SVP, CFO - NCAL

Job Summary

The position will assume financial responsibility for the Northern California Market of Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals (KFHP/H) and is a member of the NCAL regional presidents senior executive team. This position has primary accountability for:

• Driving the development of a sound, comprehensive strategic financial plan that promotes short term growth and financial stability, as well as ensures the long-term financial viability of the Region
• Overseeing all aspects of financial management within the organization including the development of information and analysis on key financial and operational data, as well as performance management
• Co‑leading an integrated regional planning process that encompasses business, capital, and financial planning in support of the Market and Enterprise strategy
• Communicating to a variety of internal and external audiences regarding the Regions financial performance, risks, opportunities, and plans
• Ensuring the effectiveness of all regulatory compliance and Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) programs
• Ensuring the Markets Finance leadership team is of superior quality
• Building and maintaining a responsive, motivated, and high performing finance organization
• Partnering with operational and regional leadership to ensure finance capabilities will enable the organizations near‑term performance and support its overarching, long‑term business strategy
• Overseeing the development and maintenance of key financial and planning relationships with The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
• Partnering with the Southern California SVP, Chief Financial Officer to ensure appropriate consistency, leveraging of capabilities and sharing of best practices
• Working with Program Finance leadership to develop a superior finance team and outstanding financial performance for the Program
• Overseeing medical services contracting
• Identifying and tracking key performance indicators relating to the Markets financial performance.

• The CFO and SVP of Finance will focus on the following major strategic areas:
• Develop a strategic financial plan
• Systematically and comprehensively assess the financial opportunities, challenges and risks facing the region.
• Develop sound, comprehensive plans associated with budgeting, financial management, business and capital planning, FTE management and rate setting to address the regional opportunities, challenges and risks. Effectively engage regional KFHP/H leadership and regional TPMG leadership in order to do this.
• Serve as a key participant in Program financial leadership. Contribute to the overall financial leadership of the Program through participation with various program-wide groups. Support program-wide initiatives, which further enhance the financial and planning infrastructure of the program.
• Collaborate with Regional President to lead the annual negotiation of the Medical Services Agreement (MSA) between Health Plan/Hospital and its medical group, The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG).
• Drive organizational performance
• Partner with operations and regional leadership to develop short- and long-term financial and operational plans, as well as appropriate metrics required to strengthen the performance of the organization.
• Ensure that current reporting systems and oversight processes monitor and accurately identify relevant performance issues on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. This includes both financial and key operating (e.g., hospital utilization, FTEs) reporting systems and metrics. Ensure that these reporting systems and oversight processes accurately predict performance issues and therefore allow for timely course corrections. Collaborate with operations leaders to ensure that plans are developed and implemented to address performance issues.
• Continue supporting existing intra-entity, multi-disciplinary initiatives as well as shape and launch new initiatives that will position Kaiser Permanente to improve performance.
• Collaborate with SVP, Strategy and Business Development, to ensure a robust regional business planning process that incorporates rate setting, capital planning and financial planning to support the regions strategy.
• Communicate…