Director of Finance
Job Summary
The Director of Finance oversees the activities of the department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence and efficiency to accomplish strategic and operational objectives. This position is accountable for employee engagement, adequate staffing levels, budget development and compliance, staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work related performance, and developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business, Finance or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
Experience: Five years of progressively responsible experience in finance, of which two years must have been in a people management role. May consider Houston Methodist employee with five years of progressively responsible experience in applicable field, at least two of which must have been in a role that demonstrates progressive leadership responsibility.
Licenses and Certifications: Preferred - Accredited Payables Specials (APS), Accredited Payable Manager (APM), or Certified Financial Accountant (CFA).
Skills and Abilities
Communication: Demonstrates strong written and oral communication skills.
Leadership: Demonstrates leadership qualities and critical thinking through self-direction, initiative, and effective interpersonal skills.
Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to interact with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.
Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in the workplace.
Professionalism: Maintains a positive and supportive attitude and demeanor.
Technical Skills: Demonstrates proficiency in spreadsheet, word processing, and presentation software.
Essential Functions
People Essential Functions: Directs, develops, and implements strategic and operational projects and processes; oversees management of and ensures development for staff to meet overall objectives in terms of quality, service and cost effectiveness; provides guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem; directs management responsibilities of selection, scheduling, supervision, retention, and evaluation of employees; meets or exceeds threshold goal for department turnover and/or system metrics on employee engagement indicators; provides leadership and communication to maintain a competent and engaged employee group; identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, and units to achieve business goals; partners effectively with internal and external parties to ensure cost effective and efficient financials and payables processes.
Service Essential Functions: Oversees department operations, designated projects, schedules and activities as needed to ensure that goals or objectives are accomplished within the prescribed time frame; sets priorities and functional standards, giving direction to staff as necessary to ensure the best possible delivery of service and high customer/patient satisfaction; drives department service standards and activities to impact department and/or system score for patient/customer-based satisfaction; serves and actively participates on various entity committees as a voice for the department.
Quality/Safety Essential Functions: Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors and/or revises the department safety plan and/or any specific accreditation/regulatory required safety guidelines; ensures employee compliance to policies and procedures and performs associated actions upon non-compliance; ensures adherence to internal control policies and procedures; supports internal and external audits; partners across Houston Methodist to support cost-effective, efficient and value added financial operations; designs, documents and implements procedures to ensure quality payable processing.
Finance Essential Functions: Develops and manages department operational and capital budgets, approvals, and ongoing maintenance of the department(s); ensures operation in a cost-effective manner; creates department strategies to achieve financial target and staffing needs; acts as a critical resource in the development and monitoring of annual operating budget and ensures effective compliance; coordinates monthly and year-end processing and vendor 1099 and other required regulatory reporting; observes expense variances accounts, departments and service lines to identify errors or opportunities for cost reduction; provides decision making support related to resource allocation for departments and executives using labor productivity, overtime, and contract labor data.
Growth/Innovation Essential Functions: Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department, entity or system operations; proactively leads task forces and committees; represents HM at assigned community or professional organization meetings; drives change initiatives, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; partners effectively with stakeholders as appropriate; ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management; completes and updates My Development Plan (MDP) on an on-going basis; conducts conversations with staff on their development and MDP; participates in workgroups to enhance the financial processes and software systems that support strategic goals of Houston Methodist; analyzes and assesses present and future needs, trends, challenges and opportunities related to hospital operations; makes recommendations to executive leadership; proactively leads the Finance division by interpreting results and trends and taking a proactive role in solution development; actively supports the analysis of growth opportunities including business case formulation and providing input on key assumptions utilized in forecasting and proforma development.
Supplemental Requirements
Work Attire: Business professional.
On Call: Yes.
Travel: May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area and outside Houston Metropolitan area.
Company Profile
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is a Magnet-recognized, not-for-profit, faith-based hospital that serves the growing Northwest Houston community. We are committed to providing quality, cost-effective health care in a compassionate environment for a full range of services, including emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, comprehensive women’s services, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, and primary and general medicine.