Organizational Description

The Community Health Center Network (CHCN), sister organization to the Alameda Health Consortium, is made up of the eight federally qualified community health centers in Alameda County. CHCN functions as the managed care contracting entity and MSO for our health centers, contracting with the Alameda Alliance for Health and Anthem Blue Cross. In order to help our health centers meet their missions of providing the best possible care to their communities, we also provide a broad range of training, technical assistance, quality improvement, information technology, and data analytic services.

Position Title: Chief Financial Officer

Department: Finance

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Classification: Exempt

Status: Full-Time Regular

Salary Range: $177,500 to $213,900 yearly

Location: Candidate must be willing to have primary residence in California. For licensing and tax purposes, we are unable to hire candidates residing outside the state of California starting on the date of hire.

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the CEO and Board Finance and Audit Committees, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is responsible for the planning, implementation, and oversight of all finance activities, including budgeting, financial forecasting, and contract negotiations. As a member of the CHCNs Executive Team, the CFO will participate in executive level decision-making, strategic planning and development of business initiatives and advancing the overall mission and goals of CHCN. The CFO will ensure that all financial reporting and related compliance requirements are fulfilled. The primary function of this role is to provide strong financial leadership for CHCN.

ESSENTIAL POSITION RESULTS

The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks and responsibilities. Employees may perform other duties as assigned.

Participate in the development of CHCNs strategic plans and programs.

Participate in Executive Team and advise the CEO on financial matters.

Evaluate and advise on the impact of long-range planning, introduction of new programs/strategies and regulatory action.

Provide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports, and financial trends in order to assist the CEO and other senior executives in meeting CHCNs goals and metrics.

Monitor, interpret and analyze performance related to managed care membership, revenue, expenses, medical costs, and utilization.

Identify risks and potential business opportunities and make recommendations for action, including providing financial expertise in the planning of new services, contracts, insourcing/outsourcing and expansion.

Consult with departments and make recommendations to ensure financial health of the organization in terms of financial results and operating efficiencies.

Enhance and/or develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the organization.

Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization.

Review IBNR methodology and insure accurate calculation on a quarterly basis

Insure assets of the organization are protected.

Act as an advisor from the financial perspective on any contracts into which the CHCN may enter.

Stay abreast of emerging trends and regulations to ensure effectiveness and compliance for the finance functions.

Evaluate, advise on and/or negotiate managed care contracting, both with health plans and specialty physicians.

Ensure that financial reporting and financial related compliance requirements are met in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and accounting principles.

Develop and sustainable growth strategy and monitor controls to preserve the agencies assets.

Participate in risk management including insurance and business continuity planning.

Financial Planning

Work with Executive Team to establish specific plans, deliverables and measurable objectives that are related to the short and long-term strategic plan for the organization.

Along with the Executive Team, explore opportunities for strategic partnerships.

Design financial modeling and contract rate analysis and recommend changes to current business practices based upon findings.

Evaluate and advise on the financial impact of long-range planning, introduction of new programs/strategies and regulatory interaction.

External Relationships

Establish and cultivate key relationships with our health centers, health plans, provider groups and other community partners.

Support CFO peer-to-peer network meetings.

Support the CEO in the interaction with the Board of Directors including the attendance at Board meetings

HIPAA Designated Access

For the purposes of the job duties of this position, the person in this position requires access only to the following HIPAA protected information data sets

1. MSO Membership 2. MSO Claims 3. MSO Referral/Auth. 4. MSO Capitation

5. Data Warehouse 6. Chart Audit/QI 7. Disease Registry

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervision of the Director of Finance

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Essential Requirements

The position requires completion of ten (10) years of progressively more responsible executive level experience in health care finance, strategy, and business development. We are seeking:

A strategic executive with health care experience.

A visionary with sound analytical ability, good judgment and strong operational focus.

A well-organized and self-directed individual who is politically attuned and a team player.

An intelligent and articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization.

An individual who is trustworthy and willing to share information and serve as a mentor.

A decisive individual who possesses a "big picture" perspective and is well versed in the administrative, fiscal and clinical aspects of health care systems management.

A candidate with:

Very strong understanding of business strategies and drivers.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Flexibility to quickly adapt to new challenge capacity.

Experience with health centers, managed care, health plan operations and Medi-Cal and Medicare is highly desired.

CERTIFICATES AND/OR LICENSES

None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an inside environment.

The Community Health Center Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.