System Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Provide leadership for all financial planning cycles for the enterprise. This includes the enterprise long range strategic financial plan (horizon 3-10 years), budget (horizon next 12-18 months) and forecast (horizon 3-12 months). The financial planning scope of this position is comprehensive meaning the scope includes revenue and expenses (P&L) but also capital spending, balance sheet and cash flow planning.

Design and lead execution of effective and efficient planning processes including Balance sheet, P&L, Cash and Capital

Ability to construct plans and related narratives (not just numerical budgets)

Asses areas of opportunity, in line with strategy and vision and design planning analysis to explore appropriately

Develop tools and frameworks that support identification of pragmatic planning / gap closing solutions underpinned by quantitative analysis.

Excellent communication skills to bring across insights as well as instructions in both written (memo) and graphical format (charts, graphs)

Collaborate with Enterprise Finance in various enterprise processes and policies (research, clinical, philanthropy, etc.)

Collaborate directly with the Strategy Vertical on key strategy initiatives that have a long-term impact and where no other dedicated finance support is available (e.g. Research).

Participate in the identification and development of objectives, goals, and strategy relative to the finance function as well as the enterprise (especially through the long-range plans)

Be a leader in the finance organization, focused on translating complex strategic issue into meaningful and actionable insights for finance employees.

Have the ability to effectively and efficiently engage with senior executives, including CEO LG members, in identification and resolution of complex strategic questions.

Balance the big picture (strategic thinking) with the attention to detail and high levels of accuracy in working with numbers.

Work closely and effectively with a diverse constituency, including faculty, administrators, and potential external stakeholders (such as consultants supporting a long-range planning process).

Develop and engage the Financial planning team, ensuring development opportunities and personal and professional growth of junior team members.

Your qualifications should include:

• Ability to build and develop a team to deliver consistent, timely and accurate results.

• Advanced knowledge of analytical modeling including partical experience with two or more industry common planning systems (e.g Axiom, SAP etc.)

• Results oriented with focus on maximizing value

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

• Able to communicate with professionals at all levels

• Capable of managing multiple responsibilities and projects

• Strong analytical/problem solving skills

• Strategic thinker, self-starter

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in finance or business (preferred: MBA or Masters Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics)
Minimum Experience: Minimum seven to ten years of managerial experience, minimum of five years of decision support/analysis/planning experience, minimum of two years health care experience

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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