Director, Finance Strategy & Chief of Staff

About the role

The Director, Finance Strategy & Chief of Staff plays a critical role in shaping and operationalizing Finance priorities, ensuring alignment to Medica's enterprise strategy. This role combines strategy, program leadership, and governance, driving key initiatives with discipline and delivering high-quality, aligned executive and Board materials.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CFO to shape and operationalize Finance priorities, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy
• Provide structured thinking, analysis, and recommendations on key business decisions, risks, and opportunities
• Support preparation for executive discussions, including synthesizing inputs into clear, decision-ready materials
• Optimize the CFO’s operating effectiveness through planning, prioritization, and follow-through
• Lead execution of high-priority Finance initiatives and cross-functional programs, ensuring delivery against defined objectives, timelines, and success metrics
• Build and manage initiative governance (cadence, tracking, reporting, and risk escalation)
• Partner across functions (e.g., HR, IT, Operations, Legal) to coordinate dependencies and drive outcomes
• Develop clear reporting (dashboards, updates) to provide visibility into initiative progress and impact
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve execution rigor across Finance
• Lead the development and coordination of Board and Committee materials, including Finance updates, forecasts, and strategic presentations
• Manage timelines, draft content, and consolidate inputs to ensure cohesive, accurate, and executive-ready deliverables
• Support Board governance processes, including preparation, review cycles, and follow-up tracking
• Establish and manage the Finance operating cadence (staff meetings, business reviews, planning cycles)
• Prepare agendas, materials, and summaries to ensure meetings are focused, efficient, and outcome-oriented
• Drive alignment across Finance leadership by ensuring clarity of priorities, decisions, and next steps
• Improve processes that enhance communication, accountability, and decision-making
• Develop executive-level presentations, talking points, and communications for internal and external audiences
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear insights and compelling narratives
• Support CFO preparation for Board meetings, monthly/quarterly business reviews, and leadership forums
• Ensure consistency in messaging and quality across all CFO and Finance outputs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience in finance, strategy, consulting, or business operations
• Experience leading complex projects or programs across functions
• Exposure to executive-level presentations and/or Board materials
• Experience working closely with senior leaders in a matrixed environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional project management skills with a proven track record of successful project delivery
• Professional presence and excellent presentation and persuasion skills
• Exceptional relationship management and the ability to influence senior level leaders
• Ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and adjust priorities appropriately and rapidly in an evolving work environment with shifting time frames
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively at both detail and big-picture levels and to drive initiatives forward
• Experience supporting board governance processes, including meeting management, material preparation, and compliance with governance regulations
• Strong understanding of legal procedures, document preparation, and legal research
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with keen attention to detail
• Proficiency in project management and other necessary tools and software

Location

This position is an Office role, requiring an employee to work onsite at Medica's Minnetonka, MN office, on average, 3 days per week.

Compensation

The full salary grade for this position is $130,300 - $223,400. The typical hiring salary range is expected to be between $130,300 - $195,510. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary.

Benefits

Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services, and many other benefits to support our employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.