Director - Finance Shared Services & Experience (ServiceNow) (Remote)

Stanford Health Care; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Stanford Health Care is seeking a Director of Finance Shared Service within the Finance Controller's Office to lead AskFinance operations, including intake, triage, case management, and escalation. The role oversees staffing, workload, and resource planning to meet service demand and uphold performance standards.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in shared services or finance operations, with proven ability to improve processes, governance, and stakeholder collaboration across a large healthcare

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience in leading shared services or finance operations is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead AskFinance operations: intake, triage, case management, and escalation processes.
• Oversee staffing, workload balancing, and resource planning to meet service demand.
• Monitor volumes, cycle times, backlog, quality, and customer feedback to drive improvements.
• Establish service levels, dashboards, and reporting; govern AskFinance performance.
• Develop standardized procedures, workflows, and knowledge resources for consistent delivery.
• Collaborate with technology and process teams to enhance tools and user experience.
• Drive continuous improvement and a strategic roadmap for scaling services.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Customer experience

Change management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Service management tools

Job description

Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

Working within the Finance Controller's Office, the Director, Finance Shared Service and Experience provides strategic and operational leadership for AskFinance, the finance shared services function supporting Stanford Health Care Finance. This role is responsible for service delivery, intake and case management operations, performance oversight, process standardization, customer experience, and continuous improvement. The director partners closely with finance leaders, subject matter experts, and enabling teams to strengthen service effectiveness, advance operational discipline, and scale shared services capabilities in alignment with organizational priorities.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• AskFinance Operations and Service Delivery:
• Lead AskFinance operations, including intake and triage, case management, escalation processes, and day-to-day service delivery.
• Oversee staffing, workload balancing, and resource planning to meet service demand and operational priorities.
• Monitor service volumes, cycle times, backlog, quality, and customer feedback to identify improvement opportunities and drive performance.
• Service Strategy, Metrics, and Governance:
• Establish and monitor service levels, operational metrics, dashboards, and reporting to assess performance and drive accountability.
• Lead governance for AskFinance, including escalation pathways, service review routines, prioritization, and performance communication to leadership.
• Define and evolve the AskFinance service model, including service scope, intake pathways, routing logic, service catalog, escalation criteria, and ownership across shared services and subject matter teams.
• Ensure operational controls, documentation, and standard work align with Finance policies, service expectations, and audit requirements.
• Process Design and Continuous Improvement:
• Develop and maintain standardized procedures, workflows, decision trees, and knowledge resources to support consistent service delivery.
• Partner with enabling teams, including technology and process owners, to enhance tools, workflows, reporting, and user experience.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts that strengthen service quality, operational discipline, and the effectiveness of Finance shared services.
• Develop and advance a strategic roadmap for AskFinance to mature, expand, and scale services in alignment with organizational priorities.
• Stakeholder Partnership and Service Coordination:
• Partner with Finance leaders and subject matter experts to define support models, clarify ownership, improve handoffs, and strengthen issue resolution.
• Build effective relationships across Stanford Medicine to understand business needs, align priorities, and identify service opportunities.
• Collaborate with operational, technical, and enabling partners to support service consistency, issue resolution, and operating model effectiveness.
• Partner with the program and change management team to support readiness, communications, training coordination, and adoption of new processes, tools, and service enhancements.
• Customer Experience and Communications:
• Gather stakeholder and customer feedback to improve the AskFinance experience and strengthen service delivery.
• Lead communications regarding service priorities, performance, and changes affecting AskFinance customers and stakeholders.
• Team Leadership and Culture:
• Lead, coach, and develop staff while fostering a customer-focused, accountable, and continuously improving culture. Perform supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, training, performance management, employee relations, and other personnel actions as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Master Degree preferred from accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in shared services, finance operations, customer support operations, or other relevant operational leadership roles.
• Experience leading service-oriented operations with accountability for performance, staffing, workflow management, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience improving operational processes, service delivery models, reporting, knowledge resources, or customer support practices in a complex organization.
• Experience in finance shared services, ERP support, service desk operations, or business operations within healthcare, an academic medical center, or a similarly matrixed environment preferred.
• Experience with service management, case management, workflow, or reporting tools to support operational oversight and continuous improvement preferred.

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