Chief Financial Officer, Optum Care Delivery East Region
About The Position
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Optum Care Delivery East Region is responsible for providing strategic financial direction and leadership for the region. This role partners with the Optum Health Care Delivery CFO and the broader leadership team. Optum Care Delivery is a national platform that includes primary care, specialty care, urgent care, and ambulatory surgery. Optum Care is a large enterprise with nearly 70,000 employees, generating over $50 billion in revenue annually and serving approximately 20 million unique patients each year. The organization is focused on driving the quadruple aim and operates under various financial models, including fee-for-service, value-based, and risk-based arrangements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field
- 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in complex, matrixed environments
- 10+ years of experience in Healthcare Finance
- 10+ years of people leadership experience (including leading through other leaders)
- Solid strategic orientation with the ability to translate analysis into action
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills with senior executive audiences
- Experience leading large-scale initiatives, transformations, or turnaround-related workstreams
- Must live in the CST or EST time zones.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or Master’s degree
- Fee-for-service (FSS) and/or Value-Based care experience
- Provider Group experience
- Based in MN or on the East Coast
Responsibilities
- Accountable for business performance and results as a member of the leadership team, in partnership with Optum Care Delivery leaders.
- Lead the Optum Care Delivery East Region Finance organization, fostering a strong culture and high operating standards to plan, develop, enhance, and direct financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
- Rapidly assess complex financial, operational, and performance challenges and translate them into clear executive-level options and recommendations.
- Drive decision-quality analytics, scenario modeling, and executive-ready insights across multiple simultaneous initiatives.
- Serve as the Finance lead for M&A activity in the region, providing input on transaction structure, valuation, diligence, and integration, and acting as a member of the acquisition approval committee.
- Develop systems, processes, and controls to capture and deliver required financial information to a public company standard.
- Drive integration and standardization across business units.
- Evaluate and prioritize capital needs and oversee the capital plan for the East Region.
- Monitor operating costs, identify cost efficiency opportunities, and develop/implement innovative solutions for the East Region.
- Conduct medical cost trend analysis and devise strategies for unit cost and utilization efficiency for the East Region.
- Develop revenue growth and optimization strategies, including support for sales & marketing, risk assessment, and quality incentive programs for the East Region.
- Evaluate the existing finance structure and team for continual improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance organization.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
- The salary for this role will range from $225,000 to $375,000 annually based on full-time employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
