Chief Financial Officer

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Department: Finance
FLSA Class: Exempt - FT
Updated: January 2024

The Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) provides leadership, vision and direction in developing systems, operations and procedures to deliver critical financial information to the CEO, members of the executive management team and the board of directors to support actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations. In collaboration with the finance leadership team, the CFO is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the organization’s accounting, cash management, revenue cycle and investment systems and procedures to ensure the organization is able to meet its financial commitments and manage cash flow in the most efficient way. In addition, the CFO ensures all services and organizational activities comply with applicable regulatory and licensing agencies and meet the highest standards of financial integrity.

Primary Responsibilities:
● Supervises the Controller and Revenue Cycle Manager, setting the direction for their areas of responsibility to align with overall finance division goals.
● In collaboration with the Executive Team, sets strategic vision for delivering high quality, integrated, cost-efficient care where an excellent patient experience and improved health outcomes are the primary goals.
● Oversees long-term budgetary planning, business case development and cost management in alignment with strategic plan, especially as the organization considers potential business line expansions and collaborations with external organizations.
● Monitors financial performance by measuring and analyzing results, initiating corrective actions and minimizing the impact of variances.
● Develops short-, medium- and long-term forecasts to support decision making.
● Oversees financing and investing strategies and activities to maximize return on investment, including maintaining relationships with banking and investment community.
● Establishes accountability systems and controls to ensure alignment with standards and benchmarks set by the organization, auditing firms, accreditation organizations, regulatory and funding agencies.
● Develops strategies and systems to manage organizational financial risk, including management of the organization’s cash management, purchasing, contract management and insurance programs.
● Oversees all aspects of the financial records of the organization including financial, budgeting and tax reporting as needed.
● Creates an environment of high employee engagement to support Hunter Health’s mission to be the employer of choice in the community.

Qualifications:
● Master’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or other related field or equivalent experience. CPA preferred.
● Five or more years in senior financial leadership role(s), preferably in an organization with a budget of at least $15 million. Experience in healthcare and/or not-for-profit strongly preferred.

● Experience partnering with executive staff, resulting in the development and implementation of creative financial management strategies and systems.
● Excellent management, mentoring and supervisory skills. Ability to lead and inspire others to new areas of effectiveness and impact; comfortable with managing organizational change. Experience with change management methodologies is a plus.
● Strategic thinking and execution skills. Ability to anticipate and mitigate issues and risks; ability to quickly diagnose complex problems and execute solutions, with a systems focus.
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate and collaborate with staff, outside organizations, key stake holders.
● Skilled in operating accounting software, word processing and spreadsheets.
● Solid GAAP and financial reporting technical skills, including experience with externally audited financial statements.
● Ability to relate well to people from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.

Physical and Mental Demands of the Job:
● Talking: The ability to speak effectively
● Average Hearing: The ability to hear average conversations and respond accordingly.
● Repetitive Motion: The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is required to stand; walk; reach with hands.
● Finger Dexterity: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up objects and pinching fingers together
● Average Visual Abilities: Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
● Working Conditions: Works in a well-lit, climate-controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually high. Potential exposure to infectious disease is possible.
● Physical Strength: The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
● Mathematical Ability: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated with this job. Hunter Health Clinic Inc. reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs.