Executive Director Shared Services Finance

About the role

Independence West Creek is a Cleveland Clinic outpatient facility that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing comprehensive medical services to the community. As part of Cleveland Clinic, one of the largest and most respected hospital systems in the United States, Rockside II upholds the organization’s mission to deliver exceptional patient care, advance medical research, and support professional education.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for key accounting and finance operations across the organization, ensuring alignment with departmental and organizational goals.
• Direct enterprise-wide financial functions, including expense and capital accounting, accounts payable, payroll, travel expense management, general ledger operations, payroll financial systems, and shared services.
• Establish and maintain strong financial controls, promote operational excellence, and ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial processes.
• Lead large-scale financial operations and accounting functions while driving organizational structure optimization and enhancing leadership effectiveness across the department.
• Lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, including the modernization of accounts payable operations through automation and artificial intelligence.
• Champion innovation and AI adoption to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and support future-state finance operations, with a focus on achieving significant operational improvements through technology-enabled solutions.
• Play a critical role in advancing organizational financial strategy, operational performance, and enterprise transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 15 years of professional and functionally relevant experience, including years of demonstrated management experience
• OR Master’s degree and 10 years of professional and functionally relevant experience, including years of demonstrated management experience
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Managed Accountant (CMA) certification
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of financial system analysis as well as a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Demonstrated history of working in a matrix environment in a collaborative manner
• Demonstrated change leadership ability to accomplish results and meet deadlines and commitments
• Strong networking/consulting skills with good internal/external links
• Strong serving leadership skills
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in healthcare, accounting or business-related field, preferably in Information Technology and Project Management as a secondary focus
• Big 4 or adjacent firm experience (e.g., EY, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Baker Tilly)
• Leadership of large finance functions or transferable consulting experience
• Experience in Financial operations
• Experience in Accounting leadership
• Experience with large-scale systems or transformation work
• Experience leading innovation and AI transformation initiatives
• Proven ability to build and scale high-performing teams and operations
• Healthcare or hospital finance experience

Physical Requirements

• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.
• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Ability to work with physical records or operate a computer or other office equipment.
• In some locations, ability to travel throughout the hospital system.
• In some locations ability to move up to 25 lbs.

Benefits

• Health Plan Options – You have the choice between two comprehensive Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan options: EHP and EHP Plus.
• Dental Care – Four plan options administered by Cigna are available.
• Vision Care – Two plan options administered by EyeMed are available.
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs are available to help you pay for eligible expenses with pre-tax dollars.
• Life Insurance – Employer-paid life insurance equals 1x your annual salary with an option to purchase supplemental life insurance up to 10x your salary. You may also purchase dependent life insurance for a spouse and dependent children
• Short- and Long-term Disability Coverage – Short-term disability is available after one continuous year of regular full-time service; long-term disability begins after 90 days.
• Cleveland Clinic Investment Pension Plan offers eligible employees an excellent opportunity to build a retirement account for the future. It is fully funded by Cleveland Clinic and equal to 2.5% of your salary (increasing with more years of service).
• The 401(k) / 403(b) Plan also provides an important source of retirement savings. It allows participants to take resourced contributions from their paycheck before taxes.

Pay

Minimum Annual Salary: $181,460.00
Maximum Annual Salary: $358,362.50