CFO - ACUTE

CFO Opportunity at Palmdale Regional Medical CenterUniversal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is currently recruiting for a CFO at Palmdale Regional Medical Center located in Palmdale, CA. Palmdale Regional Medical Center serves the region by providing high quality medical services to residents and surrounding communities. The hospital features 190 licensed acute care beds, inpatient and outpatient surgery, cardiac services featuring a STEMI Receiving Center (heart attack), and a 35-bed 24-hour emergency department. The Center for Wound Care provides treatment for people with chronic non-healing wounds. This comprehensive wound-healing service includes hyperbaric oxygen therapy. More than 400 physicians are on the medical staff at Palmdale Regional Medical Center and they have around 900 employees.The CFO job responsibilities will include: maximize hospital financial performance, analyze the profitability of existing hospital operations, act as a change agent to reduce expenses and reduce variation in organization/process/procedures, participate in the hospital financial reporting process, supervise the preparation of reports outlining hospital's financial position and operating profit and loss statement, participate in the preparation and timely filing of federal, state, hospital association, third party, and other financial reports as required, develop employees through appropriate management practices, establish direction, coaches employees, provides feedback, and builds commitment.This opportunity offers the following: competitive compensation, excellent medical, dental vision and prescription plan, generous paid time off, challenging and rewarding work environment, 401(k) retirement plan with a company match, relocation benefits.Qualifications: To be considered for this role, you must possess a working knowledge of GAAP, Medicare and Medicaid regulations, and federal and local tax regulations; knowledge of all business office and other administrative office operations including all processes from registration (pre-registration) through discharge and terminal resolution of the patient bill; knowledge of managed care and other payer processes and agreements, including specific terms for negotiation are required; knowledge of all accounting processes including accounts payable, payroll and general accounting and effective ability to prepare financial statements and operating reports that accurately and timely reflect the entity's performance. Must be skilled at interpreting the abstract pieces of financial analysis and performance; preparing schedules and reports, using source data and compiling reports from others' schedules; skill in use of electronic spreadsheets and ability to manipulate data within proprietary and acquired data bases, using ACCESS, ECLYPSIS, or other databases; adept at skillfully communicating ideas and facts, packaging information and concepts in a way that increases understanding by others. You must possess a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other closely-related field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant progressive financial experience, preferably with a healthcare organization. A Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other closely-related field is preferred with a minimum of 8 years of progressive financial experience required (healthcare organization strongly preferred).