Senior Director Enterprise Financial Applications - HCA Healthcare

Description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Senior Director Enterprise Financial Applications with HCA Healthcare you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Benefits

HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the HCA Healthcare family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Director Enterprise Financial Applications to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary and Qualifications

JOB SUMMARY

HCA Healthcare’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions IT organization is seeking a Senior Director of Enterprise Financial Applications responsible for leading the strategy, implementation, and management of financial systems on a global scale. This role plays a pivotal part in transitioning from legacy, disparate ERP and financial systems to a unified, cloud-based enterprise ERP solution. The individual will ensure that financial systems are secure, scalable, and compliant with both local and international healthcare and financial regulations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing financial IT infrastructures within large, complex global organizations, and will drive digital transformation initiatives across the organization.

The Senior Director, Enterprise Financial Applications will lead teams who assess business strategies and requirements, develop product technology roadmaps, and deliver modern platforms, product components, product configuration and deliverables on time and within budget. He/she will define business cases inclusive of value attribution and budget needs, product technology roadmaps, and provide direction and priority to delivery teams. Their teams will be responsible for sizing overall opportunity, impact and full potential for new product features. The role requires driving alignment across financial capability business owners and IT teams across the Enterprise.

The candidate should demonstrate an understanding of complex ideas, set and broadly communicate a product technology strategy, and meet the needs of the team and stakeholders. This role requires attentive listening and demonstrating a strong executive presence as they will routinely meet with senior-level business executives and present to large audiences. The Senior Director, Enterprise Financial Applications will perform all duties with a focus on quality of work, attention to detail and a high level of self-management and self-awareness.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

30% Leadership

• Use product and technical expertise to expose trends and influence decisions for our stakeholders
• Communicate effectively for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Cultivate a motivating environment that brings out the best in people and improves performance of others
• Advocate on behalf of delivery teams/individual contributors when concerns or issues arise
• Build healthy trust and partnership relationships with staff, leadership, stakeholders, peers, and vendors
• Work with leadership in resolving conflicts involving staff, vendors, stakeholders, and business partners
• Enable excellent cross-team/functional communication with technical stakeholder teams across the Enterprise
• Lead and mentor a global team of IT professionals, including system administrators, developers, analysts, and support staff, through the ERP transformation process
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement, ensuring the team stays up to date with global ERP and healthcare technology trends
• Allocate resources efficiently across global teams, balancing project demands with operational needs
• Manage relationships with vendors and ensure effective collaboration throughout the implementation and support of cloud-based ERP solutions

30% Strategy & Planning

• Develop and execute a global IT strategy to transition from legacy ERP systems to cloud-based enterprise ERP solutions, aligning with the healthcare organization’s financial and operational goals
• Lead the transformation of financial systems across multiple regions, ensuring they meet the needs of various regulatory environments, including finance and healthcare-specific compliance standards (SOX, IFRS, GAAP, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.); integrating audit controls and reporting mechanisms into the ERP system
• Collaborate with global finance, operations, and healthcare leadership to identify and implement technology-driven financial process improvements
• Collaborate with technology, and product management teams across HCA to set and evangelize product technology vision, strategy, metrics and roadmaps while influencing measured successful product and feature rollouts
• Influence conceptualization and development to produce high-quality digital products that provide measurable business value
• Serve as the Financial systems primary point of contact between global IT, finance, and healthcare leadership, ensuring alignment of goals and strategies during the ERP transformation
• Negotiate service level agreements (SLAs) that meet the global scale and specific needs of the healthcare organization

40% Delivery & Execution

• Lead the global implementation and migration from disparate legacy ERP and financial systems to a unified cloud-based enterprise ERP platform, ensuring a smooth transition across regions
• Design and execute global project plans, coordinating efforts across multiple countries and time zones to ensure on-time, within-budget implementation
• Ensure integration of financial modules with other enterprise systems, such as electronic health records (EHR), across the entirety of the healthcare system
• Oversee data migration, ensuring consistency, security, and accuracy of financial and healthcare data during the transition
• Manage system performance during rollouts, and establish robust post-implementation support structures for international teams
• Drive automation of financial workflows and optimization of processes, ensuring that healthcare organizations benefit from operational efficiencies and cost savings.
• Develop and implement global security protocols to protect sensitive financial and patient-related healthcare data within the cloud-based ERP systems
• Lead risk management and mitigation efforts on a global scale, including disaster recovery and business continuity planning for healthcare financial systems
• Engage with senior leaders across the globe to provide regular updates on project timelines, budgets, and key milestones
• Collaborate with international teams to adapt financial systems to the specific needs of each region, including regulatory requirements and healthcare-specific challenges
• Monitor and act on product performance data (e.g., delivery, financial, and operational) to identify opportunities for improvement
• Work with finance, product colleagues and operations teams to ensure a collaborative approach to financial viability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
• Support proactive issue resolution and productive problem solving when concerns arise around product design and business processes
• Continually improve ERP systems using measured KPIs and OKRs
• Ability to understand technical challenges and make educated trade-offs with team; know technical workflows, needs, value drivers, and decision-making process, to deliver product intent and goals
• Adhere to Code of Conduct
• Other duties as assigned

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree Required – in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field
• Master’s Degree Preferred

OTHER/SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Strategic Thinking
• Expertise in Global Financial Systems
• Global Project and Change Management
• Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance (Healthcare Focus)
• Leadership and Team Development (Global)
• IT management experience, with significant experience leading ERP transformations in global organizations, particularly in healthcare
• Proven experience transitioning from legacy ERP systems to cloud-based enterprise ERP platforms on a global scale
• In-depth knowledge of healthcare financial operations, accounting principles, and regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX, IFRS, GAAP, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, etc)
• Solid understanding of data governance, information security, and cloud technologies, with a focus on healthcare
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across cultures and regions
• Strong track record of execution in a multifaceted organization, requiring building sponsorship and collaboration to achieve success
• Proven ability to engage with all levels of staff within varying lines of business
• Experience and disciplined in Agile development methodologies
• Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy
• Passionate about how products work and comfortable discussing technical challenges with engineers and architects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to think and act; decisiveness, assertiveness, with the ability to achieve results quickly
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to handle ambiguity and changing priorities
• Professional demeanor and positive attitude; customer service oriented
• Respect for diversity of experience, characteristics, viewpoints, and opinions

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS

• Requires prolonged sitting
• Requires eye-hand coordination & manual dexterity to operate computer equipment
• Works in a corporate office environment
• Some global travel required

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Senior Director Enterprise Financial Applications opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

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