Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
Play a critical leadership role in shaping the financial future of a world class academic health system. As the Associate CFO, you will serve as a senior finance executive responsible for financial stewardship across the hospital system. You will partner directly with the System CFO and executive leadership to drive strategic planning, operational financial optimization, capital allocation, and enterprise performance improvement initiatives.
In this role, you will:
- Lead development and execution of annual operating and capital budgets while guiding long range financial planning aligned with organizational priorities.
- Direct enterprise level financial analytics, modeling, and scenario forecasting to support capital planning, labor strategy, growth initiatives, and margin improvement.
- Oversee decision support, cost accounting, service line analytics, payer performance analysis, and operational financial reporting.
- Partner with hospital operations and clinical leadership to connect operational levers to financial outcomes and improve performance.
- Provide executive oversight of procurement operations, contract administration, vendor performance, and system wide purchasing compliance.
- Lead procurement transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, reduce non labor spend, and enhance enterprise performance.
- Guide revenue cycle alignment and monitor key financial indicators impacting reimbursement and cash performance.
- Serve as a senior advisor to executive leadership and represent Finance in governance, committee meetings, and strategic initiatives.
- Act on behalf of the CFO as delegated and assume leadership responsibilities in the CFO’s absence.
- Lead and develop high performing financial teams while fostering accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Salary Range:
$268,400 to $566,400 annually
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Master’s degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, Public Health, or related discipline preferred.
- 7 to 10 years of progressive financial management experience in healthcare, academic medicine, or a large integrated delivery system.
- 5 or more years of management experience leading financial teams.
- Demonstrated deep knowledge of hospital finance, payer guidelines, reimbursement methodologies, and delegated risk models.
- Advanced expertise in financial modeling, capital planning, budgeting, and forecasting within complex matrixed organizations.
- Strong understanding of integrated academic health systems, hospital physician alignment, funds flow models, and multi entity financial structures.
- Executive level presentation and communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership and governance bodies.
- Proven ability to lead large scale transformation initiatives, drive automation adoption, and implement strategic financial solutions.
- Experience partnering with clinicians and operational leaders to improve margins and operational efficiency.
- Demonstrated leadership in developing high performing financial teams and fostering enterprise collaboration.
Preferred
- Certification with a leading professional organization such as AAHAM, HFMA, or ACHE.
- Lean Six Sigma certification.
- Project Management Professional certification.
- AAPC certification such as CPC, CPB, or Revenue Cycle Management Specialist.
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