Director Finance

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

March 29, 2024

Department:

16001195 Regional and Clinical Svcs Fin

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Shift Length:

8 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

40

Union Contract:

Non-Union

Weekend Rotation:

None

Job Summary:

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones. We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.

Key Position Details:

Job Description:

Position Purpose

Uses financial techniques to support, coach, and enable divisional executives and operational leaders to deliver outstanding performance. Acts as a financial liaison with assigned regions, business units, and services lines to achieve operational performance and drive strategic goals and initiatives. Acts as strategic link between Allina’s short and long term goals and tactics executed by operational leaders.

Location

This role requires a frequent onsite presence at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids for engagement with the Senior Leadership Team (this is not a work from home position), but also has oversight and a need for occasional presence at the hospitals in Buffalo, Cambridge, and other Clinical Service Lines and services as assigned. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Financial Support and Education
  • Coaches business unit managers on operational finance principles.
  • Creates a seamless financial operational model throughout the organization.
  • Formulates and refines initiative and tactics throughout the plan year to ensure operational and financial success in meeting assigned targets.
• Financial Planning and Budgeting
  • Collaborates with finance and operational leaders to complete the planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Ensures key insights are incorporated into planning process.
  • Measures, monitors, and communicates risk and outcomes to executive leadership and sponsors.
  • Partners with Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to interpret financial analysis to support decision making.
• Month End Close
  • Completes month end close in timely, efficient manner. 
  • Validates monthly financial statement performance; identifying potential risk to plan and participating in course correction with executive leadership team. 
  • Communicate back to Senior Finance leadership on progress and goal attainability.
• Performance Management
  • Owns market operational finance performance management at the market and business-unit level. Provides insights, measures success, and coaches leadership on improvement opportunities.
  • Supports budgets and forecasts, including supporting analysis and monitoring to goal achievement
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in healthcare with direct hospital accountabilities with minimum New Patient Service Revenue of $4B annually.  Prior acute hospital experience is required
• 7+ years in a Healthcare Management supervisory role in Finance
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.  Master’s degree preferred
• CPA preferred