Assistant Vice President, Finance Operations

About the role

The Assistant Vice President, Finance Operations provides leadership and oversight for all financial operations across a designated group of healthcare facilities. This role drives strategic financial initiatives, ensures strong financial controls, oversees month-end close and budgeting, and supports accurate financial reporting, audit readiness, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Drives strategic operational and financial operations initiatives for healthcare facilities.
• Provides oversight and leadership on financial controls, month-end financial close, and budget preparation process.
• Ensures accurate financial reporting, including audit and financial compliance.
• Provides financial analysis to senior leadership and facility leadership in support of operational considerations.
• Serves as a lead in analyzing and exploring means of reducing facility operating costs and increasing revenues based on knowledge of market trends, financial reports, and operating procedures.
• Assumes a lead role in identifying opportunities for financial operations improvement and/or increased compliance with established financial controls.
• Supports facility Chief Executive Officers in selection and ongoing performance assessments of facility Chief Financial Officers.
• Develops new and existing facility Chief Financial Officers for their next leadership step.
• Fosters accountability in achieving budgeted metrics and/or targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a preference for accounting, business administration, or finance from an accredited school.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant certification preferred.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Ten years of healthcare finance experience required.
• Three years of experience working as a finance leader in an acute-care facility required.
• Knowledge of behavioral health care.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team of healthcare professionals.
• Proficiency in using technology, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Moderate overnight travel (up to 50%) by land and/or air.

Skills and Abilities

• Business Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Moderate Computer Skills: Frequent use of electronic mail, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, graphics, etc.
• Moderate Communication: Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills. May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management.
• Routine Business Problems: Handle multiple projects simultaneously including task delegation, project oversight, and resource allocation.
• Project Planning/Organization: Handle multiple projects simultaneously including task delegation, project oversight, and resource allocation.
• EEOC Statement: Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.