Chief Financial Officer

ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL (ANIMAS HEALTH) – Durango, CO

Founded in 2004, ANIMAS HEALTH is a physician-owned, patient-centered organization in Durango, Colorado, serving the Four Corners region. Featuring advanced operating suites, private inpatient accommodations, emergency and urgent care services, endoscopy, free-standing outpatient surgical center, and leading-edge technology, Animas Health combines the capabilities of a modern acute care hospital with the personalized experience of specialty-focused facilities. The organization offers a broad range of services, including orthopedics, spine and neurosurgery, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, general surgery, pain management, emergency services, advanced imaging, and rehabilitation support. Animas Health is distinguished by its low patient-to-nurse ratio, experienced physician leadership, and commitment to delivering exceptional surgical and medical outcomes.

Animas Health has earned national recognition for quality, safety, and patient satisfaction, consistently ranking among the top hospitals in the country for patient experience. The hospital has received the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 5-Star Rating for Patient Satisfaction for multiple consecutive years and has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the nation’s top hospitals for patient experience, nurse communication, staff responsiveness, and cleanliness. In addition, Animas Health has been named among the best hospitals in Southwest Colorado by U.S. News & World Report and has received multiple Women’s Choice Awards, including recognition for minimally invasive surgery, orthopedics, emergency care, and overall patient experience. Through its dedicated physicians, nurses, and staff, Animas Health delivers innovative, compassionate healthcare that patients recommend, physicians prefer, and employees are proud to provide.

Position Summary

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has overall responsibility for the financial strategic leadership of the two similar sized surgical focused hospital facilities, part of the Surgery Partners network.  The CFO assists the Hospital CEO and other hospital leadership in managing the financial and legal aspects of the business.  In addition, this position has operational responsibility for the accounting, purchasing, revenue integrity, health information systems, and patient access departments. Due to the size of the facilities, this position must maintain extensive skills in the areas being supervised, and will often assist those reporting departments in operations execution.  A critical need to balance time spent on operational areas versus strategic management issues requires a fast-working, confident, critical thinker who can juggle multiple high priority projects simultaneously.  The CFO reports to the Division CFO and has a dotted line reporting relationship with the facility CEO’s. The CFO is ultimately accountable for the financial strategic success of the organization.

Salary Range (Exempt): $180,000 - $280,000 (salary range is intentionally broad as pay will be determined based on qualifications, experience and eligibility for bonuses)

Qualifications/Specifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree from recognized university in field of finance, accounting, or health care administration. Master’s degree preferred
• Licensure/Certification: Certified Public Accountant/Certified Management Accountant or Certified Manger of Patient Account would be preferable but is not required.
• Experience: 7-10 years of progressive leadership experience in the hospital finance setting is required. Must be well versed in Health Care regulatory compliance, central supply management, SOX compliance, and GAAP.
• Excel expertise required
• Ability to work individually and in a team setting is required.
• Experience developing and motivating staff, as well as an understanding of the general principles of human resources management and employment law.
• Computer proficiency and data analysis experience. Demonstrated experience in developing and overseeing large budgets and leading and implementing strategic planning initiatives.
• Proven ability to create effective working relationships with physicians, staff and Board members.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and complex organizational management skills.
• Must maintain confidentiality concerning patient personal, financial and medical information.
• Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to continually address and shift priorities, meet deadlines and work in a stressful environment.
• Excellent written and verbal skills and the ability to speak to large and diverse groups.
• Must present a professional appearance, providing a positive image of the organization to the public.
• Must exercise considerable judgment and discretion.

Understands the mission and vision of the hospital. Operates within the concept of patient focused care.  Evolves into an effective team member. Maintains knowledge of and conforms to hospital policies and procedures.

Primary Duties

The CFO, with the support of financial colleagues, prepares and recommends annual budgets for Board and Management Company approval and ensures prudent management of the resources within those budgetary guidelines according to current laws and regulations. The CFO ensures that appropriate internal and management controls are established and maintained. The CFO ensures revenue cycle, billing, and collections are all optimized for the entity.

