Alaska Rural Healthcare CFO Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services•Alaska, AK

About The Position

Alaska Rural Healthcare CFO Opportunities Help Us Build a Better Way for Rural Healthcare This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions that align with your experience and goals. By joining the Rural Staffing Services Talent Network, you are helping us build a more thoughtful and connected approach to rural recruitment, one that allows experienced financial leaders and Alaska healthcare organizations to find one another more quickly when the right need arises. Every application helps strengthen a growing network of people who are willing to bring their experience, leadership, judgment, and heart to rural, remote, and frontier communities. Explore Rural Healthcare Opportunities at RSSJobs.org This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions throughout Alaska that align with your experience and goals. Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare opportunities and communities. Chief Financial Officer Opportunities Across Alaska Rural Staffing Services partners with rural hospitals, clinics, Tribal health organizations, regional health systems, community health centers, long-term care providers, and community healthcare organizations throughout Alaska to identify experienced financial leaders who understand the unique responsibilities of rural, remote, and frontier healthcare. We are currently connecting with healthcare finance executives who may be interested in active and upcoming Chief Financial Officer and senior financial leadership opportunities across Alaska. These opportunities may include leadership within: Critical Access Hospitals Rural and community hospitals Rural Health Clinics Federally Qualified Health Centers Tribal health organizations Regional health corporations Long-term care organizations Integrated rural healthcare systems Multi-site and regional healthcare networks This Is More Than a CFO Role In rural Alaska, the Chief Financial Officer is not simply responsible for financial reports and budgets. The CFO helps protect the long-term stability of an organization that may be one of the most essential employers, economic anchors, and community resources in the region. Healthcare finance in Alaska requires strong technical knowledge, sound judgment, adaptability, and the ability to communicate clearly with executive leaders, department managers, boards, Tribal leadership, employees, public agencies, and community partners. The strongest rural CFOs understand that every financial decision connects directly to patient access, workforce stability, housing, transportation, infrastructure, community trust, and the organization's ability to continue serving its region. They also understand the financial realities of delivering care across vast distances, supporting services in remote communities, maintaining essential facilities and equipment, recruiting hard-to-fill positions, and operating in areas where weather and transportation may affect staffing, supplies, and patient access. Why Rural Alaska? Alaska's healthcare organizations serve communities spread across mountains, forests, tundra, rivers, islands, and thousands of miles of coastline. Some communities are connected by highways. Others may be reached only by plane, boat, snowmachine, or seasonal transportation. These distances create financial and operational challenges unlike those found in many other healthcare settings. The cost of staffing, transportation, housing, facilities, equipment, medical supplies, and maintaining access across remote regions can be significant. At the same time, rural healthcare organizations carry an enormous responsibility to the people and communities they serve. Strong financial leadership helps protect emergency care, outpatient services, long-term care, behavioral health, village-based programs, and other essential services that patients may otherwise have to travel hundreds of miles to receive. Serving as a CFO in rural Alaska offers the opportunity to see the direct impact of your work, build meaningful relationships, support thoughtful growth, and help protect healthcare access for entire communities and regions. You may help stabilize an organization, improve reimbursement, strengthen internal controls, secure funding, support workforce housing, guide capital investments, or create a financial strategy that allows essential services to remain available. The work requires resilience, adaptability, creativity, cultural humility, and a genuine commitment to the organization's mission. Join the Rural Staffing Services Talent Network By applying through this page, you are joining the confidential Rural Staffing Services Talent Network. You may be considered for current or upcoming CFO and senior financial leadership opportunities throughout Alaska that align with your experience, goals, preferred region, and availability. Please submit your resume and let us know: Which Alaska communities or regions you would consider Whether you are interested in road-system, rural, remote, frontier, village-based, or regional organizations Whether you are open to relocation, regional travel, rotational schedules, or fly-in assignments Whether you are interested in permanent, interim, hybrid, remote, or multiple types of opportunities Your experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, Tribal health organizations, regional systems, long-term care, or community healthcare organizations Which position or community you were viewing on RSSJobs.org Our team personally reviews each application. When we identify an opportunity that may be a strong match, we will contact you directly to share more about the organization, community, financial priorities, travel or housing considerations, and next steps. Your information will be handled professionally and confidentially. Discover More Rural Healthcare Opportunities Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare positions, leadership opportunities, and communities throughout Alaska. Work Where It Matters. Built for Rural.

Requirements

Progressive healthcare finance leadership experience
Experience as a CFO, Vice President of Finance, Controller, Finance Director, or comparable senior leader
Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, accounting, audits, reimbursement, cash management, and financial reporting
Experience presenting complex financial information clearly to boards, executive teams, department leaders, and community stakeholders
An understanding of rural healthcare operations, reimbursement, workforce challenges, and service-line sustainability
Experience with Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics, Tribal health organizations, regional health corporations, long-term care providers, or community healthcare organizations
Experience supporting multi-site organizations or services spread across significant geographic distances may be valuable
A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, healthcare administration, or a related field
A collaborative, transparent, practical, and relationship-focused leadership style
The ability to relocate, travel regionally, or work within a rotational structure when required

Nice To Haves

Experience with grants, federal funding, Tribal health finance, Indian Health Service programs, or public-sector reporting may be preferred for some opportunities
A master's degree, CPA, or other advanced credential may be preferred for some opportunities

Responsibilities

Providing strategic and operational leadership for the organization's financial functions
Developing budgets, forecasts, financial plans, and long-term sustainability strategies
Overseeing accounting, financial reporting, cash flow, audits, and internal controls
Supporting revenue cycle performance, reimbursement strategy, payer relations, and collections
Monitoring financial performance and communicating results to executive leadership, governing boards, Tribal councils, or other oversight bodies
Managing relationships with auditors, banks, vendors, government agencies, grantors, and external partners
Supporting capital planning, grants, funding initiatives, facility needs, workforce housing projects, and major organizational investments
Partnering with operational and clinical leaders to improve performance and resource stewardship
Ensuring compliance with applicable financial, regulatory, grant, and reporting requirements
Supporting financial oversight across multiple facilities, clinics, or communities when required
Helping the organization navigate growth, transition, turnaround, leadership change, or financial uncertainty
Evaluating the financial impact of workforce shortages, travel, temporary staffing, housing, equipment, and supply-chain challenges
Supporting reimbursement strategies involving Medicare, Medicaid, Indian Health Service, Tribal health programs, grants, and other funding sources
Helping ensure essential healthcare services remain financially sustainable and available closer to home