Director - Business Operations

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson is seeking a Director of Business Operations to oversee financial planning and analysis, resource allocation, and billing and collections. You will plan, direct, and coordinate the work of subordinates to ensure efficient operation.

The role requires a bachelor's degree with five years of operations management experience; strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills to drive policy, process improvements, and compliance across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with five years of business operations management experience.
• Experience in budgeting, billing, and financial reporting.
• Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Administers all financial affairs including budgeting, billing, collections, payroll, purchases, usage, and allocation of funds.
• Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates the work activities of subordinates.
• Ensures compliance with applicable policies and procedures and improves administrative processes.

Skills

Strategic planning

Resource allocation

Leadership

Financial analysis

Policy development

Communication

Training and supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/related field

Job description

Job Requisition ID: R00052990

Job Category: Professional and Technical

Location/s: Main Campus Jackson

Job Title: Director - Business Operations

Job Summary

To provide management and administration of departmental operations including financial planning and analysis, human and physical resource allocation, and billing and collections. To plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate the work activities of subordinates.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required: Bachelor's degree with five (5) years of business operations management experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources.
• Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures; formulating policy; and developing and implementing new strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and prepare financial reports.
• Ability to train, supervise, and motivate employees.

Responsibilities

• Administers all financial affairs which includes budgeting, billing, collections, payroll, purchases, usage, and allocation of funds.
• Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates the work activities of subordinates.
• Ensures that employees are compliant with applicable policies and procedures.
• Researches, develops, and implements policies to maximize space utilization and improve administrative processes, procedures, workflow, and worker productivity.
• Develops, plans, organizes, and administers policies and procedures to ensure that administrative and operational objectives are met.
• Ensures compliance with financial and institutional policies and procedures.
• Establishes and maintains comprehensive and current record keeping system of activities and operational procedures.
• Liaises with internal and external constituencies.

Physical and Environmental Demands: Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type: Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: Yes

Pay Class: Salary

FTE %: 100

Work Shift: Day

Benefits Eligibility: Grant Funded: No

Job Posting Date: 08/27/2026

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified): 08/30/2026

Equal Opportunity Statement

UMMC is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), disability, age, sex (as that term is defined in applicable laws such as 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2) and binding court decisions), religion, genetic information, veteran’s status and any other status protected by applicable law.

UMMC also prohibits retaliation against those who report discrimination or harassment and against those who participate in the Medical Center’s investigation and handling of such reports.

Further, UMMC complies with all applicable statutes, regulations and executive orders regarding sex discrimination, sexual harassment, domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, including but not limited to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity UMMC operates including in admission and employment, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistic Act (“Clery Act”) and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (“SaVE Act”).

UMMC’s commitment to nondiscrimination applies to all of its programs, services, opportunities and activities, including but not limited to all employment, academic, research and clinical care practices and extends to all students, applicants for admission, employees, applicants for employment, affiliates, subcontractors, on-site contractual staff, third party or community members, visitors to any of our campuses and others participating in UMMC programs or receiving UMMC services.

With respect to employment in particular, this commitment applies to all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, employment, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions and termination.

UMMC maintains an affirmative action program in accordance with applicable laws.

Consistent with these laws, UMMC takes affirmative action to recruit, employ, advance and prevent discrimination against qualified individuals.