Director, Value Realization

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Value Realization is a senior finance leader responsible for ensuring the financial integrity, return on investment, and sustained value delivery of strategic initiatives across the academic healthcare system. This role partners closely with clinical, academic, operational, and administrative leaders to translate strategy into measurable financial and enterprise value. This role brings financial discipline to innovation, transformation, and growth initiatives by establishing robust business cases, leading financial oversight, tracking benefits realization, and enabling informed decision‑making across a complex healthcare environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field (master’s degree preferred).
CPA strongly preferred.
5+ years of progressive, senior‑level experience in healthcare finance, corporate finance, or strategic finance roles.
Demonstrated experience supporting large‑scale, complex initiatives in an academic medical center or integrated healthcare system.
Proven ability to develop business cases, financial models, and ROI analyses for strategic investments.
Experience in a matrixed organization
Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across diverse teams
Strategic thinker with a bias for execution and results
Experience working within an academic healthcare system, including exposure to clinical, research, and education missions.
Strong understanding of healthcare reimbursement, cost structures, and regulatory considerations.
Exceptional analytical, communication, and executive presence skills.
Ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights for non‑financial leaders.
High degree of integrity, judgment, and comfort operating in ambiguity.
Enterprise mindset with a strong orientation toward value and outcomes.
Collaborative, consultative leadership style with the ability to challenge constructively.
Results‑oriented with a balanced appreciation for financial, clinical, and academic priorities.

Responsibilities

Provide end‑to‑end financial leadership for strategic initiatives, including business case development, investment analysis, scenario modeling, and ROI assessment.
Establish financial governance frameworks that ensure strategic investments align with enterprise priorities, capital constraints, and value creation goals.
Serve as a key advisor to executive leaders on the financial implications of strategy decisions, trade‑offs, and portfolio optimization.
Design and lead the value realization framework for strategic initiatives, including definition of financial and non‑financial benefits, metrics, and accountability.
Oversee tracking, validation, and reporting of realized benefits versus planned outcomes over the lifecycle of initiatives.
Partner with initiative owners to identify risks to value realization and develop mitigation strategies.
Act as a bridge between strategy, finance, operations, and clinical leadership to ensure alignment and shared ownership of results.
Guide cross‑functional teams in applying financial discipline to innovative, clinical, and academic initiatives.
Influence without authority, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and data‑driven decision‑making.
Support enterprise‑level portfolio reviews, prioritization, and reallocation decisions based on value, risk, and strategic fit.
Develop dashboards, analytics, and executive‑level reporting that clearly communicates financial performance and strategic value.
Ensure consistency in financial assumptions, methodology, and reporting across initiatives.
Promote best practices in healthcare financial management, strategic finance, and value‑based decision‑making.
Mentor and develop analysts or managers supporting value realization efforts.
Contribute to the evolution of strategy office capabilities, tools, and processes.