Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Princeton Baptist Medical Center - Birmingham, Alabama

Job Details

Alabama Group and Princeton Baptist Medical Center:

Birmingham Market:

The Alabama Group consists of five hospitals in the Birmingham Metro and surrounding areas branded as Brookwood Baptist Health. The health system is comprised of a total of 1,734 licensed beds. In 2021, the health system treated over 44,000 inpatients, performed over 40,000 surgeries, treated nearly 150,000 patients seeking emergency care, and generated over $900M in net patient revenue.

Princeton Baptist Medical Center: Located in Birmingham, this 505 licensed bed teaching facility is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and is committed to contributing to the future of health care through its clinical research and medical residency program. Princeton offers fast, life-saving response times for patients with chest pain or stroke symptoms; cardiology, including structural heart and valve care; orthopedics, psychiatric care; a comprehensive sleep center; and a Comprehensive Bariatrics Center, providing surgical and non-surgical weight-loss procedures.

Brookwood Baptist Medical Center: Located in Birmingham, this 588 licensed bed facility provides the following services: Brain & Neuro, Cancer Care, Children's Services, Diagnostics, Digestive Disorders, Ear, Nose & Throat, Emergency, Gynecological Surgery, Cardiovascular Care, Interventional Radiology, Maternity, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Psychiatry, Pulmonary and Respiratory, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility, Robotic Surgery, Sleep Center, Surgical Services, Urology, Weight Loss Surgery, Women's Health, Workforce Wellness, and Wound Care.

Shelby Baptist Medical Center: Located in Alabaster, this facility is equipped with 252 licensed beds. Shelby offers a full range of services to meet the diverse needs of patients including fast, life-saving response times for patients with chest pain or stroke symptoms, cardiovascular care, surgical services, orthopedics, and psychiatric care.

Citizens Baptist Medical Center: Located in Talladega, this facility is equipped with 122 licensed beds. Services offered include chest pain and stroke care, surgical services, diagnostics, and forensics.

Walker Baptist Medical Center: Located in Jasper, this facility is equipped with 267 licensed beds and specializes in cardiology, general surgery, orthopedics, psychiatric care, urology, and women’s services.

The Assistant Chief Financial Officer collaborates with the Chief Financial Officer and assumes responsibility for the ongoing effective operation of the department by exerting a leadership role that supports the hospitals, mission, vision, goals and objectives while focusing on the patient, physicians, employees, volunteers and the community as customers. The Assistant Chief Financial Officer has ongoing accountability for the continuous assessment, improvement, coordination and integration into the hospitals’ and group’s financial functions. He/she is accountable for departments’ direction and coordination.

The Assistant Chief Financial Officer has responsibility for supporting the Chief Financial Officer in all efforts to ensure the financial viability of the hospital network by establishing and monitoring financial plans and budgets, and managing the financial affairs of the hospital network according to business unit goals, sound business practices, corporate and hospital policies, and according to various government regulatory requirements.

As such, the Assistant CFO’s responsibilities are to:

• Analyze daily operating results to ensure that revenues, expenses, and labor are within budgeted objectives; advise department heads and administration of needed changes and improvements in a timely manner.
• Establish and maintain sound financial controls and record keeping.
• Keep abreast of government regulatory requirements and the rapidly changing reimbursement environment to develop and implement changes to policies and procedures as needed.
• Ensure that the financial operations of the hospital network are carried out in an ethical, responsible manner.
• Establish and monitor the annual operating budget according to sound budgeting principles and corporate guidelines. Interface with Human Resources and other appropriate departments in the preparation of work force plans and salary and benefit proposals.
• Evaluate the hospital network’s overall financial position and prepare periodic financial and operating reports. Provide consistent and accurate financial, accounting and reporting processes throughout the network.
• Prepare financial forecasts and monitor performance versus budget; consolidate results, prepare rolling 90-day forecasts, and develop and implement cash management controls.
• Coordinate with other senior members of the leadership team in the development of major strategic and financial plans, including capital expenditure programs.
• Review, evaluate and ensure the effectiveness of all financial and accounting systems in the hospital network. Direct the development and implementation of new systems, policies and procedures as required.
• Assist in the development of new business by analyzing the feasibility of new programs, including managed care contracts, and advise management of the financial prospects.
• Attend promptly to the administrative details of the position including the signing of documents, preparation of reports, completion of performance appraisals and other employee-related actions.
• Assist organization with identification and execution of cost savings initiatives.
• Serve as a Regional Resource providing assistance to Hospital Finance Teams as needed.
• Rotate through departments across the health system to identify best practices for deployment across the market.
• Aspire for career progression and maintain a disposition for learning and development.

As a leader in healthcare, Tenet is committed to providing the best possible care to every patient, with a clear focus on quality and service. Strong leadership is essential to delivering on this commitment, and we believe that the quality of our leaders can give us a significant long-term competitive advantage. We want to ensure every current and future leader in Tenet is successful, and we support that through our selection and hiring process and by providing coaching and training to our leaders.

