Executive Director Finance, Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital

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Organization:

Finance - Regional Hospitals

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt Health - Executive Search Team is conducting a search for an on-site Executive Director of Finance at our newly acquired Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital facility.

The Executive Director of Finance is a key member of the facility's Senior Leadership team and serves a leading role in ensuring the accuracy of all accounting, budgetary, and financial planning activities within the hospital organization.

This position reports directly to the Vice President of Finance for Regional Hospitals but has significant dotted-line responsibilities to the President at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital and will be actively involved in the day-to-day financial management of operations at the facility.

The ideal person for this role will be someone that can work collaboratively with all stakeholders and identify opportunities for financial optimization within the organization that aligns with the clinical mission of Vanderbilt Health.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Direct supervision of hospital finance staff and other select operational departments at the discretion of the facility President, with dotted-line responsibilities to centralized Revenue Cycle, Purchasing, and Accounting teams.

• Ownership of the preparation process for all budget, forecast, and long-range planning efforts for the facility, ensuring the accuracy of all future facility projections based on knowledge of current-state facility financial trends

• Preparation of month-end close explanations for financial and operational leadership and active involvement in the close process to ensure that stated expenses match realized revenues in the closed period

• Validation of statistical data reporting for the facility through deep knowledge of facility financial operations on a day-to-day basis

• Use facility costing data to analyze key service lines and offer suggestions to the hospital President and facility leadership as to ways to focus on service lines that generate higher margins and deprioritize service lines with smaller or negative margins where appropriate

• Serve as a resource to assist with processes and operational workflows in key hospital areas (including, but not limited to, Admitting/Scheduling, Materials Management, and Case Management/Utilization Management), with the goal being the identification of key tactics for metric improvement and cost savings (ex. reduction of avoidable days using case-mix adjusted length of stay as a guiding metric, avoidance of purchase of non-contracted supply items at higher costs, identification of process bottlenecks in front-end Revenue Cycle processes leading to denied claims)

• Serve as the primary facility expert on productivity and position management to point out opportunities for staffing optimization and cost savings, using benchmark data to make data-driven decisions about the appropriateness of departmental staffing

• Work collaboratively with facility managers/directors to help them financially understand their departments while pointing out opportunities for more optimal management of financial performance when warranted

• General oversight of hospital day-to-day expense purchases to ensure fiscal responsibility and that items purchased are for true facility needs

• Manage the capital procurement process at the facility level to ensure adherence to routine capital budgets and that the items purchased are aligned with key hospital initiatives (whether those be margin growth, patient safety, patient satisfaction, etc.)

• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of all financial data to all external agencies (ex. Joint Annual Reporting to the state of TN, synthesizing data for Medicare Cost Reports)

• Work with centralized Revenue Cycle teams to identify back-end collection issues stemming from front-end process issues and suggest opportunities for potential revenue optimization/increased cash collections

• Work collaboratively with all key internal stakeholders (ex. audit) to ensure process compliance with all federal and state regulations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree & 5 years of relevant experience with progressive responsibility in healthcare finance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or advanced schooling & 10 years of relevant experience in healthcare finance.
• CPA, CTP, CFP

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Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Establishes function strategies with direct impact on the function results.* Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Directs the resolution of numerous strategic issues that affect own function and the broader organization.* Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth business knowledge across multiple areas of the business. * Team Interaction: Leads a function serving the organization at large.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Acts upon constructive feedback from all levels of the organization and initiates strategies to develop talent in others. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Leverages relationships and insight to forecast potential future needs and influence delivery of work to exceed expectations. - Communicates Effectively: Anticipates difference audience concerns, styles and finds mutually beneficial solutions across conflicting and sensitive issues. Delivering Excellent Services : - Serves Others with Compassion: Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of broad-based issues and considers the interests of others to improve satisfaction of services. - Solves Complex Problems: Critically evaluates complex information and identifies trends/risks to make recommendations to improve processes across areas. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing feedback and development discussions to motivate and support team members to maximize performance .Ensuring High Quality : - Performs Excellent Work: Anticipates problems or obstacles which may interfere with quality standards and develops plants to ensure area's quality standards are met. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Routinely draws upon valuable learning from others, past experiences, and new information to determine key opportunities. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Develops appropriate corrective actions for unsafe environments in order to ensure operational and safety compliance. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Identifies potential obstacles to goal achievement and develops solutions to address those obstacles. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Creates the appropriate systems and processes to effectively manage resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Applies in-depth knowledge of data to recommend and implement new approaches to improve decision making capabilities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Identifies opportunities and leads development of new initiatives that create value across areas. - Applies Technology: Creates the energy and drive for self/others to identify and leverage technology in new, innovative ways to drive greater efficiencies. - Adapts to Change: Anticipates the change process and clearly communicates impact on others/own team(s), assisting them in embracing the change.

Position Qualifications:

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Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

5 years

Education:

Bachelor's

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

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