Assistant Director of Finance

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals seeks a finance professional to plan, monitor, and coordinate budget and accounting activities across the system. This role focuses on accounts payable, cost reporting, asset control, and capital budgeting, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Strong Excel and reporting skills are essential.

You will lead staff, produce financial reports, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support high-quality public health services.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with emphasis on accounting and financial systems
• Two years of responsible-level fiscal management experience; or Bachelor’s with three years’ experience and supervisory role
• Experience with budgeting and financial analysis in large government or corporate setting

Responsibilities

• Plan, initiate, monitor, direct and coordinate finance programs including accounts payable, payroll, and cost reporting
• Coordinate staff efforts to ensure timely and accurate financial documents and reports
• Develop and maintain systems of reports for financial management and supervision of financial data
• Provide supervision and guidance to staff and ensure compliance with laws and external regulations
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to support financial operations and improvements

Skills

Budget planning

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

MS Office suite

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Outlook

MS PowerPoint

Windows OS

Internet use

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city’s five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position: Under general supervision of the Deputy Director of Finance, plans, initiates, monitors, directs and coordinates finance programs including areas such as accounts payable, health care setting management and cost reporting systems, payroll, special accounting, internal and external financial reports, data control, affiliation accounting, asset control, cash receipts, cash disbursements, daily investment of idle cash funds, general accounting and capital accounting. Coordinates the efforts of staff members in initiating and completing work assignments within the framework of departmental objectives and priorities to ensure the accurate, timely and systematic flow of documents and reports for the provision of necessary financial services. Acts in compliance with all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations and other applicable external regulatory requirements and/or guidelines.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Reviews and coordinates plans, activities, programs, practices and operations within the department to determine if operational functions are best servicing needs.
• Monitors document flow from health care setting financial units for timeliness, completeness and accuracy.
• Initiates and implements standard operating procedures and new accounting systems to simplify work load and improve flow of accounting and finance.
• Reviews operational procedures in compliance with authorized systems; implements changes necessary to stave off deterioration of their effectiveness, and recommends and guides the installation of improved procedures for efficient operation of current health care setting financial systems.
• Provides general supervision including the general direction and review of staff personnel, and determines critical document flow points, and recommends solutions to affect resolution of stoppages or delayed processing.
• Engages in the development and maintenance of staff personnel at a level to fulfill operational needs of finance, accounting and systems requirements.
• Prepares special studies and analysis relevant to finance and accounting matters.
• Develops and maintains a system of reports for the guidance of NYC Health + Hospitals financial management and health care setting controllers in the operation of authorized financial and accounting systems, and supervises on a current basis all financial data books, ledgers, records and reports needed to account for and record the results of operations and assets of the System and its subsidiaries.
• Participates in staff conferences, attends various meetings with key personnel of other NYC Health + Hospitals offices and outside agencies.
• Performs other related duties, as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related discipline with an emphasis on accounting and financial systems; and two (2) years of responsible-level experience in fiscal management or administration with an emphasis on financial systems, management information and controls, one (1) year of which must have been in a responsible administrative or managerial capacity; or

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in disciplines, as listed in “1” above; and three(3)years of experience, as described in “1” above, one (1) year of which must have been in a responsible administrative or managerial capacity.

Department Preferences

Educational Level

• A master's degree in public administration or business administration, or in an equivalent or equally acceptable program.

Years Of Experience

• Four (4) years of paid experience in a major governmental agency or large corporation or foundation in budgeting and/or financial analysis

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Other Requirements

• Knowledgeable in City budget planning process, capital budgeting in particular;
• Ability to organize one’s portfolio and prioritize responsibilities; handle multiple tasks with ease, and complete tasks and projects on time and with high quality;
• Ability to function proactively and independently;
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills, delivery of well-structured messaging with coherent arguments and summaries to various stakeholders;
• Willingness and ability to investigate matters independently as well as the awareness to raise issues to supervisors when necessary;
• Comfortable with constantly interacting with multiple internal and external stakeholders to request for information;
• Attention to detail;
• Demonstrate advanced-level skills in Microsoft Excel;
• Prior experience with City Capital budget planning;
• Working knowledge of federal and state healthcare initiatives and regulations, including the DSRIP Program.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint;
• Proficiency in Windows and Internet use required.