Director, Research Finance

at  Sutter Health

POSITION OVERVIEW:

This position resides with Sutter Health’s Research department and provides financial oversight for Sutter Health’s Research portfolio, ensures the financial feasibility, compliance and accuracy for all clinical research at Sutter, and provides leadership and expertise with research financial management. The individual will drive continuous improvement activities, including refining or creating common standards, policies, procedures and work instructions.
Leads financial management activities for developing and managing the processes for measuring the efficiency and effectiveness for both the service provided to clients and the operations. Measures the performance of service delivery teams and operational processes per service agreements and business case. Is responsible for cost accounting, charge backs, allocations and reporting. Identifies financial performance gaps and generating reports accordingly.
Job Description:

EDUCATION:

Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.

• Bachelor’s: Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Master of Business Administration strongly preferred

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

• 12 years+ recent relevant experience.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of health care industry and healthcare reimbursement.
• Knowledge of physician group, hospital, ambulatory, and health care administration within an integrated system based delivery organization.
• Demonstrated skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with executives and other key customers.
• Must have communication skills, including written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal.
• Must have problem identification and analysis skills.
• Must be able to train and delegate responsibility and authority to staff.
• Must be able to communicate complex financial and business information to many stakeholders who may not have technical backgrounds.
• Must have computer skills, including spreadsheet, word processing, database and presentation software.
• Must have experience developing effective working relationships with demanding executives and maintaining a positive forward focus in the face of confrontational and/or politically charged situations.
• Must have attention to detail and accuracy.
• Must be able to use personal influence to persuade others to accomplish results without direct lines of authority.
• Must have ability to work in a matrix environment.
  Job Shift:
  Days
  Schedule:
  Full Time

WEEKEND REQUIREMENTS:

As Needed

Please refer the Job description for details