CareOregon Hiring for Vice President, Finance Transformation at Portland, OR  Full Time

Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading finance transformation strategy for the organization. Primary duties include strategic planning and operational effectiveness, as well as development and oversight of resources, relationships, and successful teams. Work involves strong relationship building, governance, conflict resolution and communication throughout the enterprise. This position actively and regularly participates in strategic planning and collaboration.

Essential Responsibilities

Technical/Strategic Leadership

• Leads transformation planning, roadmap development and goal prioritization.
• Directs and oversees execution of modernization and transformation projects and initiatives; manages project escalation.
• Ensures the transformation plan supports the CFO finance strategy and organization’s priorities.
• Assesses current finance capabilities and needs.
• Collaborates with finance leadership throughout all stages of transformation.
• Addresses internal and external change resistance, obstacles and delays.
• Drives effective governance structure of projects and initiatives to ensure timely progress.
• Develops and executes on communication plans that persuade, influence and keep the organization informed.
• Ensures commitment and buy in by line of business, benefit and functional leaders.
• Oversees Finance data personnel, transformation team and consultants.
• Communicates mandate for transformation and acts as transformation champion.

Strategic Planning

• Leads the development of vision and goals for Finance teams.
• Develops and refines strategic plans in alignment with organizational vision and goals.
• Defines operational structure for areas of oversight and approves policies.
• Participates in the strategic planning process for the organization.
• Maintains an enterprise view while establishing business unit priorities.

Financial/Resource Management

• Develops budgets in alignment with strategic planning.
• Ensures teams have sufficient resources to perform their work.
• Ensures budgets are monitored and managed effectively across areas of oversight.
• Approves resource allocations within budget, including people, finances, and timelines; make decisions on exceptions.

Relationship Management

• Forges strong relationships with key stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Ensures strategic messages are regularly and effectively relayed to management team and staff; promotes transparency.
• Partners with leaders across the organization in identifying integrated improvement strategies and ensuring meaningful integration.
• Represents the organization in external meetings and functions, providing strong leadership presence and effectiveness.

Employee Supervision

• Directs team(s) and establishes team direction and goals in alignment with the organizational mission, vision, and values.
• Identifies work and staffing models; recruits, hires, and oversees a team to meet work needs, using an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens.
• Identifies department priorities; ensures employees have information and resources to meet job expectations.
• Leads the development, communication, and oversight of team and individual goals; ensures goals, expectations, and standards are clearly understood by staff.
• Manages, coaches, motivates, and guides employees; promotes employee development.
• Incorporates guidance from CareOregon equity tools into people leadership, planning, operations, evaluation, budgeting, resource allocation, and decision making.
• Ensures team adheres to department and organizational standards, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluates employee performance and provides regular feedback to support success; recognizes strong performance and addresses performance gaps and accountability (corrective action).
• Performs supervisory tasks in collaboration with Human Resources as needed.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Perform work in alignment with the organization’s mission, vision and values.
• Support the organization’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion by fostering a culture of open mindedness, cultural awareness, compassion and respect for all individuals.
• Strive to meet annual business goals in support of the organization’s strategic goals.
• Adhere to the organization’s policies, procedures and other relevant compliance needs.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Experience and/or Education

Required

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in finance and/or accounting functions, including experience leading financial initiatives
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a supervisory position

Preferred

• Experience specific to Medicaid and Medicare plans
• Experience with ERP systems/Finance (WorkDay would be ideal)
• Dealing with Technical Resources – and people skills to advance technical initiatives.
• High Emphasis on people skills.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Knowledge

• Understanding of finance and accounting systems, including ERP systems
• Understanding of project management and process improvement principles
• Understanding of strategic planning principles and approaches

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to effectively lead across the organization

• Ability to resolve differences and find consensus among leaders
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
• Strong people management and motivational skills
• Ability to align strategic objectives, establish goals and effectively lead a portfolio of projects in collaboration with peers and executive leadership
• Proficient in all MS Office applications, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to speak to all audiences, especially communication of complex matters
• Ability to lead and deliver work product appropriate for executive leadership and the Board
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities
• Ability to meet internal and external deadlines
• Ability to adapt to change, delays and unexpected events in the work environment

• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups

• Ability to learn, focus, understand, and evaluate information and determine appropriate actions
• Ability to accept direction and feedback, as well as tolerate and manage stress

Working Conditions

Work Environment(s): Indoor/Office Community Facilities/Security Outdoor Exposure

Member/Patient Facing: No Telephonic In Person

Hazards: May include, but not limited to, physical and ergonomic hazards.

Equipment: General office equipment

Travel: May include occasional required or optional travel outside of the workplace; the employee’s personal vehicle, local transit or other means of transportation may be used.

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Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. CareOregon is committed to building a linguistically and culturally diverse and inclusive work environment.

Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer. CareOregon considers all candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.