Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY

Acts as a strategic business partner for division finances with a focus on business growth. Develops, analyzes, and conducts complex financial budgets and analyses to assess the viability of strategic and financial plans and programs. Gathers appropriate inputs from business counterparts to inform budgets and financial analyses. Integrates financial principles, theories, and concepts to develop reports to facilitate decision making for excellent business management. Analyzes and reviews financial data, prepares financial statements and reports requiring advanced application and use of concepts, theories, principles, practices, regulations, and terminology of accounting, independently. Applies applicable regulations, policies and procedures. Manages end-to-end financials for the division, including revenue reconciliation and expense management (strategic and tactical).

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops projections to model the financial impact of programs and projects.

• Prepares growth-oriented budgets, gathering inputs from various stakeholder groups, and facilitates submission into relevant systems (Workday).

• Designs, develops, and modifies financial forecasting models and simulations for programs. Accumulates and analyzes data from existing or established databases.

• Exudes ownership and proactive management of budget (revenue and expenditures); familiar with the details of the budget.

• Leads evaluation and recommendation of improvements in accounting system procedures to ensure accurate application of accounting principles.

• Defines, analyzes and coordinates the input of financial information into the general ledger system. Evaluates, approves and provides accounting expertise.

• Ensure appropriate revenue reconciliation and expenditure processing. Manages day to day operations of finance. Completes complex reconciliations of unique data requiring knowledge and understanding of multiple transactions sources.

• Communicates proactively and professionally with internal stakeholders (e.g., Faculty, Operational Leaders) and external partners / clients.

• Reviews, formats, and prepares highly technical, complex, non-routine financial reports and schedules. Prepares projections for future periods. Presents regular financial, statistical, and operational reports.

• Schedules and facilitates meetings with business counterparts to make informed business decisions based on financials.

• Facilitates pricing analysis to develop pricing estimates for client contracts; utilizes consistent process for approval, documentation, and lessons learned from the market.

• Analyzes future trends and indicators in related areas of interest. Reviews data to analyze trends affecting budget needs.

• Coordinates complex regulatory audit. Develops and presents recommendations regarding future corrective actions needed to facilitate compliance.

• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Peer Leadership (Intermediate): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.

• Communication (Advanced): Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.

• Problem Solving (Expert): Uses critical thinking and process improvement i.e. coaches and mentors development of problem statement, describes current state, identifies root causes, creates future state, coaches and mentors development of solutions and action plans with a sustainability plan. Applies appropriate tools to address issues.

• Regulatory Compliance (Expert): Demonstrates knowledge of the appropriate rules and regulations and apply them in difficult, stressful and complex situations. Able to interpret and explain rules and regulations that are ambiguous or unclear. Directs others in interpreting rules and regulations on the job and trains others in them.

• Accounting Reporting (Expert): Knowledge of the general financial accounting practices and principles. Able to analyze and interpret financial statements as well as develop reports and present them in a comprehensive and intelligent manner.

QUALIFICATIONS & PREFERENCES

• 4+ years of relevant accounting experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (Masters is preferred)

• (Preferred): CPA

• Willing and able to work in a fast-paced environment with excellent attention to detail.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Independently delivers on objectives with understanding of how they impact the results of own area/team and other related teams. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes multiple sources of data to analyze and resolve complex problems; may take a new perspective on existing solution. Breadth of Knowledge: Has advanced knowledge within a professional area and basic knowledge across related areas. Team Interaction: Acts as a "go-to" resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small project teams.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. - Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. - Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. - Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. - Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications:

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Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

4 years

Education:

Bachelor's

Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled