BEN WONG
Healthcare Finance Professional
Renton,WA
Summary
Finance professional with 20+ years of experience in healthcare accounting, budgeting, forecasting, setting fee schedules, and financial analysis. Proven success in supporting medical academics, provider groups, and hospitals through financial planning, proforma modeling, cost/revenue optimization, and data-driven decision support. Strong analytical and technically skilled with a focus on operational improvements and cross-functional collaboration.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
MultiCare Health System
05.2024 - 02.2025
- Developed financial visibility into the value of Medical Academics.
- Delivered long-range forecast for GME/state funding to guide CAP utilization planning.
- Led financial modeling (NPV, proformas) for residency programs and clinic growth opportunities.
- Collaborated with leadership to finalize FY25 budgets for assigned cost centers.
- Reviewed monthly performance to budget and provided variance explanations for assigned business units.
Provider Practice Analyst/Advisor
Seattle Children’s Hospital
03.2021 - 05.2024
- Presented executive-level summaries with financial/revenue cycle metrics to divisions, engaging diverse leadership groups in KPI reviews and target alignment.
- Led initiatives to enhance provider efficiency by reviewing RVU-based productivity and coding distributions against pediatric benchmarks across different specialties.
- Partnered with clinical, compliance, and billing teams to optimized billing opportunities.
- Updated annual professional and dental fee schedules by applying CMS RVUs, payer contract rates, and market data to set competitive and appropriate pricing.
- Developed key financial/revenue cycle metrics to track and monitor performance against target.
- Partnered with departments to create financial models assessing new clinical initiatives.
Senior Financial Analyst
Seattle Children's Hospital
07.2018 - 02.2021
- Collaborated with department leaders to finalize annual budgets for assigned divisions.
- Distributed monthly financial statements with detailed variance analysis and key drivers.
- Provided valuable insights by leading monthly variance analysis reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
- Improved budget forecasting through meticulous monitoring of expenses and revenue streams.
Senior Accountant – Lead
Seattle Children's Hospital
10.2011 - 06.2018
- Reviewed $120M+ in institutional support funding for 40 specialties.
- Tracked payment variances to budget for additional approvals from senior leadership.
- Signed off on all monthly, quarterly, and annual B&O, sales, and use tax filings to state and cities.
- Provided audit support for institutional support funding and tax filings with external and state/city auditors.
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
Senior Accountant
Seattle Children's Hospial
10.2005 - 10.2011
- Prepared community benefit reports for IRS Form 990 Schedule H using Lyon Software.
- Managed property tax exemption and renewal filings for hospital properties in coordination with facility teams, and assisted with the state’s site audits.
- Updated general ledger with latest entries for fixed assets, Home Care revenue/reserves, Pharmacy AR, bank reconciliation, Demand Flow inventory, and high-risk pharmacy inventory.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Reviewed and set up special fund contracts, coordinated funding allocations, and monitored spending to ensure compliance with contract terms and reporting requirements.
Additional Experience
Early Career
07.1999 - 09.2005
- Cost & Budget Accountant, Polyclinic | May 2004 - Sep 2005
- Financial Reporting Accountant, Farmers New World Life | Jul 2000 - Feb 2004
- Staff Accountant, First Mutual Bank | Jul 1999 - Jun 2000
Education
MBA - Healthcare Management
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT06.2019
BA - Business Administration (Accounting)
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA06.1999
Skills
- Financial management
- Budget forecasting
- Provider productivity analytics & KPI dashboard development
- Revenue cycle management
- Financial modeling & proformas
- Performance and variance analysis
- File and process automation
- Professional and dental fee schedule setting
- Skilled in Excel, Tableau, Epic, MS SQL, Spravo, Cognos, Lawson, Workday, Axiom, Sage, BizInsight, Blackline, Smartsheet
Timeline
Finance Manager
MultiCare Health System
05.2024 - 02.2025
Provider Practice Analyst/Advisor
Seattle Children’s Hospital
03.2021 - 05.2024
Senior Financial Analyst
Seattle Children's Hospital
07.2018 - 02.2021
Senior Accountant – Lead
Seattle Children's Hospital
10.2011 - 06.2018
Senior Accountant
Seattle Children's Hospial
10.2005 - 10.2011
Additional Experience
Early Career
07.1999 - 09.2005
MBA - Healthcare Management
Western Governors University
BA - Business Administration (Accounting)
Western Washington University
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