Northwest Medical Center
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85718
Northwest Medical Center (NMC) is a 300-bed hospital offering a range of healthcare services including emergency services, accredited chest pain and heart failure programs, neurology and neurosurgery, outpatient imaging, a nationally accredited surgical weight loss program, total joint program, spine program and stroke center (distinguished by Joint Commission with Gold Seal designations), robotic surgery, GI lab, a free-standing women's center, women's imaging center of excellence (including 3D mammography), inpatient rehabilitation facility, wound care center and five urgent care facilities.
NMC also has three ambulatory surgery centers and affiliated medical practices, including Northwest Allied Physicians offering primary care and a wide range of specialists, Northwest Cardiology, The Heart Center of Southern Arizona and Northwest Heart & Vascular.
As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital.
The responsibilities of the CFO include, but are not limited to:
Overall financial operations of the acute-care facility including accounting, budgetary, audits, tax and other financial planning activities within the hospital organization; including management of respective department headsWorking with system management to develop and implement policies and procedures, short- and long-range goals, objectives and plans.Providing financial leadership to hospital managers, directors and officers that will supply support, create ownership of goals, and encourage active participate in decisions that impact the hospitalEnsuring the hospital meets necessary financial regulatory and compliance requirementsContributing financial expertise in the planning of new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenueManaging costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs in conjunction with the hospital's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing OfficerAnalyzing areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activitiesRepresenting the hospital at meetings including medical staff, hospital board of director meetings as well as relevant community meetings as neededParticipating in the hospital's monthly operation reviews as well as participating in corporate office meetings as deemed necessaryThe CFO reports directly to hospital's Chief Executive Officer.
Education:
Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or business related field with a minimum of 12 credit hours earned in Accounting from an accredited institution.Master's degree preferredExperience:
Minimum 5 years financial/accounting progressive managerial experience in an acute care environment requiredRecent for-profit acute care hospital CFO experience highly preferredMust be proficient in written and verbal communication skillsAbility to establish and maintain effective working relationships with hospital staff and communityAbility to maintain confidential information concerning personal, financial, or medical mattersLicenses / Certifications:
CPA preferred
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
NMC also has three ambulatory surgery centers and affiliated medical practices, including Northwest Allied Physicians offering primary care and a wide range of specialists, Northwest Cardiology, The Heart Center of Southern Arizona and Northwest Heart & Vascular.
As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital.
The responsibilities of the CFO include, but are not limited to:
Overall financial operations of the acute-care facility including accounting, budgetary, audits, tax and other financial planning activities within the hospital organization; including management of respective department headsWorking with system management to develop and implement policies and procedures, short- and long-range goals, objectives and plans.Providing financial leadership to hospital managers, directors and officers that will supply support, create ownership of goals, and encourage active participate in decisions that impact the hospitalEnsuring the hospital meets necessary financial regulatory and compliance requirementsContributing financial expertise in the planning of new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenueManaging costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs in conjunction with the hospital's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing OfficerAnalyzing areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activitiesRepresenting the hospital at meetings including medical staff, hospital board of director meetings as well as relevant community meetings as neededParticipating in the hospital's monthly operation reviews as well as participating in corporate office meetings as deemed necessaryThe CFO reports directly to hospital's Chief Executive Officer.
Education:
Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or business related field with a minimum of 12 credit hours earned in Accounting from an accredited institution.Master's degree preferredExperience:
Minimum 5 years financial/accounting progressive managerial experience in an acute care environment requiredRecent for-profit acute care hospital CFO experience highly preferredMust be proficient in written and verbal communication skillsAbility to establish and maintain effective working relationships with hospital staff and communityAbility to maintain confidential information concerning personal, financial, or medical mattersLicenses / Certifications:
CPA preferred
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)