Financial and Revenue Leadership

• • Leads the overall process of revenue integrity and financial management for the facility.
  • Responsible for comparative analysis, data aggregation, and preparation for both operating and capital budgets in alignment with overall field and managing partner strategy.
  • Responsible for organizational cash management strategy to ensure
  • Responsible for development and dissemination of cash accounting, line item budgets, forecasts, models and other data. Provide feedback on the financial or statistical results of operations with suggestions for improvement.
  • Evaluates overall financial position, recommends financial plans and budgets for board approval and monitors expenditures against revenue.
  • Oversees field treasury functions of cash management and adequate liquidity for operational, capital, and strategic needs, including cash conversion cycles, account receivables optimization, risks and contingency funding plans.
  • Directs development and planning of financial reporting systems.
  • Reviews effectiveness of financial and accounting system, policies and procedures; directs development and implementation of improvements.
  • Responsible for financial policies and procedures to enhance the safety of assets or operational efficiency.
  • Directs financial and revenue integrity team leaders.
  • Collaborates with other senior members in developing major financial plans including capital expenditure programs.
  • Maintains departmental reports and records and collects statistical data for administrative and regulatory purposes.
  • Supervises and coordinates the functions of reimbursements, patient accounting, and general accounting, which includes general ledger accounting, accounts payable, and cashiering.
  • Prepares reports outlining hospital’s financial position in all areas of assets, liabilities, income and expense, based on past, present, and planned future operations.

Purchasing and Materials Management Leadership

• • • Leads the overall purchasing and materials management for the facility.
    • Responsible for development of policies and procedures to enhance the purchasing power to maintain operational efficiency.
    • May direct and oversee planning, practices, procedures and personnel associated with hospital’s central supply programs.

Operations Oversight

• • • Recruit, hire, train, and provide organizational support for the key areas of operational responsibility
    • Responsible to uncover the issues and concerns affecting efficiency, productivity or morale as it relates to those areas assigned.
    • Completes employee evaluation(s) in a timely manner per company policy.

Key Relationships

1. Maintains positive relationships with internal and external customers. Is effective in interacting with others and problem solving.
2. Proactive in meeting customer’s needs. Responds promptly to customer needs or requests.
3. Keeps Division President, field CEO and appropriate staff members informed of problems; recommends solutions.
4. Maintain excellent working relationship with Surgery Partners functional support department representatives and their leaders (i.e. revenue cycle, supply chain, human resources, treasury, accounting, etc.) other West Division leadership team members.
5. Participates in education/development of peers and other staff.

Initiatives

1. Develop specific work plans and due dates.
2. Follows through on planned assignments within assigned timeframes.
3. Effectively prioritizes assignments.
4. Demonstrates a willingness to accept extra assignments.
5. Adjust to change, work pressures or different situations without undue stress.
6. Demonstrates skill in developing improvements in work methods.
7. Effective in cost control and resource utilization.

Physical Requirements

This position requires lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to ten (10)+ pounds. Stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, grasping, handling, and balancing 5 or more hours per day. Sensory and communicative activities including: hearing seeing and speaking to be able to carry out essential job functions.

Working Conditions/Environmental Exposures

Environmental hazards such as chemicals, solvents, needles, needle containers, sharps, blood, body fluids, various infectious/communicable diseases, infectious medical waste, radiation, and/or radioactive materials and/or radioactive waste, proximity to moving mechanical parts.  Protective clothing/equipment may be necessary.

Animas Health Immunizations and Vaccinations Requirements  

Aligns with CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for Healthcare Personnel 

• Hepatitis B- Lab evidence of immunity (titer) to Hepatitis B or three doses Hep B vaccine at appropriate intervals
• Influenza- documentation of current seasonal flu vaccine (mandatory from November 1st through March 31st each year)
• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella - Lab evidence of immunity (titer) to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella or 2 doses of MMR Vaccination
• Varicella (chickenpox) - Lab evidence of immunity (titer) to Varicella or 2 doses of Varicella Vaccine
• Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap) - documented proof of immunization
• Tuberculosis Screening - Documentation of a two-step TB skin test within the past year OR lab verification of a negative TB Gold or T-Spot tuberculin test within the past 6 months

*Vaccine records or evidence of immunity are required prior to 1st day of scheduled work.

Animas Health is a drug free workplace and performs a pre-employment drug screen which includes marijuana.