Senior Manager - Strategic Financial Planning & Investments
Top focus
We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do.
Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. We are looking for a dynamic and highly experienced Senior Manager, Strategic Financial Planning & Investments to join our team at Aetna/CVS.
In this critical hybrid role, you will be responsible for developing and executing financial models, supporting multi-year capital planning, and driving strategic oversight for large-scale, high-impact initiatives. You’ll play a central role in managing key relationships, presenting strategic insights to senior leadership, and influencing enterprise-wide decision-making
Responsibilities
- Strategic Financial Modeling & Planning: Lead the design and development of financial, economic, and strategic frameworks for clinical services initiatives.
- Support the multi-year enterprise capital planning process, overseeing and driving high-value projects that shape product and service delivery.
- Investment Planning & Capital Management: Manage the ACS capital planning process, securing $100M+ annually for strategic investments.
- Collaborate closely with ACS leadership, Finance, and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise funding guidelines and organizational priorities.
- Portfolio Management & Governance: Optimize the prioritization and utilization of resources across internal and external projects to maximize value.
- Provide portfolio governance, regular status updates, and key insights on ACS investment portfolio performance.
- Oversee scope management and backlog prioritization to ensure successful delivery of strategic goals.
- Business Case Development & Value Realization: Lead the evaluation and development of business cases for new initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and performing cost-benefit analysis.
- Track value realization and develop methods to measure actual performance against expected benefits.
- Leadership & Communication: Lead initiatives that require significant change management within large and complex organizations.
- Build and maintain strong senior-level relationships, influence strategic decision-making, and present key findings in a clear and impactful manner.
- Required Qualifications: 7+ years of experience in management consulting, financial strategic analysis, business process consulting, mergers and acquisitions, or strategic business planning.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to manage relationships and influence stakeholders at senior levels.
- Expertise in business process optimization, project management, and financial planning with a focus on enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Extensive experience in financial analysis, modeling, and reporting.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Excellent communication skills (both oral and written), with a track record of presenting to and influencing senior leadership.
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and a proven individual contributor with a strategic mindset
Preferred Qualifications
- Experiece working within healthcare, or healthcare insurance industry is a plus, but not required Education: Bachelor's degree, or equivilant experience Master’s degree preferred, but not required.
- Certifications or licensure in relevant disciplines are a plus.
- Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is: $75,400.00 - $199,144.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.
- The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.
- This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
- This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
- Our people fuel our future.
- Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
- Great benefits for great people We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
- This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families.
- The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
- Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments .
- We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 07/17/2026 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.