Director of Operations

Senior Helpers; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Job summary

Senior Helpers seeks a proven operator to lead daily operations across Encino and the two California locations. You will own scheduling, caregiver performance, payroll, billing, and client services, building scalable processes that scale without owner intervention.

The role demands hands-on leadership, discipline, and a track record of improving profitability in a home care setting. Expect a strong focus on accountability and growth-driven operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of management experience in labor-intensive operations.
• Strong leadership and accountability with proven team-building.
• Hands-on experience with scheduling, payroll, billing, and collections.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations across two California locations.
• Oversee caregiver management, payroll, billing, and client service.
• Build scalable processes and SOPs to reduce owner involvement.
• Provide weekly operating scorecards and KPI reporting.

Skills

Operations management

Leadership

Scheduling

Payroll

Billing

A/R

Financial acumen

Communication

WellSky

Tools

WellSky

Job description

We are looking for a PROVEN OPERATOR — not just a title.

$85,000-$95,000 Base Salary + Performance Bonus

Lead the Operation. Build the Team. Own the Results.

We are an established and growing home care organization with approximately $3M in annual revenue, 130 clients, 160 caregivers, and two locations operated from our Encino, CA office.

We are hiring a Director of Operations to take ownership of our day-to-day operation and help build the management structure, systems, accountability, and processes that will allow the company to continue growing.

This is a critical leadership position. The owner/CEO will remain focused on strategy, growth, business development, financial oversight, and key relationships. The Director of Operations will own the daily operation — people, scheduling, caregiver performance, client services, payroll, billing, collections, and operational execution.

We are looking for an operator who takes ownership, solves problems, makes decisions, holds people accountable, and builds systems that work without constant owner involvement.

What You Will Own

• Day-to-Day Operations
• Take ownership of daily operations across both locations, operated from the Encino office.
• Ensure schedules are staffed, client needs are met, and operational issues are resolved quickly.
• Create accountability and clear lines of responsibility across the office team.
• Identify recurring problems and build processes to prevent them from happening again.
• Leadership & People Management
• Directly manage the office staff.
• Set expectations, establish performance standards, coach employees, and address performance issues.
• Build a culture of accountability, responsiveness, professionalism, and high standards.
• Become the primary operational escalation point so routine issues no longer flow directly to the owner.
• Caregiver Operations
• Oversee approximately 160 caregivers and ensure strong staffing coverage.
• Manage call-offs, replacements, attendance issues, performance concerns, and caregiver escalations.
• Improve caregiver retention, reliability, utilization, and performance.
• Work closely with recruiting to maintain adequate caregiver capacity.
• Payroll
• Own the operational payroll process from timekeeping review through payroll submission.
• Review payroll for accuracy, overtime, missed punches, unusual variances, and other exceptions.
• Establish controls to reduce payroll errors and unnecessary labor costs.
• Reconcile scheduled hours, worked hours, paid hours, and billed hours.
• Billing & Accounts Receivable
• Oversee the billing and collections process.
• Monitor invoices, outstanding balances, aging A/R, payment issues, and collection follow-up.
• Work with the Office Manager and external accounting resources to ensure accurate and timely billing.
• Identify billing leakage and improve cash collection.
• Client Experience
• Own day-to-day client service and operational escalations.
• Respond to significant client concerns and ensure issues are resolved quickly and professionally.
• Improve client retention and service consistency.
• Establish clear escalation procedures so clients receive fast, reliable support.
• Financial & Operational Performance
• Track revenue, labor costs, overtime, gross margin, payroll, billing, A/R, staffing, and client/caregiver retention.
• Understand the economics of private-pay and third-party-pay clients.
• Use data to identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
• Provide the owner with a concise weekly operating scorecard.
• Systems & Process Improvement
• Become an expert user of WellSky and ensure the team uses the system effectively.
• Document and improve SOPs for scheduling, payroll, billing, client service, recruiting, and employee management.
• Eliminate unnecessary manual work and create scalable processes.
• Build an operation that can grow without requiring the owner to personally solve every issue.

What Success Looks Like

• 30 Days: You understand the people, clients, caregivers, systems, financial flow, and operational bottlenecks.
• 60 Days: Management rhythms, accountability, payroll controls, scheduling processes, billing follow-up, and KPI reporting are established.
• 90 Days: Operational issues are being resolved at the management level, overtime and staffing are being actively managed, billing and A/R are tightly monitored, and the owner is receiving fewer routine escalations.
• 6 Months: The business has a stronger operating structure, better accountability, measurable process improvements, and an operation that no longer depends on the owner for day-to-day decisions.

Who We Are Looking For

• A proven operator and people leader — not simply an experienced administrator.
• 5+ years of management experience, with meaningful responsibility for a labor-intensive operation.
• Home care, home health, senior care, healthcare, staffing, hospitality, or another high-volume service environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing a large workforce; experience with 100+ employees or caregivers is highly valued.
• Hands‑on experience with scheduling, payroll, billing, A/R, recruiting, client service, performance management, and process improvement.
• Strong financial and operational judgment. You should be comfortable looking at numbers and asking why they changed.
• Decisive, calm under pressure, highly organized, accountable, and comfortable holding people to high standards.
• A strong communicator who can work with caregivers, clients, office staff, managers, vendors, and ownership.

This Role Is Not For Someone Who…

• Needs constant direction from the owner.
• Wants to be an administrator rather than a leader.
• Avoids difficult conversations or accountability.
• Is uncomfortable making decisions in a fast-moving environment.
• Focuses only on keeping things organized instead of improving how the operation works.

Compensation

$85,000-$95,000 base salary, plus a performance-based bonus tied to operational and financial results.

Location

Encino, California — this is an on‑site leadership position. Both company locations are operated from the Encino office.

We are looking for a proven operator who can take ownership, build the team, and own the results.