Vice President, Finance and Operations - Dominion

Capital Blue Cross•Arlington, VA

About The Position

The Vice President, Finance & Operations is a key leader reporting directly to the President for driving the organization’s growth strategy, ensuring financial stability, and leading operational execution across the dental organization. This role integrates financial performance management and operational leadership to deliver sustainable growth, strong margins, and scalable infrastructure. The VP partners closely with the President and leadership team to align strategy with execution, ensuring that growth initiatives translate into measurable financial and operational results.

Requirements

Ability to translate strategy into disciplined execution
Strong leadership, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
Strong P&L and financial acumen with experience driving profitability
Deep understanding of operations
Experience with growth strategy (organic + acquisitive)
Data-driven decision-maker with focus on measurable results
Minimum 12 years of progressive leadership experience.
Minimum 10 years experience in senior roles overseeing operations, growth, and/or P&L
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Healthcare Administration, or related field required

Nice To Haves

Experience in dental, healthcare services, or multi-site service organizations strongly preferred
MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Monitor and analyze financial performance
Partner with Finance to ensure strong financial performance, margin expansion, and cash flow optimization
Partner with leaders to improve utilization, provider productivity, and cost management
Translate growth and operational strategies into financial outcomes (EBITDA, profitability, cost control)
Monitor and manage P&L performance across locations and business units
Support budgeting, forecasting, capital allocation decisions, and financial planning processes
Provide insights into cost structure, margin improvement, and scalability
Provide actionable insights to improve operational and financial outcomes
Oversee day-to-day operations driving consistency, standardization, efficiency and quality
Build scalable operating models, processes, and infrastructure to support growth
Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial systems, processes, automation, and operational efficiency
Drive a culture of continuous improvement and accountability
Lead transformation initiatives (systems, workflows, automation, integration of strategic alliances)
Leverage analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Drive performance across key levers: production, collections, payer mix, and retention
Oversee operational components of the revenue cycle
Identify and reduce revenue leakage through process improvements and accountability
Establish dashboards and metrics to drive performance discipline across locations
Work with President and VP, Sales to define and execute the company’s growth strategy, including organic growth.
Partner to identify and prioritize market expansion opportunities and strategic partnerships / alliances
Lead business development initiatives, including provider recruitment, referral growth, and service expansion
Establish KPIs to measure growth performance (revenue growth, patient volume, market share)
Translate strategic priorities into executable initiatives with clear ownership, timelines, and metrics
Establish governance, reporting, and accountability mechanisms across growth and operations
Lead cross-functional coordination across Operations, Finance, HR, Sales, Client Relations and Provider
Ensure alignment between enterprise strategy and execution
Lead and develop operational leaders
Build a high-performing, accountable, and results-driven culture
Strengthen leadership bench and ensure readiness for expansion
Foster collaboration across business, clinical, and corporate functions.