AVP Corporate Controller - OU Health

OU Health•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
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.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
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.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Experience in corporate controllership, mergers and acquisitions, and Workday preferred.
Certified Management Accountant (CMA), preferred.

Responsibilities

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
Performs other duties as assigned.