Primary Location:

University Hospital - UMC

Address:

530 South Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

About UofL Health:
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with six hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 250 physician practice locations, and more than 1,100 providers. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each patient every day.

Job Description:

Position Summary and Purpose
The position of Controller will be responsible for all aspects of the areas assigned within UofL Health Corporate Finance. The primary responsibility will be to direct the day-to-day, monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal cycles within the Chief Financial Officer's organization. This position requires consistent and continuous coordination on the many finance and accounting services provided by UofL Health administration. 
 

Essential Functions:
•    Analyze recurring organizational financial performance – monthly or quarterly operating result meetings Oversees the operations of the Accounting Department, which include accounts payable.
•    Analyze actual financial results and budget variances for profit and loss, balance sheets and statements of cash flows.
•    Provide full support for annual balance sheet and cash flow budgeting, to complement P&L and capital budgeting by organization.
•    Ensure that reporting requirements are fully met. This is for both internal and external purposes.
•    Control a rigorous close process with clear accountabilities, a well communicated calendar, performance metrics and cross-functional participation.
•    Assists with the annual budget and forecasts; reports significant budget differences to management.
•    Lead the monthly close process to include consolidation and reporting.
•    Ensure that all annual external financial reporting and debt compliance reporting is completed accurately and timely.
•    Serve as GAAP and FASB technical resource in conjunction with external auditors.
•    Assist with training, educating and coaching staff. 
 

Other Functions:
•    Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures, and standards of conduct. 
•    Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to always maintain confidentiality.
•    Performs other duties as assigned.
 

Additional Job Description:

Job Requirements
(Education, Experience, Licensure and Certification)
Education:
•    Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business, or related field. MBA, MAc, MS in Finance, or other advanced degree preferred.
Certification:
•    CPA (Preferred)
Experience: 
•    Preferred level of experience is 7-10 years. The employee should have financial and managerial and reporting experience with GAAP, FASB and other internal standards. 

Job Competency:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities critical to this role: 
•    Exemplifies service excellence – responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information.
•    Displays strong organizational skills – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized and delegates appropriately; works proactively- anticipates and plans for problems before they arise; can perform work in a neat, efficient, well-coordinated, well communicated manner with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism.  
•    Role models strong work ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious, and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency; remains flexible – ability to change directions, as needed, to ensure optimal outcomes.
•    Displays strong interpersonal skills– can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management and vendors through trust, communication, and credibility; displays self-awareness and emotional intelligence, exercises sound judgement.
•    Displays strong leadership skills – ability to work collaboratively with others, serve others, help others, lead others, mentor others, and take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome.
•    Full suite of performance improvement methodologies and tools (i.e. lean, six sigma, facilitation CQI, root cause analysis, etc.) to bring about productive change in a multi-site, multi-specialty group. 

Language Ability: 
•    Must be able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats

Reasoning Ability:  
•    Able to critically think through complex patient situations, process improvements, evidence-based practice
•    Able to assist others in developing clinical reasoning skills
Computer Skills: 
•    Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.  Must have the capacity to learn other relevant systems and databases, as needed.

Additional Responsibilities:
•    Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor always.
•    Maintains confidentiality and always protects sensitive data.
•    Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines.
•    Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members.
•    Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff, and the broader health care community.

UofL Health Core Expectation:
At UofL Health, we expect all our employees to live the values of honesty, integrity and compassion and demonstrate these values in their interactions with others and as they deliver excellent patient care by:
•    Honoring and caring for the dignity of all persons in mind, body, and spirit.
•    Ensuring the highest quality of care for those we serve.
•    Working together as a team to achieve our goals.
•    Improving continuously by listening and asking for and responding to feedback.
•    Seeking new and better ways to meet the needs of those we serve.
•    Using our resources wisely.
•    Understanding how each of our roles contributes to the success of UofL Health.