VP Finance Planning & Performance

Overview

UF Health is seeking a dynamic and strategic Vice President, Financial Planning & Performance to lead enterprise financial planning and performance management providing executive leadership with an integrated view of financial performance, future outlook, and financial requirements. Responsible for enterprise budgeting, forecasting, long-range financial planning, financial performance reporting, and capital budgeting. Partner closely with Market CFOs and Market FP&A teams to establish consistent planning and performance management practices while maintaining appropriate market-level accountability. Provide financial insights and recommendations to the CFO and executive leadership to support enterprise financial performance and informed decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise financial planning, including the annual operating budget, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial plan, establishing enterprise assumptions, timelines, standards, and governance.
• Coordinate planning across UF Health markets and entities, partnering with Market CFOs and FP&A teams to integrate market financial plans into a consolidated enterprise outlook and identify key risks and opportunities.
• Lead enterprise financial performance management, providing executive leadership with timely analysis of financial results, trends, variances, KPIs, and emerging performance issues.
• Develop and standardize enterprise financial performance reporting, including executive and Board-level financial reporting, while partnering with Market Finance to establish consistent definitions, measures, and performance expectations.
• Provide enterprise financial insights and recommendations regarding financial performance, cost structure, service line performance, productivity, and other areas affecting financial sustainability.
• Lead the enterprise capital budgeting process, including coordination of annual capital requests, assessment of capital affordability, integration of approved investments into forecasts and long-range plans, and support of enterprise capital governance.
• Build and lead the Enterprise Planning & Financial Performance team, establishing roles, processes, capabilities, and partnerships necessary to support a growing enterprise FP&A function.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field required.
• Master's degree in business administration, Finance, Accounting, Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible finance experience, including significantexperience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial performancemanagement, or related corporate finance functions.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience, including responsibility for developing and leading high-performing finance teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance processes within a large, complex, multi-entity organization.
• Healthcare industry experience strongly preferred; experience within a large health system or academic health system preferred.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership and operational leaders to translate financial information into actionable recommendations.

Licensure or certifications:

• CPA or other relevant professional designations preferred.

Other qualifications:

• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and effectively to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment and build productive relationships across corporate and market finance teams.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, develop new capabilities, and establish standardized processes across a complex enterprise.
• Strong understanding of healthcare financial performance, cost structures, reimbursement, and key operating and financial drivers.
• Ability to balance enterprise standardization with appropriate market-level accountability and operating flexibility.
• High degree of judgment, initiative, collaboration, and accountability.