Salina Regional Health Center (SRHC), in Salina, Kansas, is seeking a dynamic leader to serve as the next Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SRHC with the upcoming retirement of their current CFO. SRHC is a 4 hospital, not-for-profit independent health system in North Central Kansas with a deep history of serving the region's comprehensive healthcare needs since the system's formation in 1995. This CFO role is a tremendous opportunity to lead financial strategy and operations for a community-minded organization focused on keeping care local in a community that fully supports their area hospital.
Salina Regional Health Center is a 2,500-employee operation that features a 393-bed Level III Trauma Center and over 150 providers across 30 specialties. It has grown from hospital-centered into a true health system bringing in approximately $490 million in net revenue in recent years through a budding ambulatory network of clinics and care sites around their 14-county service in North Central Kansas. The system has a multitude of clinical sites and affiliated hospitals in its network including Lindsborg Community Hospital, North Central Kansas Medical Center in Concordia, and Memorial Health System in Abilene. The main hospital has received over $90 million in investments in recent years and now boasts a robotic surgery program and new Trilogy stereotactic radiotherapy technology in its Tammy Walker Cancer Center. Today SRHC provides crucial access to many key services in the region with programs in oncology, neurosurgery, behavioral health, women's and infants, stroke, orthopedics, and cardiovascular services.
Reporting directly to the President and CEO, Joel Phelps, the CFO will be a critical thought resource and leader for the strategic future of the health system. They will be in the pivotal role of leading all financial operations, including accounting and treasury functions for the health system as SRHC looks to strengthen its leading position in the market and remain a fixture in the community. The CFO will have direct responsibility for budget and reimbursement, financial reporting, internal audit, financial planning, revenue cycle, managed care contracting, materials management, and care management. The CFO will be the key financial advisor to the CEO and should be viewed as an approachable and visible leader within the senior leadership team. They will have a collaborative presence and spirit and help shape the direction of the system along with the other members of the executive team. They will help set performance standards and metrics consistent with the strategic plan and without sacrificing patient care and quality.
The ideal CFO candidate will bring a considerable depth of health care finance experience to the position, preferably within a complex or independent health system. The CFO will be a seasoned finance leader, bringing in at least 10 years of financial executive experience. They must bring a vision for finance to SRHC and be a willing mentor to the finance team. They will demonstrate the ability to motivate and influence others as well as have a metric driven approach to improving the KPIs of the organization. The CFO should have a track record of success in leading financial systems and optimizing revenue and cash flows within a health system. A compassionate, collaborative leader who brings a high level of connectedness and results to the leadership team is highly valued by SRHC. They will have a track record of building strong relationships with executive teams, physicians, and staff. The CFO will need to be a balanced leader, one who is as comfortable presenting to the Board of Directors as they are with assisting local operating teams. A candidate who is master's prepared and/or has a CPA is preferred.
Interested parties should direct resumes, nominations, and inquiries to Jim King through the office of Trey Wilson via email: [email protected] or apply for this position using the buttons below.