Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis
UNC Health
Chapel Hill, NC - United States
WittKieffer is proud to announce it is partnering with UNC Health on its search for a dynamic, distinguished executive to serve as its next Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Founded in 1998, UNC Health is a not-for-profit integrated health care system owned by the state of North Carolina. UNC Health is comprised of UNC Hospitals and its provider network, the clinical programs of the UNC School of Medicine, and thirteen hospitals and fifteen hospital campuses statewide. The health system is anchored by UNC Medical Center, also known as UNC Hospitals, the system’s flagship public academic medical center.
Reporting directly to William Bryant, System CFO, the VP of Financial Planning & Analysis will lead UNC Health system level financial planning efforts including the development and maintenance of the health system’s capital plan, long range financial plan, establishing system margin targets and return thresholds, developing analytic insights to support business decision-making processes, and leading return on investment analyses for major investments. While functioning in a finance leader role, the position is responsible for providing financial leadership and coordination of financial planning and reporting procedures, budget development and management functions, maintenance and enhancement of UNC Health’s cost accounting and decision support system, interim and final financial statement reporting with supporting schedules for the guidance and use of management, and act as an internal finance consultant in areas such as business intelligence, clinical service lines and shared services, hospital facility and medical group fiscal affairs. Serve as a collaborative member of the finance leadership team, providing proactive and creative financial guidance and advice to senior leaders. The direct reports to this position includes Financial Planning & Analysis Director; Service Line Finance Director; Decision Support Director.
Responsibilities
The successful Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis candidate will:
- Responsible for financial planning functions, including ensuring the annual operating budget is completed and achieves stated targets and goals, developing and maintaining short-term and long-term forecasting, business plan pro forma development on major initiatives/investments, and partnering with other financial and operational leaders to ensure that system level decisions are fully informed of financial implications.
- Provides leadership and guidance through management of performance metrics and measurement reporting process.
- Promotes a culture of data-driven decision-making, including training groups how to use actionable data to maximize operational efficiency, mitigating compliance risks, and monitor performance.
- Functions as a liaison with all levels of administration, faculty, and staff on operating issues to coordinate departmental business, accomplish directives, and facilitate resolution of problems.
- Design and produce specialized reports on operations as needed by finance or operational executive leadership.
- Responsible for the efficient financial operations of the shared services enterprise, as well as its annual capital and operating budget processes, and financial performance management. Collaborates with key shared service executives and system affiliations in due diligence of potential new entrants to the health care system.
Qualifications
- Requires a Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline.
Knowledge, Skills, and Work Experience
- Requires a minimum of twelve (12) years of experience, with at least ten (10) years of people management experience.
- Solves complex problems that may have a long-term impact on the business function/line of business.
- Develops innovative ideas and solutions with significance to the organization’s future.
- Identifies problem areas and skill gaps proactively and addresses them appropriately.
- Excellent project management and change management skills for designing and implementing Entity, Triangle, or System initiatives in a complex environment.
Please direct all applications, inquiries, and nominations to the WittKieffer Team via email, at: [email protected].
Ben Haden
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Jason Petros
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Toni Davis
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