In this regard, we have identified core competencies that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet, and have defined them within the following five areas critical to performance:

Use Astute Judgment

• Delivers year over year improved financial performance in a complex, matrix organization.
• Demonstrates high degree of financial operational excellence (e.g., planning, contracts, budgeting, capital financing, and cash management).
• Holds finance team accountable to high ethical standards (e.g., compliance, internal controls, audits and SOX reporting).
• Effectively gauges external factors and trends to provide a forward-looking perspective when creating business strategy and forecasting (e.g. FTE/AADC targets, supply Cost/APD targets, EBITDA margin, A/R days, Operations cash flow goals).
• Demonstrates business and analytical skills to identify gaps in the current business plan and actively refreshes the financial outlook and strategy as needed (e.g., case management, staff/volume adjustment, net revenue management).

Shape Strategy

• Acts as full partner at facility, market and home office level in pursuit of new revenue generation opportunities (e.g., improve payer mix, maximize reimbursement, prudent acquisition and merger strategies, reduce bad debt, grow EBITDA margin).
• A highly visible leader who works with team to identify challenges and capitalize on opportunities (e.g., department improvement plans, capital project prioritization and vetting, manpower planning accuracy, supply management efficiency).
• Acts as a thought partner for CEO and thought leader in promoting own perspective and ideas in a bold and respectful manner (e.g., cost containment, acquisition/divestiture, ACOs, physician strategies, capital forecasting, productivity improvement).

Financial Insights

• Demonstrates excellence in formal and interpersonal communications that results in financial understanding and “ownership” at all organizational levels.
• Evidences collaborative leadership to engage managers and physicians in improving short- and long-term results (e.g., department improvement plans, supply inventory management, clinical informatics implementation, labor management and reporting systems).
• Acts as an intuitive thinker willing to take prudent and necessary risk to achieve balanced results (e.g., cost, growth, people, service, quality).
• Performs as a financial consultant to the facility.

Drive Organizational Success

• Establishes realistic and aggressive financial goals, targets, and metrics consistent with home office and facility strategic and operational objectives (e.g., meet upfront collection and cash goals, reduce A/R days year over year, meet 3.0 days in DNFC Gross A/R, meet HIM coding compliance accuracy for all patient types, manage a 24/7 HIM Department, attain HIM coding quality goals).
• Sets and maintains fiscal year pace and rigor for facility management (e.g., business planning and reporting cycle, CFO and Controller sign off on monthly balance sheet reconciliation with unresolved items less than 30 days old).
• Builds consensus and commitment across disparate people with often competing priorities.
• Continually analyzes and interprets financial performance and recommends and/or executes corrective action as needed (e.g., managed care and physician contracts, and strategic direction).
• Maintains high quality standards (e.g., oversee preparation of financial statements, reports, business plans and manpower plans; ensures 5 bar internal audits with no Sarbanes-Oxley items; maintains and addresses monthly internal control checklist).

Develop Organizational Talent

• Shapes roles and assignments in a way that maximizes individual capability and performance contribution.
• Regularly provides performance and professional development feedback, coaching and guidance to improve performance and build career potential (e.g., all direct reports receive regular feedback and well managed development plans).
• Engages in team bench strength assessments and recruitment or promotion action plans that meet current/future talent requirements (e.g., Controllers, ACFO developed for CFO promotion readiness).

• At least five years of progressive financial healthcare or equivalent experience in the areas of general accounting; operations; financial systems; financial statement preparation; review and analysis; multi-discipline management experience; and ethics.
• Good organization skills with the ability to prioritize workload and successfully manage all financial activities. Resilience to working successfully under pressure.
• Ability to convert complex finance, operational, and compliance issues into terms and concepts that are easily disseminated throughout all levels of the organization.
• A referenceable track record in facility finance, defining the issues and making the decisions to generate improved financial performance.
• Participation, as well as supervisory experience, in negotiating managed care contracts.
• Substantial financial management experience including financial operations, strategic and financial planning, contracts, reimbursement, budgeting and capital financing in a complex environment.
• A thorough understanding of healthcare trends with the ability to anticipate opportunities.

Professional Attributes

• A cooperative approach to problem-solving with the capability of building consensus and support, working across functional lines to engage disparate resources to work together to achieve desired results.
• A broad financial thinker and team player who works well with ambiguity and is able to transfer the vision/mission of the organization into a focused financial strategy and detailed practical plan for the future.
• An intuitive thinker who generates ideas and recommends new and/or modified approaches.

Personal Attributes

• An individual of highest personal and professional integrity, principle and knowledge, earning respect and support when making difficult decisions and choices. Able to establish immediate credibility with peers, senior leadership, and medical staff.
• Must listen actively and accurately, encourage input from others. Provide clear directions. Maintain an ongoing dialogue with employees to ensure continual progress.
• Someone with the ability to work collaboratively with individuals critical to the successful execution of financial tasks.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.

Education/Certifications

A Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required. An MBA, MHA and/or CPA designation is preferred.

Compensation

A competitive compensation program will be tailored to the selected candidate. Base salary will be supplemented by a performance bonus and comprehensive, well-rounded benefits program, which includes relocation assistance.

Travel

Travel between hospitals in the market is required. Travel outside of the market will be minimal.

Tenet Healthcare complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

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