs.
Investigate discrepancies across payroll, finance, operational, and provider productivity data.
Maintain comprehensive documentation and audit-ready support for all compensation calculations.
Provider Compensation Administration
Review employment agreements, compensation plans, exhibits, and amendments to identify key financial terms.
Maintain compensation schedules, assumptions, and supporting documentation.
Support provider onboarding, compensation changes, contract renewals, and terminations.
Respond to compensation-related inquiries and provide clear explanations of compensation calculations and methodologies.
Assist with internal and external audit requests.
Process Improvement
Identify and implement opportunities to streamline provider compensation calculations and reporting processes.
Develop standardized reporting tools, controls, templates, and documentation.
Partner with operational and finance teams to continuously improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and process efficiency.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
Minimum of 2 years of healthcare finance experience, preferably in physician practice, ambulatory, or medical…