Finance Director, Healthcare Growth & Strategy

Avera Health; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1

Employer retirement matching - up to 5

Career development and mentorship

Job summary

Avera Health is seeking an Operational Finance Director for Avera at Home to lead the finance function across locations and ensure consistent financial reporting. You will work with operational teams and other finance leaders to drive aligned strategies, revenue growth, and cost optimization.

The role requires extensive healthcare financial expertise, strong leadership, and a track record of improving operating plans while partnering with system finance leadership.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of financial management experience in the health care environment.
• Progressive and responsible financial management experience.
• Knowledge of health care delivery system and/or healthcare financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Leads collaboration efforts with Avera at Home leadership and other finance teams within Avera to communicate and collaborate on Avera at Home operational and regulatory changes impacting financial performance.
• Works with Avera at Home leaders on proposing and operationalizing system strategies aimed at growing revenue in alignment with Avera strategies and under the direction of the Operational Finance Office for the Avera McKennan Region.
• Lead research approaches that identify and operationalize cost savings opportunities across Avera at Home operations under direct responsibility as well as other Avera operational areas that may be indirectly affected.
• Directs Avera at Home analytic resources in the research and identification of root-cause issues contributing to operating plan variation.
• Directs the ideation of operational strategies selected to address identified operating plan shortfalls, while considering implications to the consolidated Avera system.
• Evaluates financial statements in collaboration with Avera at Home leaders to understand, communicate, and resolve problems associated with financial results that are inconsistent with operational realities.
• Leads the process of financial statement analysis on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly trend basis for Avera at Home to monitor trends over time.
• Addresses Avera at Home leader needs relative to finance issues, escalating issues to the Operational Finance Officer for the Avera McKennan Region and the System Vice President for Business Planning and Economics, as appropriate.
• Coordinates with Avera at Home leaders in the development of their long-range plan, capital plan, and operating plan in conformity with methodologies, timeframes and action plans set forth by the Financial Planning Team.
• Represents Avera finance leadership on Avera at Home’s operations council and participates on approved councils and committees to represent finance at individual sites, as needed.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Skills

Financial management

Healthcare finance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in accounting/finance/healthcare administration

Job description

Avera Health is seeking an Operational Finance Director for Avera at Home to lead the finance function across locations and ensure consistent financial reporting. You will work with operational teams and other finance leaders to drive aligned strategies, revenue growth, and cost optimization.

The role requires extensive healthcare financial expertise, strong leadership, and a track record of improving operating plans while partnering with system finance leadership.