Chief Operating Officer (Health)

AtripleA recruitment & temps; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Pretoria is searching for a Chief Operating Officer in the Health Industry. The ideal candidate will lead the implementation of digitisation strategies, drive operational efficiencies, and manage financial reporting. Required qualifications include a Master's degree and 12-15 years of senior management experience. This role demands exceptional leadership skills and a strong understanding of business planning. Applicants should send their CV and pay slip to the provided email.

Qualifications

• 12-15 years' experience in senior management level in a complex, highly transactional multi-project environment.
• Proven track record of implementing operational efficiency programs.
• Health sector experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the company's digitisation strategy.
• Support financial management and cost optimization.
• Co-ordinate the establishment of effective performance management systems.

Skills

Leadership skills

Project & Programme management

Financial management

Excellent communicator

Stakeholder relationship management

Advanced computer skills

Education

Master's qualification or relevant post-graduate business administration qualification

Job description

Chief Operating Officer (Health)

Location: Pretoria

Our client in the Health Industry is looking to hire a Chief Operating Officer to join their growing institute.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Driving Operational Efficiency:
  • Lead implementation of company's digitisation strategy and develop
  • Metrics to measuring efficacy of strategy and implementation plan.
  • Apply experience of complex organisations to drive process efficiencies that result in seamless operations between core business and support.
  • Establish and maintain a system's view of the business identifying its various workflows, systems, processes, constraints.
  • Establish a baseline of required systems, system inefficiencies and gaps as well as solutions for the short to medium term to optimise operational performance and value add to the relevant stakeholders.
  • Leads and drives timeous, effective, and quality services from core functions of the company
  • Establish mechanism to measure and evaluate business systems and process performance.
  • Supports Strategic Infrastructure establishment, review, and maintenance
• Business Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting:
  • Implement and manage company's management information system capturing appropriate critical performance metrics relevant to the business
  • Develop and implement relevant systems that bring efficiencies.
  • Refine and provide monthly M&E report templates to the core functions.
  • Analysing and interpreting data and metrics for informed, timeous decision making and risk mitigation
• Financial Management, revenue, and cost optimization:
  • Supports the budgeting, forecasting and monthly financial reporting in partnership with CFO
  • Identify and implement operations efficiencies that result in managed expenses and improved revenues
  • Support the costing of company services by CFO and CRO ensuring that the correct costing model is applied for the services rendered
• Performance Management:
  • Works with the HR, CRO and CFO functions to establish and improve performance management systems and tools.
  • Ensure measure the relevant metrics and define these metrics.
  • Co-ordinates the establishment of an effective tools to instill performance management culture to EXCO and the entire business
• Governance & Risk Management:
  • Ensure that business plan includes adequate planning for managing all dimensions' business risks.
  • Ensure implementation of and adherence to quality and regulatory practices and policies together with CRO.
  • Work with internal Audit to mitigate any non-compliance
  • Collect, consolidate, and prepare information for quarterly and annual reports and presentations of progress against targets and submit timeously to CEO and Board
  • Leads business performance against strategic and operational targets reporting to all stakeholders
• Leadership and Management:
  • Ensures the business unit is resourced with appropriate skills.
  • Manages human resources for optimal functioning.
  • Directs the deliverables of the unit

Requirements

• Master's qualification or relevant post-graduate business administration qualification preferred.
• 12-15 years' experience in Senior management level /in a complex, highly transactional multi-project/operational environment.
• A solid track record in operational and workflow optimisation.
• Proven track record of having implemented operational efficiency programs
• Health sector experience is an added advantage. Knowledge of digitisation and digital tools will be advantageous
• Advanced understanding of business planning

Competencies/Skills

• Leadership skills.
• Project & Programme management.
• Excellent communicator with strong business acumen - both verbal & written.
• Financial management.
• Enterprise risk management.
• Complexity management
• Systems thinking.
• Strategy development and implementation.
• Stakeholder relationship management.
• Business development.
• Ability to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues.
• People management.
• Advanced computer skills

Personal Attributes

• Assertive
• Self-driven
• Innovative
• Creative
• Customer focused
• Solution orientated
• Able to work under pressure and maintain high levels of confidentiality.

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ATripleA Recruitment and Temps

www.aaaa.co.za