Chief Financial Officer

Lifepoint Health®; Kansas City (KS); In loco; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Cottonwood Springs Behavioral Hospital in Kansas City area seeks a CFO to oversee the hospital's financial administration, revenue cycle, and reporting in line with corporate policies. The role focuses on strong internal controls, budget preparation, and analytics reporting to the CEO and Lifepoint Health leadership.

The position requires governance of budgets, audits, and financial strategy to support high-quality patient care while driving cash flow and operational efficiency.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required.
• Healthcare finance experience preferred.
• Experience in payroll also required.

Mansioni

• Create and present financial and tax strategy recommendations to CEO.
• Oversee financial planning and analysis efforts.
• Manage cash flow, working capital, and audits.
• Prepare financial statements and reports.
• Ensure legal compliance on all financial functions.
• Supervise revenue cycle activities and AR management.
• Support monthly close and financial analytics for leadership.

Conoscenze

Financial Leadership

Revenue Cycle

GAAP

Internal Controls

Budgeting

Auditing

Team Management

MS Office

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Strumenti

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Descrizione del lavoro

As a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier .

Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

About the Hospital

Mental Health Treatment Programs | Olathe, KS

Cottonwood Springs Behavioral Hospital is operated by Lifepoint Behavioral Health - a company of Lifepoint Health. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your wellbeing so you can provide exceptional care to others.

At Cottonwood Springs, we specialize in Inpatient and outpatient treatment services and manage and treat a wide range of mental health and addiction issues.

About the Role

The CFO is responsible for overall financial administration of the hospital, including revenue cycle, general accounting, information systems and financial reporting in accordance with all hospital and corporate policies and procedures. Ensures that internal controls are adequate to safeguard facility assets and that accounting systems are sufficient to generate accurate and timely financial reports. Also responsible for preparation of the annual hospital budget along with ongoing analytics monitoring any variances and reporting to CEO and corporate office.

Responsibilities

• Create and present financial and tax strategy recommendations to CEO
• Support the financial planning and analysis efforts
• Oversee cash flow, cash management, working capital, and company audits
• Prepare financial statements and reports
• Ensure legal compliance on all financial functions
• Manage relationships with banks
• Supervise and oversee the activities of the business office staff (billing, collections, financial counseling, utilization review and data processing) and maintains effective revenue cycle processes to keep patient accounts receivable at an acceptable level and also increasing the hospital’s cash flow (including management of denials).
• Ensures that company policies and procedures are effective and implemented to assure minimal risk to the facility.
• Responsible for compliance along with generally accepted accounting principles as well as any other local, state and federal guidelines required.
• Will ensure accurate capturing and posting of all financial and daily accounting activity and ensures that monthly financial statements and regular productivity reports are completed and distributed on a timely basis.
• Maintain patient accounts receivable at amounts appropriate for market, payer, and acuity mix (measured by AR days).
• Contribute to and monitor performance goals and objectives (EBITDAR target). Analyzes variances and with CEO, develops action plans to achieve assigned targets.
• Ensures all balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis and systems of internal controls are in place to facilitate a clean audit opinion.
• Typically supervises the areas of Accounting, Patient Financial Services, Purchasing, Payroll and other departments as required at the individual hospital.
• Ensures that month-end financial closing process is completed accurately and timely; prepares financial statements and monthly operating review reports to co-present with the hospital CEO to corporate management.
• Responsible for preparation of annual operating and capital budgets for the hospital.
• Assists the corporate finance and accounting team in the annual independent audit preparation and process.
• Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly reporting of operating statistics and financial metrics as scheduled and or requested.
• All other duties assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or related field required.

Experience

• Previous experience in healthcare overall financial operations/controls required.
• Knowledge of in-patient psychiatric and chemical dependency hospital finance preferred.
• Experience in payroll also required.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office applications and has used computer workstation in previous roles in hospital.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Cottonwood Springs Behavioral Health Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.