Posting Title Director, Financial Operations

Job Description

Join a world-class academic healthcare system,
UChicago Medicine
, as the Director of Financial Operations at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Illinois
. We are seeking an experienced leader who will partner with clinical operations, identify financial opportunities and drive financial performance to proactively ensure the fiscal health of the organization. They will also deliver effective fiscal presentations related to budget and reimbursements by collecting, preparing and analyzing data, along with financial feasibility studies.

Reporting to the System Vice President of Finance & Shared Services, this Director of Financial Operations is a strategic finance and business partner to the enterprise who will drive operational excellence and optimize financial performance while maintaining the highest standards of patient care at Ingalls Memorial Hospital and UChicago Medicine Crown Point.

This is a hybrid position based in Harvey, Illinois, and Crown Point, Indiana, with the expectation that you will be onsite 2-4 days weekly.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting required. CPA preferred.
• 8 years of hospital finance and operations experience, preferably at a standalone facility within a large corporation or complex healthcare system.
• Advanced knowledge of labor productivity standards, revenue cycle performance, and hospital financial plans including operating and capital budgets are essential.
• A sound knowledge of healthcare accounting, finance and cost controls with skills in business acumen, strategic planning, organizational assessment, highly developed leadership and quantitative analytic abilities.
• Ability to analyze information, present data, and draw conclusions by applying analysis techniques, using data to drive positive performance.
• Advanced interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively and exercise a high degree of diplomacy, discretion and collaboration in dealing with constituencies at all levels, from entry-level staff to surgical provider partnerships to the executive suite.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills. Ability to speak articulately in high-level forums and to answer difficult questions with confidence.
• Effective ability to bring clarity to complex issues and coach problem-solving techniques, along with the ability to model a creative and proactive ‘can-do’ attitude with the willingness to take the initiative in leading change as well as the ability to effectively manage change.
• An individual of unquestioned integrity and moral character who represents the values of the organization.
• Fluent in ERP/financial software systems required, including Oracle Cloud, and ability to harness information for presentation and insights.

What you’ll gain as the Director of Financial Operations:

• Opportunity to work at a world-class organization, engaging numerous stakeholders, with the mission to help the organization achieve high performance outcomes.
• Transform financial performance and community health within an academic medical center that positively impacts the organization.
• Partners with leaders in the organization to develop and execute operational, quality and strategic long-term plans with a relentless pursuit for excellence.

What you’ll do as the Director of Financial Operations:

• Provide leadership, direction and supervision through a Shared Services model for accounting, strategic finance, business referral patterns, and revenue analysis and payer structures.
• Support the System Vice President and Service Line Leaders in developing and setting the financial strategy and direction for UCM operations in Harvey, IL and Crown Point, IN to drive financial performance.
• Develop and implement best-in-class financial and analytic operations leading to optimal financial effectiveness, service excellence and clinical quality.
• Work closely with departmental leaders by acting as a business partner to assist with budget preparation, while providing ongoing communication of financial, productivity, resource utilization performance, leakage, KPIs to benchmark variance review along with other financial performance indicators.
• Lead the…