Chief Financial Officer; CFO

Position: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Job-:
Administrative

Location:

Las Cruces, NM, United States

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Career Site Category:
Executives Position Type:
Primary Is this position grant-funded?:
No

Lifepoint Health has an opportunity for a Chief Financial Officer.  The CFO will have oversight of Memorial Medical Center located in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Memorial Medical Center (Las Cruces, NM) is a 199-bed Lifepoint Health hospital serving southern New Mexico. The facility offers comprehensive acute care services and is experiencing growth through investments in cardiovascular services, ambulatory care, and physician partnerships. Located in the scenic Mesilla Valley, Las Cruces combines a strong healthcare market with an exceptional quality of life, abundant outdoor recreation, and a vibrant university community.

https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Chief Financial Officer provides leadership and direction to all financial departments for the overall fiscal responsibility of the hospital.

Other duties include:

Administers the general accounting, patient business services, including third party reimbursement, financial, and statistical reporting functions of the hospital in accordance with established policies and accounting procedures.

Provides formal or informal direction in data processing, distributed systems, material management and medical records functions.

Trains subordinates on the above areas and monitors performance to ensure fiscal responsibilities are fulfilled.

Assists the CEO in the development of long and short-range hospital operations plans that may include service demand analyses, resources availability analyses and cost benefit analyses of proposed capital and staff expansions.

Develops long and short-range operational and capital budgets, which are supported by the hospitals long and short range plans and objectives.

Prepares cash flow analyses and budget variance analyses.

Recommends budget modifications as required. Assists managers in the development of departmental budgets.

Monitors, interprets and analyzes hospital financial performance in realizing established plans and objectives of the hospital.

Identifies and reports undesirable trends and potential business opportunities and makes recommendations for action.

Directs the preparation of internal financial reports including work papers for annual financial audit.

Assures the timely and accurate preparation of financial reports and assures that the reports reliably reflect the financial position of the hospital.

Assumes a lead role in analyzing and exploring means of reducing hospital operating costs and increasing revenues based on knowledge of market trends, financial reports and operating procedures.

Responsible for direction and submission on a timely basis all financial data associated reports required by government and other regulated agencies including payroll tax reports, public disclosure reports and third party payor cost reports.

Education Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance and the knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, and verbal, interpersonal and quantitative skills normally acquired through completion of this degree is required.

CPA or Master's Degree strongly preferred.

ExperienceA minimum of 3 years of experience working at the CFO level in an acute-care hospital is required.

Minimum of three years of progressive management experience in an investor-owned healthcare organization required.

Must be a strong, hands-on and approachable leader who understands the value of being a team-player and have an outgoing and friendly personality.

Must understand how to motivate and inspire staff to achieve optimal results, while keeping employee satisfaction high.

Benefits At LifePoint, our Mission of Making Communities Healthier extends to our employees. We offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary and benefits. Some of our benefits include 401k, flexible PTO, generous EIB, medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program. We believe that happy, healthy people have a passionate engagement with life and work and have designed our package to enhance your wellbeing.