"System Director, Financial Planning and Analysis - Decision Support"

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Incumbent is responsible for the direction of System-wide financial planning and analysis (FP&A) across the UCI academic health system. This includes establishing and directing the rhythm of business across the health system and facilitating development, consolidation and reporting/analysis of the the annual operating and capital budgets, cost accounting and service line financials, labor benchmarking and productivity, and FP&A data/process/systems enablement. Provides vital financial analysis, planning, and performance monitoring services that support the organization's short and long term tactical and integrated strategic and financial planning efforts.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Universal knowledge of general and fund accounting
• Three or more year's management experience in finance in a healthcare or relevant setting.
• Strong working knowledge of process improvement principles and change management methods
• Strong technical knowledge and skills in financial analysis, cost accounting, management accounting, reimbursement methodologies, and healthcare economics
• Significant experience with financial planning and decision support systems (Strata, Epsi or Axiom)
• Significant experience with decision support systems (Eclipsys Epsi, MedAssets, or McKessen)
• Significant experience with and understanding of health care information technology, including clinical information systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Effective report writing and presentation skills
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Bachelor's degree
• Ability to organize and prioritize work for self and others
• Ability to develop financial and operational systems to accurately monitor and control organizational activities
• Ability to accurately analyze complex financial and accounting data and effectively communicate it to a wide variety of executives, faculty, and other constituents in lay terms

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in business administration, health administration, CPA, or other relevant degree program
• Leadership or relevant management consulting experience in an academic medical center or complex teaching environment.

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.