CFO - ACUTE

UHS•Palmdale, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is a Fortune 500® corporation with annual revenues of $17.4 billion in 2025. UHS is recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities, an insurance offering, a physician network, and related services across 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. This CFO position is located at Palmdale Regional Medical Center in Palmdale, CA, a 190-bed acute care hospital serving the region with services including inpatient and outpatient surgery, a STEMI Receiving Center, a 35-bed emergency department, and a Center for Wound Care. The medical staff consists of over 400 physicians, and the hospital employs around 900 individuals.

Requirements

Working knowledge of GAAP, Medicare and Medicaid regulations, and federal and local tax regulations.
Knowledge of all business office and other administrative office operations, including processes from registration through discharge and terminal resolution of the patient bill.
Knowledge of managed care and other payer processes and agreements, including specific terms for negotiation.
Knowledge of all accounting processes including accounts payable, payroll, and general accounting.
Effective ability to prepare financial statements and operating reports that accurately and timely reflect the entity’s performance.
Skilled at interpreting abstract pieces of financial analysis and performance.
Proficient in preparing schedules and reports, using source data and compiling reports from others’ schedules.
Skill in the use of electronic spreadsheets and ability to manipulate data within proprietary and acquired databases, using ACCESS, ECLYPSIS, or other databases.
Adept at skillfully communicating ideas and facts, packaging information and concepts in a way that increases understanding by others.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other closely-related field.
A minimum of 10 years of relevant progressive financial experience, preferably with a healthcare organization.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other closely-related field.
A minimum of 8 years of progressive financial experience (healthcare organization strongly preferred).

Responsibilities

Maximize hospital financial performance by analyzing the profitability of existing hospital operations, product lines, and contractual agreements, and making recommendations for improvement.
Act as a change agent to reduce expenses and variation in organization/process/procedures, focusing on metrics to target overall hospital improvement in operations and finance.
Participate in the hospital financial reporting process, supervising the preparation of reports outlining the hospital’s financial position and operating profit and loss statement.
Participate in the preparation and timely filing of federal, state, hospital association, third party, and other required financial reports.
Develop employees through appropriate management practices, creating a hospital climate to motivate employees to their highest performance by establishing direction, coaching, providing feedback, and building commitment.