Arizona, United States · Hybrid
$118k–$144k/yr
Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare? Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone? Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community? Do you want to have…
Skills: Project Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Deltek Costpoint, Financial Modeling
Arizona, United States · On-site
$60k–$65k/yr
Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare? Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone? Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community? Do you want to have…
Skills: Project Coordination, Technical Assistance, Report Development, Meeting Management, Microsoft Office
Arizona, United States • Hybrid
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Leads the financial development of RFP proposal budgets and pricing while managing project accounting and financial reporting. Serves as the primary finance owner for Deltek Costpoint to ensure data integrity and automated reporting visibility.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and a CPA certification, with an MBA preferred. Candidates must have at least 10 years of progressive experience in project accounting, budgeting, and financial management.
Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare?
Are you ready to leverage your talents to make healthcare better for everyone?
Do you want the opportunity to give back to your community?
Do you want to have fun at work?
Then join the growing team at Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) that is transforming the delivery of healthcare in the United States!
The Accounting Manager leads the financial development of Request for Proposals (RFPs), with primary responsibility for preparing compliant, accurate, and competitive proposal budgets and pricing. This role partners closely with the CFO & Controller to develop pricing strategies aligned with RFP requirements, supports project budgeting and financial reporting, and manages direct reports responsible for project accounting and budget support.
This role works closely with proposal teams, project managers, and operations to develop and manage budgets and pricing across the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include building initial proposal budgets, revising pricing as scope changes or new work is identified, and supporting contract modifications and other budget updates to ensure financial information remains accurate, compliant, and aligned from proposal through execution.
The role also serves as a key finance lead for Deltek Costpoint, ensuring the system is effectively used to support proposal development, project accounting, and financial reporting. This includes maintaining data integrity, supporting appropriate use of modules and submodules, and standardizing system-based reporting. The focus is on building reliable, automated reporting that provides real-time visibility into project performance and supports informed decision-making.
\nEssential Competencies, Duties and Responsibilities· Lead RFP proposal budget development, including pricing support and financial narrative input, ensuring compliance with requirements and a strong focus on accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
· Manage budgeting and forecasting activities across the project lifecycle, including annual budgets, projections, long-range planning, estimate-to-complete, forecast updates, and contract closeout support
· Analyze budget-to-actual and forecast results, identify key variances and trends, and deliver clear financial insights, recommendations, dashboards, and executive-level presentations to leadership
· Partner with project and operational leaders to align budgets, forecasts, and financial plans with contract requirements and business performance while continuously improving models, reporting tools, and planning processes
· Serve as the primary finance owner for Deltek Costpoint, overseeing project setup and maintenance, budgeting support, reporting, cost tracking, and alignment with billing terms, labor categories, and key financial metrics
· Use available AI-enabled tools within Costpoint, such as DELA, to improve efficiency, strengthen data quality, monitor reporting outputs, and identify discrepancies or process issues
· Maintain alignment among Costpoint data, budget models, and general ledger activity, and support system enhancements and process improvements that strengthen reporting and financial workflows
· Apply accounting principles to project budgets, cost structures, and financial reporting
· Review project financial data to ensure alignment between budgets, contract terms, and recorded activity
· Support the validation of revenue, costs, billings, and budget-to-actual results, including the timely resolution of discrepancies
· Provide support for month-end and audit activities related to project financial data
· Perform ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and special projects in support of business and operational needs
· Research and resolve issues independently before escalation, using sound judgment, supporting documentation, and appropriate follow-through
· Support the development, documentation, and ongoing improvement of policies, procedures, and internal controls
· Demonstrate initiative by anticipating needs, recommending solutions, and providing dependable support during routine operations and peak proposal periods, which may occasionally require extended work hours
· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and CPA required. MBA preferred
· Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in project accounting, budgeting, and analysis, or related financial management roles
· Experience in cost accounting, regulated environments, or proposal pricing strongly preferred
Advanced Excel and financial systems skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, pivot tables, lookups, management reporting, and the effective use of Costpoint, Deltek budgeting or planning tools, and similar platforms
· Experience using AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, data quality, reporting accuracy, and workflow effectiveness
· Executive presence, sound judgment, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities, collaborate across teams, and follow through to completion
· Demonstrate ability to work effectively with leadership and cross-functional teams, adapt to changing priorities, and contribute to continuous process improvement
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, management reserves the right to revise the position or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, work load, rush jobs requiring non-regular work hours, or technological developments).
HSAG is an EEO Employer of Veterans protected under Section 4212.
If you have special needs and require assistance completing our employment application process, please feel free to contact us.
EOE M/F/Veteran/Disability
Quality: It's Who We Are and What We Do
Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) is both a diversified Arizona-based quality innovation network-quality improvement organization (QIN-QIO) and an external quality review organization (EQRO). It was founded in 1979 by a group of medical professionals whose goal was to make a difference in health care quality improvement. As a QIO, HSAG works to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and quality of services delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. As an EQRO, HSAG conducts health plan-specific reviews of quality of care, timeliness, and access to services provided to beneficiaries in managed care, behavioral health, and prepaid inpatient health plans for Medicaid programs across the country. There is a QIN-QIO representing each state within a QIN region. HSAG is the QIN-QIO for Arizona and California. At its headquarters in Arizona, HSAG has three divisions: the Federal Division, responsible for Medicare work under a federal contract; the State & Corporate Services Division, responsible for Medicaid quality review work; and the Survey, Research & Analysis Division, which offers outcomes measurement, satisfaction surveys, and quality improvement interventions. It is HSAG’s mission to be a positive force in health care by providing helpful information and quality expertise to those who deliver and those who receive health services.
Offices: 2390 East Camelback Rd, Suite 400, Phoenix, Arizona 85016-3479, US · 1001 Kamokila Blvd, Suite 111, Kalaeloa, Hawaii 96707, US
Quality: It's Who We Are and What We Do
Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) is both a diversified Arizona-based quality innovation network-quality improvement organization (QIN-QIO) and an external quality review organization (EQRO). It was founded in 1979 by a group of medical professionals whose goal was to make a difference in health care quality improvement. As a QIO, HSAG works to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and quality of services delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. As an EQRO, HSAG conducts health plan-specific reviews of quality of care, timeliness, and access to services provided to beneficiaries in managed care, behavioral health, and prepaid inpatient health plans for Medicaid programs across the country. There is a QIN-QIO representing each state within a QIN region. HSAG is the QIN-QIO for Arizona and California. At its headquarters in Arizona, HSAG has three divisions: the Federal Division, responsible for Medicare work under a federal contract; the State & Corporate Services Division, responsible for Medicaid quality review work; and the Survey, Research & Analysis Division, which offers outcomes measurement, satisfaction surveys, and quality improvement interventions. It is HSAG’s mission to be a positive force in health care by providing helpful information and quality expertise to those who deliver and those who receive health services.
Offices: 2390 East Camelback Rd, Suite 400, Phoenix, Arizona 85016-3479, US · 1001 Kamokila Blvd, Suite 111, Kalaeloa, Hawaii 96707, US
