Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
Play a critical leadership role in shaping the financial
future of a world class academic health system. As the Associate CFO, you will
serve as a senior finance executive responsible for financial stewardship
across the hospital system. You will partner directly with the System CFO and
executive leadership to drive strategic planning, operational financial
optimization, capital allocation, and enterprise performance improvement
initiatives.
In this role, you will:
- Lead
development and execution of annual operating and capital budgets while
guiding long range financial planning aligned with organizational
priorities. - Direct
enterprise level financial analytics, modeling, and scenario forecasting
to support capital planning, labor strategy, growth initiatives, and
margin improvement. - Oversee
decision support, cost accounting, service line analytics, payer
performance analysis, and operational financial reporting. - Partner
with hospital operations and clinical leadership to connect operational
levers to financial outcomes and improve performance. - Provide
executive oversight of procurement operations, contract administration,
vendor performance, and system wide purchasing compliance. - Lead
procurement transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, reduce non
labor spend, and enhance enterprise performance. - Guide
revenue cycle alignment and monitor key financial indicators impacting
reimbursement and cash performance. - Serve
as a senior advisor to executive leadership and represent Finance in
governance, committee meetings, and strategic initiatives. - Act on
behalf of the CFO as delegated and assume leadership responsibilities in
the CFO’s absence. - Lead
and develop high performing financial teams while fostering
accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Salary
Range:
$268,400
to $566,400 annually
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s
degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Master’s degree in
Business Administration, Health Administration, Public Health, or related
discipline preferred. - 7 to
10 years of progressive financial management experience in healthcare,
academic medicine, or a large integrated delivery system. - 5 or
more years of management experience leading financial teams. - Demonstrated
deep knowledge of hospital finance, payer guidelines, reimbursement
methodologies, and delegated risk models. - Advanced
expertise in financial modeling, capital planning, budgeting, and
forecasting within complex matrixed organizations. - Strong
understanding of integrated academic health systems, hospital physician
alignment, funds flow models, and multi entity financial structures. - Executive
level presentation and communication skills with the ability to influence
senior leadership and governance bodies. - Proven
ability to lead large scale transformation initiatives, drive automation
adoption, and implement strategic financial solutions. - Experience
partnering with clinicians and operational leaders to improve margins and
operational efficiency. - Demonstrated
leadership in developing high performing financial teams and fostering
enterprise collaboration.
Preferred
- Certification
with a leading professional organization such as AAHAM, HFMA, or ACHE. - Lean
Six Sigma certification. - Project
Management Professional certification. - AAPC
certification such as CPC, CPB, or Revenue Cycle Management Specialist.