UC San Diego Health seeks a collaborative, strategic, and dynamic finance executive to serve as the academic medical center’s next Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This role is open due to the retirement of Lori Donaldson, who has successfully served in this role for the last thirteen years. This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading academic medical center with national recognition experiencing significant growth and expansion.
UC San Diego Health has been caring for the community for more than 50 years. The system is one of five academic medical centers within the 10-campus University of California System, collectively known as UC Health. These medical centers comprise the fourth largest health care delivery system in California and train nearly 50% of the state’s medical students and medical residents. UC San Diego Health has a three part mission of clinical, research and teaching excellence. The system comprises of three hospitals operating under one license which include UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest with 390 beds, Jacobs Medical Center with 364 beds, and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center with 54 beds. There are also ambulatory clinics located throughout the county to deliver care to the entire region.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of UC San Diego Health, the CFO will be directly responsible for providing financial leadership across the organization and guidance to system leadership on broader health system initiatives. The CFO is responsible for advising and supporting the senior leadership team on strategic and operational opportunities. The CFO will further strengthen the finance department while also balancing opportunities for strategic growth and acquisition. This executive will ensure there is financial rigor and seamless coordination around the development of business plans, pro forma development and all growth-related activities. The CFO will be highly engaged in several major priorities and projects across the health system including working with government payors to identify new revenue streams and maximize reimbursement; leading business planning and funding strategy for major capital projects; and playing an instrumental role in funds flow across the enterprise.
The next CFO will be a strong leader with a proven track record of success leading large, highly complex organizations, preferably academic medical centers. The CFO will have experience leading a dual transformation in the areas of cost containment and growth. Providing balance between strategic and operational finance will be critical to the future success of this executive. The CFO will need to be an innovative systems thinker, comfortable building consensus and engaging across a complex health system. They will need to be a skilled negotiator and possess political savvy, with the ability to solve complex problems and engage a diverse workforce to implement positive and meaningful change. It will be critical for the CFO to be comfortable working with ambiguity and change in a fast-paced environment.
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Within UC’s comprehensive salary framework, the hiring salary range for the UC San Diego Health Chief Financial Officer is $684,500 – $865,000. Salary offers will be commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. In addition to salary, the Chief Financial Officer participates in the UC Health performance-based incentive program and is eligible for the broad range of excellent benefits that the University provides.