Provides strategic direction of department in support of strategic finance initiatives and goals. Leads and manages complex finance projects, working collaboratively with leaders. Directs all efforts to ensure highest customer/sponsor satisfaction.
Essential Functions:
- Serves as an expert consultant to executive leadership on major and highly complex healthcare issues with strategic importance.
- Provides leadership and direction for the department in accordance with the overall strategic direction of Finance.
- Communicates information strategically, delivering results-oriented messages.
- Actively monitors operational and financial performance to anticipate and meet the needs of leadership.
- Drives for changes in work products and processes that will improve departmental efficiencies and effectiveness.
- Applies thorough understanding of key business processes to effectively anticipate and address the longer-term implications of decisions/actions.
- Manages all steps of major projects or processes and adjusts planned approach as required.
- Fosters a positive and proactive work environment, emphasizing respect for individuals, high standards of quality, customer service, innovation and team work.
- Fosters strong results orientation within department by motivating staff and holding them accountable to meeting customer needs and organizational goals.
- Facilitates the ongoing learning, well-being, professional satisfaction and development of staff through training, work assignments, increased responsibility/autonomy and mentoring.
- Partners with local and regional leadership to find new ways to enhance financial products and services.
- Understands interrelationships among systems and process across functional areas to redesign process, improve efficiency, and ensure optimal results.
- Identifies and communicates opportunities for change to improve performance.
Secondary Functions:
- Direct corporate income tax accounting, reporting, and compliance (including tax return preparation).
- Participate in financial closing process and external financial audit process.
- Research and respond to requests for tax information by internal customers and taxing authorities, resolving compliance issues and representing the company in audits and meetings with taxing authorities.
- Lead tax solutions and implement new tax regulations into operations.
- Maintain external relationship with tax advisor.
- Write tax policies, procedures and communications.
- Direct banking and cash management activities.
- Supervise and review the work of team members.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Substantial directly related financial experience (eight (8) to ten (10) years) with analytically challenging projects.
- Significant (three (3) plus years) general management experience.
- Direct operational experience.
- Significant experience with KP data sources.
- Bachelors degree in business administration, economics, finance, accounting, or related field.
- CPA or Master's Degree highly preferred.
- Knowledge in one or more of the following: accounting, finance, Quantitative analysis, financial analysis, healthcare economics, information systems, organizational development, health care delivery systems, project management or new business development.
- Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws and regulations related to the healthcare industry.
- Excellent communications, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Able to manage through influence and collaboration.
- Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, strategic planning, program development, project management, change management and group process.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in staff development, team building, conflict resolution, and group interaction.
- Proficiency with Microsoft office (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications:
- U.S. Masters in Tax.
- At least 5 years experience in public accounting or related industry or professional service corporation.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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