Chief Financial Officer

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - Goshen

Are you looking for a rewarding and supportive work environment with opportunities to grow? Join Oaklawn, where hope and healing begin, in addressing the mental health needs of our community.

Who We Are
Oaklawn is Michiana's leader in mental health and addiction services. We serve 28,000 children, adolescents and adults across northern Indiana through comprehensive services that include outpatient therapy and psychiatric services, case management, residential treatment for youth, inpatient care for adults and more. Oaklawn has led groundbreaking initiatives in crisis care, expanded access to treatment, children's mental health, cross-cultural outreach, housing for seriously mentally ill and homeless adults and more. Come be part of a forward-thinking team that's changing lives!

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay
• A full benefit package.
• Generous paid time off
• Robust training
• A supportive team

What You'll Do:
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) serves Oaklawn and its multiple entities. The CFO provides overall management and daily supervision to the Oaklawn Financial Services staff, General Accounting, Patient Financial Services, and Maintenance.


Primary Duties:

• Overall functional duties of and budgetary authority over General Accounting, Patient Financial Services (PFS), Payables, Purchasing, Payroll, and Facilities.
• Overall responsibility and authority to hire Financial Services (general accounting, payroll, payables), PFS, Maintenance and Housekeeping staff, evaluate their performance, administer discipline and terminate staff according to established Oaklawn policies.
• The incumbent is a member of SELT (Strategic Executive Leadership Team), Executive Council, a member of the Corporate Integrity Committee, and serves as Treasurer for both Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Inc. and Oaklawn's HUD properties.
• Responsible for drafting the annual operating and capital budgets of the organization for the President/CEO and for Board approval.

Additional duties:

• Responsible for supervising multiple functions in his/her division and ensuring the effective and efficient operation and results of that division.
• Effectively hire, discipline, evaluate and terminate staff.
• Delegate this authority to subordinate managers.
• Responsible for making major corporate-wide financial decisions.
• Establish policies for multiple departments and financial policies and procedures for the entire organization with the approval of the President and Board as required.
• Responsibilities are extremely complex, working with abstract concepts, and with few or no guidelines.

The CFO fills a position that directly impacts every department of the Organization. This position must work closely with Executive Council colleagues in budgeting, in monitoring financial performance vs. budget, revenue and reimbursement, as well as facilities and purchasing issues. In addition to these internal customers there are several external relationships including payors, vendors, auditors, bankers and others.

Minimum Hiring Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field and CPA required.
• 4 years of CFO experience or 6 or more years in a senior finance leadership position (Deputy CFO, VO of Finance, Controller, etc.)
• Experience in healthcare preferred.