MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent in related field and at least 7 years of relevant work experience.
PREFERRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:- Master's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, healthcare administration, or a related field.
- Progressively responsible financial management experience, including leadership of financial operations for a large academic department or multiple departments within a complex academic medical center.
- Working knowledge of clinical operations, including physician practice operations, faculty productivity and compensation, revenue cycle, and the relationship between clinical activity, revenue, and expenses.
- Experience managing budgets and financial planning across the clinical, education, and research missions, including multiple funding sources, sponsored research, and foundation, philanthropic, and restricted accounts.
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing staff, establishing clear responsibilities and performance expectations, and building an effective finance team.
- Demonstrated success leading process improvement, standardizing financial practices, and developing reporting that supports accountability and leadership decision-making.
JOB SUMMARY:Manages and assists the Director in financial and operational analysis activities with a complex functional or broad organizational scope. The senior manager will be able to
assist in multiple activities at one time with little supervision.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:- Assists the Director with department operations including departmental budget, staffing, and special projects
- Maintains a documented system of policies and procedures
- Supervises the coordination, preparation and analysis of complex financial and operational reports, financial statements, scorecards, metrics, benchmarks, budgets, and
financial forecasts across multiple areas - Oversees and validates complex analysis of historical and projected financial and operational data to provide leadership information to make relevant financial decisions
- Manages and validates information to support developing trends that will inform forecasts and management decision making
- Identifies and utilizes technology and best practices to ensure continuous process improvement
- Oversees the quality assurance functions of financial data and statistical information
- Recruits, hires, evaluates, develops, mentors, and provides performance feedback to employees
- Remains current with and progressively learns industry trends, analytical techniques and appropriate financial systems necessary to complete essential job functions
- Participates in the development of and adheres to internal controls and reporting structure
- Performs related duties as assigned
KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES:- Possess and demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding, with progressive development, of financial statements and relationships, analytical techniques, operations,
and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, practices, and procedures - Progressive development of the ability to analyze/evaluate data
- Must possess excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively work and communicate with individuals at all levels of the institution
- Possess advanced decision making skills
- Possess critical thinking skills
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Effective problem solving skills
- Ability to develop, communicate, and accomplish goals
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations
- Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism
SALARY RANGE:Commensurate with Experience
