Assistant Chief Financial Officer

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Job description

Overview:

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in communities across the country. With a focus on consumer-friendly processes and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. We are driven by our purpose of caring for people: our patients, our communities and one another.

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Ardent has earned a reputation as one of the industry's strongest and most innovative healthcare systems. Our facilities and clinics are consistently recognized among healthcare's best employers. We recognize each hospital and clinic is as unique as the community it serves. We strive to maintain strong community ties through advisory boards, contributions, charitable care, education and outreach.

Ardent includes:

30 hospitals

200+ sites of care

4,323 beds

23,000+ team members

8,168 nurses

1,700+ aligned providers

5.7M annual provider encounters

$5.1B in revenues

AHS makes considerable investments in people, technology, facilities, and communities, producing high quality care and extraordinary results. Since 2001, those investments total more than $1.4 billion. From newly constructed facilities and expanded services, to lifesaving technology and outstanding opportunities for employees, AHS is committed to providing its hospitals and clinics the tools needed to succeed.

We believe it is this mix of corporate support and local autonomy that equips our facilities for success.

UT Health East Texas System:

UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals, more than 90 clinics, the Olympic Plaza Tower, 13 regional rehabilitation facilities, two freestanding emergency centers, regional home health services covering 41 counties, an EMS fleet of more than 50 ambulances and four helicopters, and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network, including the region's only Level 1 trauma facility. In 2024, we also added six Urgent Care clinics to our network. Our team includes nearly 400 employed providers and more than 7,000 team members.

As a partner with the University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide East Texans with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of providers and other health professionals. Graduate Medical Education is an integral component at UT Health East Texas. With Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Psychiatry residency programs, we also welcomed our first class of medical students in 2023 in partnership with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.

UT Health North Campus:

UT Health North Campus Tyler is the region's only academic medical center. Its clinical enterprise features 174-licensed beds - 104 medical and 70 behavioral health; a 24-hour emergency department designated as a Level IV trauma center, a gastroenterology lab and the UT Health East Texas HOPE Cancer Center. A number of physician clinics representing specialties ranging from family medicine to pulmonology to urology and more operate on our campus. In addition, research and education enterprises reside on our campus, including residency programs.

POSITION SUMMARY

As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Assistant Chief Financial Officer (ACFO) will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital. Works independently within broad general guidelines, responsible for all accounting functions of the hospital. Regular responsibilities include financial reporting to various internal and external customers throughout the organization. Ensure compliance with corporate accounting policy guidelines and generally accepted accounting principles. Integral in various reporting processes and operational budget development.

Responsibilities:
Assists with the overall financial operations of the acute-care facility including accounting, budgetary, audits, tax and other financial planning activities within the hospital organization; including management of respective department heads as assigned, including Case Management, Materials Management, Patient Accounts, and Patient Access.

Directs broad operations to ensure the provision of comprehensive depart-mental services in compliance with all regulatory agencies and hospital requirements.

Provides financial leadership to hospital managers, directors and officers that will enroll support, create ownership of goals, and encourage active participate in decisions that impact the hospital in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer.

Ensures a collaborative departmental approach to long-range strategic operational planning, care and service design and development of organizational policies, which reflect the mission of the organization.

Assists the Chief Financial Officer to ensure the hospital meets necessary financial regulatory and compliance requirements and contributes financial expertise in the planning of new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue.

Continuously assesses, measures and improves departmental performance Demonstrates responsible management of all departmental resources.

Demonstrates clinical/technical and managerial competency. Ensures that the professional development needs of management and staff are met.

Qualifications:
Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited institution. Master's degree preferred.

Certified Public Accountant or equivalent experience in healthcare accounting.

Minimum 2 years financial/accounting progressive experience in acute-care environment; for-profit experience preferred

Recent controller (or similar) experience highly preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Working knowledge of accounts payable, payroll, and general ledger systems.

Demonstrate sound judgment, patience and maintain a professional demeanor at all times

Ability to work in a busy and stressful environment

Organizational skills and the ability to prioritize

Computer skills: MS Office, Electronic medical records etc.

Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills

Creativity, problem analysis and decision making

Ability to work varied shifts

Strong leadership and managerial skills

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