Finance Director

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

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Job Highlights:

Join a team where you’ll partner directly with senior leadership to drive financial performance across a complex, multi-site environment. As a strategic finance leader and individual contributor, you’ll own key deliverables including financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, and executive-level reporting—helping shape decisions that influence thousands.

What You’ll Bring:

• 10+ years of FP&A or finance experience (healthcare or multi-site preferred)

• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders
• Strong communication skills with experience in presenting to executives
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives (productivity, NOI, service line performance)
• Familiarity with tools like Vizient ODB and operational metrics (CMI, LOS, labor, supply)

Ideal Candidate:

• Independently supports multiple departments or service lines
• Owns forecasting cycles and executive-ready financial insights
• Translates complex data into actionable business decisions
• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment

Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Develops, evaluates, and implements programs regarding Finance. Creates the processes necessary to implement the programs developed. Develops procedures manuals as needed. 
• Formulates recommendations to support the program. 
• Oversees necessary audit activity to support the program. 
• Trains Finance personnel on the program. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

EDUCATION 

• Bachelor’s degree 

EXPERIENCE 

• Ten years’ experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

• None

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Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 

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