Directs System financial management including, general accounting, cost accounting, financial reporting, budget and financial planning, third-party reimbursement, treasury, accounts payable, and payroll.

1. Develops and monitors System financial policies including revenue recognition, expenditure of funds, and custody and conservation of assets.
2. Oversees monthly financial close process ensuring accurate accounting, appropriate estimates, and adherence to deadlines.
3. Reviews, interprets and analyzes financial and statistical data for Management. Provides logical explanations for monthly, quarterly, and annual variances in general ledger accounts and statistics.
4. Produces monthly financial statements and related presentations for the Board and Management.
5. Prepares fillings and insures compliance requirements for outstanding debt issues are met.
6. Monitors investment portfolio ensuring adherence to policy.
7. Responsible for development of the System operating and capital budgets including formulation of and recommendations of key assumptions. Develops budget timeline and ensures milestones are met.  Provides departmental education and assistance as necessary.
8. Provides profit and loss, contribution margin, and business review information for numerous service/product lines.
9. Ensures financial resources are available for specialized cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis and feasibility studies of new and existing services. Participates personally where needed.
10. Collaborates with other departments in the coordination of data analysis and data integrity.
11. Ensures alignment of clincial and financial data necessary for actionable reporting and analysis.
12. Responsible for System labor productivity system including statistical drivers, and import of timekeeping data. Makes him/herself available as a resource for develoment of productivity action plans and variance explanations.
13. Responsible for cost accounting function to include updating and reconciling data between systems.
14. Plans, coordinates and prepares for year-end audits by Public Accounting firm and third party auditors.
15. Oversees grant accounting, financial grant compliance, and the single audit.
16. Oversees preparation of annual cost reports and other data requests from third party payors.
17. Monitors and ensures accuracy of Medicaid Uncompensated Care information, monitors and is knowledgeable about Alabama DSH and Access payment distribution, and oversees related audits.
18. Monitors and schedules financial payments of significant physician contracts.
19. Completes and monitors departmental productivity and operating budget.
20. Reviews performance of subordinates and takes corrective action where warranted.
21. Interviews, selects, hires, and retains employees, including other management positions
22. For financial statements issued, ensures compliance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards, specific non-profit accounting standards, and all relevant state and federal regulations.
23. Manage/monitor all bank accounts, including the oversite of staff responsible for account reconciliations, transferring funds (wire/ACH, credit card, check) and positive pay file transmissions.
24. Ensures orientation and training for employees and manages performance, including other management positions
25. Other duties and projects as deemed appropriate by the Vice President of Finance.

Director Standards:

• Manages departmental budget
• Interviews, selects, hires, and retains employees
• Ensures orientation and training for employees
• Manages performance, including other management positions
• Promotes, demotes, or transfers employees to meet organizational needs
• Executes employee accountability process up to and including termination
• Manages departmental productivity standards
• Provides strategic leadership for department(s)
• Performs long range planning and overall direction setting at the departmental level
• Responsible for department organizational structure and alignment to meet forecasted business needs
• Responsible for development, implementation and interpretation of system policies within a major organizational/functional area or the development and review of system policies within a recognized discipline
• Performs compliance requirements
• Approves payroll and is responsible for accurate payment of employees
• Assures meeting/exceeding of DCH mission, vision, and departmental goals

DCH Standards:

• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Must adhere to the DCH Mission, Vision, and Values including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
• Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
• Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.

• All other duties as assigned.

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a Degree in Accounting required.  Master’s Degree or CPA preferred. Minimum of five years accounting experience required. Healthcare accounting experience preferred. Minimum of three years supervisory experience required.  Must be able to read, write legibly, speak and comprehend English. 

WORKING CONDITIONS

WORK CONTEXT

• Frequent contact with others: deals with internal and external customers, face-to-face discussions, email and telephone communications.  Possible dealings with unpleasant or angry people, public speaking, and conflict situations/resolution.
• Physical presence onsite is essential. Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.  Able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• This job requires very exact and highly accurate performance and may require the meeting of strict deadlines on a daily basis
• May require work hours outside of regular work schedule

PHYSICAL FACTORS

• Activities: Talking, hearing, bending, twisting, walking, kneeling, crouching, stooping, balancing, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, repetitive motion, standing, and/or using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls
  • Requirements: Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
  • Good manual and finger dexterity. 
• Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.