AVP Corporate Controller

General Description: Reporting to the VP Finance & Treasury, the Corporate Controller will be responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling the accounting, accounts payable, non-patient accounts receivable, payroll, fixed assets/capital, taxes of OU Health. Participates in the planning, accounting, and reporting of joint ventures, affiliations, and mergers/acquisitions. Provides extensive support of finance leadership and is an integral role for oversight of the accounting processes, financial reporting, and communicating results to leadership.

Essential Responsibilities: Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

• Supervises the management staff in the Financial Services Department. Administrative oversight of all accounting-related positions including formal and informal direction. Works closely with leaders in Treasury, Revenue Cycle, Budget, and operations to ensure good understanding of the impact that activities in those areas will have on financial performance and reporting.
• Under minimal direction, will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of financial ledgers in adherence with policies and procedures. Maintains the performance and integrity of all accounting information systems and ancillary systems that affect financial reporting and controls.
• Plans, organizes and controls financial policies to control receipt of revenue, expenditure of funds, and conservation of assets.
• Timely prepares monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP) and organizational policies and procedures.
• Keeps abreast of changes in financial reporting, tax reporting, and compliance requirements related to all aspects of accounting. Communicates changes and the related impact on OU Health to executive management.
• Oversees the process of planning, coordinating and preparation for year-end audits by public accounting firms and third party auditors. Works directly with internal and external auditors to perform analytical and detailed testing, issue audit reports, and ensure proper functioning of controls in accordance with management direction.
• Manages the evaluation of significant accounting transactions, research and implementation of relevant accounting technical standards, and preparation of accounting memos supporting all accounting positions.
• Reviews, interprets, and analyzes financial and statistical data for executive management.
• Participates in decision making resulting from financial performance and toward realizing established plans and objectives of the system.
• Maintains proper internal controls over financial reporting. Works directly with internal and external auditors to perform analytical and detailed testing, issue audit reports, and ensure proper functioning of controls in accordance with management direction.
• Engages with strategy team to plan and incorporate new entities into the organization as a result of mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, or creation of new operating units.
• Creates systems and procedures in place to support effective program implementation and conduct clean audits.
• Establishes and maintains corporate accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure conformance with GAAP, SOX, et. al.
• Leads, develops, coaches, and effectively manages the team to ensure deliverables and performance metrics are met. Develops team to accomplish results through training, development, performance management and recognition

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required. Master's degree preferred.

Experience: At least 6 years of experience in finance and accounting including at least 5 or more years of progressive leadership experience required. Healthcare experience required. Experience in corporate controllership, mergers and acquisitions, and Workday preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required. Certified Management Accountant (CMA), preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Expertise in financial reporting, accounting, and internal controls
• Leadership skills to drive performance through delegation to directors, managers, and supervisors
• Demonstrated business acumen. Demonstrated business understanding and ability to balance people/ organizational decisions with business considerations.
• Must be a strategic thinker, self-motivated and have excellent problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated excellence in change management skills and project leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Interpersonal skills to successfully interact with people throughout the organization, ability to gain buy-in from multiple people for the good of the organization
• Ability to maintain integrity and trust among leadership and staff
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially expertise in Microsoft Excel
• Working knowledge of accounting information systems
• Skilled in using various analytical tools and techniques and experience using metrics to drive decisions
• Position does require working some weekends and holidays to meet deadlines
• Unquestionable integrity.

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