System Sr. Director, Corporate Controller - Military veterans preferred

How You'll Help Transform Healthcare:

Onsite is preferred, hybrid or remote work option is available. Candidates residing in the following states can be considered for remote work: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Experience with aCloud ERPs (i.e. Workday, etc.) within a healthcare system enviroment highly desired.

Serves as System Sr. Director, Corporate Controller. Supervises General Accounting, Shared Services, and Tax management teams. Directs accounting, payroll, accounts payable, and tax functions, including financial statement preparation and external audit support, tax filings, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) optimization and enhancements. Maintains a high-performing organization through continued process improvement and organizational collaboration in implementing business operations best practices, adoption of ERP and related technologies to maximize efficiencies, and development and oversight of management team. Ensures proper oversight of account reconciliations, analytical review, and transaction research and treatment to support financial statement integrity and preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Other oversight includes annual regulatory filings including, but not limited to, IRS forms W-2, 1099, 940 and 941; for-profit and not-for-profit local, state and federal tax filings; and internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure financial statement accuracy.

• Serves as a senior member of the management team and influential leader for accounting, shared services, and tax strategies, philosophies, and initiatives within the organization. Identifies the need for and facilitates organizational change where needed. Maintains expert knowledge of key industry and organizational trends, metrics, and insights. Aligns team initiatives to the organization's strategic goals.
• Directs the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements. 
• Leads the annual consolidated financial audit and oversees other audits and regulatory-required reviews and certifications. Oversee the completion of the audit report, including preparation and content of footnotes.
• Makes decisions on treatment and execution of accounting and tax transactions, resolves problems, and analyzes complex events for potential ramifications. 
• Oversees preparation and reviews significant accounting estimates, including (but not restricted to) net patient service revenues, patient accounts receivable allowances, and employee benefits.
• Analyzes operational issues affecting accounting outcomes or financial statements, tax filings, and shared services operations. Utilize financial data to identify trends, variances, and risks.
• Works with peers to ensure proper ongoing education on topics relevant to their roles, including development of new GAAP or changed accounting treatments generated from within accounting or finance teams, tax and regulatory updates, and ERP functionality, updates and workflows.
• Establishes and maintains robust internal controls to safeguard assets and mitigate financial risks. Maintains policies and procedures for accounting, shared services, and tax areas that promote financial integrity, regulatory compliance, industry best practices, and ensures proper review with stakeholders prior to any material changes.
• Oversees maturation, expansion, and scope of Shared Service Department including accounts payable, payroll, non-patient accounts receivable, and other activities residing in shared services. Oversees completion of regulatory filings including IRS forms 1099, W-2, 940, 941, and other related requirements for payroll and non-payroll disbursements.

What We Require:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, or other bachelor's degree required. Master's degree in accounting, business administration or related field desirable. Education requirements may be offset by relevant years of experience.

Experience: Ten years' experience in healthcare accounting, finance or financial planning with recent management and personnel supervisory experience; public accounting firm experience preferred. Preferred experience in leading and implementing large scale process improvement initiatives driving measurable business results and leading in a complex matrix environment.

Licensure, certification, and/or registration: CPA desirable

About Carilion

This is Carilion Clinic ...

An organization where innovation happens, collaboration is expected and ideas are valued. A not-for-profit, mission-driven health system built on progress and partnerships. A courageous team that is always learning, never discouraged and forever curious.

Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., you will find a robust system of award winning hospitals, Level 1 and 3 trauma centers, Level 3 NICU, Institute of Orthopedics and Neurosciences, multi-specialty physician practices, and The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

Carilion is where you can make your own path, make new discoveries and, most importantly, make a difference. Here, in a place where the air is clean, people are kind and life is good. Make your tomorrow with us.