Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Department: Finance

FLSA Class: Exempt - FT

Updated: August 2025

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a strategic executive leader responsible for aligning financial operations with the organizations mission and long-term vision. As a critical partner to the CEO and Executive Team, the CFO helps shape and drive organizational strategy while ensuring strong execution through sound financial planning, operational oversight, and risk management. Working collaboratively with the finance leadership team, the CFO leads the development and implementation of accounting, cash management, revenue cycle, and investment systems to optimize financial performance and sustainability. The CFO is an organizational champion of continuous improvement across all phases of our operations. The CFO also ensures the organization maintains the highest standards of financial integrity and remains in full compliance with all regulatory and licensing requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Executive Team, sets strategic vision for delivering high quality, integrated, cost-efficient care where an excellent patient experience and improved health outcomes are the primary goals.
• Oversees long-term budgetary planning, business case development and cost management in alignment with strategic plan, especially as the organization considers potential business line expansions and collaborations with external organizations.
• Monitors financial performance by measuring and analyzing results, initiating corrective actions and minimizing the impact of variances. Actively seeks opportunities for continuous improvement across all phases of operation.
• Develops short-, medium- and long-term forecasts to support decision making.
• Oversees financing and investing strategies and activities to maximize return on investment, including maintaining relationships with banking and investment community.
• Establishes accountability systems and controls to ensure alignment with standards and benchmarks set by the organization, auditing firms, accreditation organizations, regulatory and funding agencies.
• Develops strategies and systems to manage organizational financial risk, including management of the organizations cash management, purchasing, contract management, organization-wide internal controls, audit, and insurance programs.
• Oversees all aspects of the financial records and reporting of the organization including financial, budgeting and tax reporting as needed.
• Supervises the Controller and Revenue Cycle Director, setting the direction for their areas of responsibility to align with overall financial goals. Ensures forward-thinking approaches to revenue cycle, cash management and financial reporting.
• Creates an environment of high employee engagement to support Hunter Healths mission to be the employer of choice in the community.

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in business, finance, accounting, or other related field is required. Equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of masters degree.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification is preferred.
• 5 or more years of experience in senior financial leadership role(s) is required, preferably in an organization with a budget of at least $15 million.
• Experience in healthcare and/or not-for-profit helpful but not required.
• Experience with computerized accounting, GAAP and financial reporting skills, and externally audited financial statements is required.
• Experience in the development and implementation of creative financial management strategies and systems is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate and collaborate with staff, outside organizations, key stakeholders, the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors.
• Skilled in operating accounting software, word processing and spreadsheets. Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing technological environment.
• Solid GAAP and financial reporting technical skills, including experience with externally audited financial statements. Strong attention to detail.

Skills:

• Thinks strategically, ability to anticipate and mitigate issues and risks; ability to quickly diagnose complex problems and execute solutions, with a systems focus.
• Leads and partners collaboratively with executive staff and cross-functional teams, resulting in the development and implementation of creative financial management strategies and systems.
• Leverages data analytics to inform decisions and develop financial strategies, short- and long-term.
• Leverages negotiating and influencing skills to secure favorable terms with vendors, lenders and partners, maintaining Hunter Healths reputation as a good partner.
• Relates well to people from diverse racial, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.

Physical and Mental Demands of the Job:

All employees, including those who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job function listed below, either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation. The functions listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. This document does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

• Talking: The ability to speak clearly and effectively.
• Average Hearing: The ability to hear average conversations and respond accordingly.
• Repetitive Motion: The ability to sit, stand, walk and use hands to handle, feel and reach.
• Finger Dexterity: The ability to use fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up objects and pinching fingers together.
• Average Visual Abilities: The ability to focus on items clearly, including close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Working Conditions: The ability to work in a well-lit, climate-controlled environment, with a noise level that is occasionally high. There is potential exposure to infectious diseases.
• Physical Strength: The ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Mathematical Ability: The ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated with this job. Hunter Health Clinic Inc. reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs.

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