Division Director, LBS Finance

Division Director, LBS Finance

Schedule: Full-time, Days

Job Location Type: On-site Required (Brentwood, TN)

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.

More about our team

The Division Director, LBS Finance, is responsible for maintaining a controlled and compliant month-end close process, completeness of close checklists, and post close activities for the division. Additionally, the Director, Division manages the Division Site Liaison Team in accordance with service level expectations and monitors individual and team performance.

How you'll contribute

A Division Director, LBS Financewho excels in this role:

• Responsible for the completeness of the general ledger month-end close process for all sites, divisions, and lines of business, including the completeness of close checklists and post-close review certifications within the division
• Manage a site liaison division team and interface to all lines of business that receive liaison services within that division 
• Support and lead select continuous improvement and accounting standardization initiatives
• Collaborate with division leadership on services performance and improvement initiatives
• Manage the end-to-end general ledger close process for designated sites/entities (H/M/L) complexity consideration)
• Organize and perform P&L and balance sheet analysis and commentary along with comprehensive understanding of revenue recognition and analysis, projects and capital accounting, and other significant accounting processes 
• Support division level post close analysis, review, and reporting, including participation in division MOR and other operational reviews as needed
• Oversee the joint venture accounting, reporting, and distribution process for sites within the division with joint venture relationships
• Interface with the LBS Technical Accounting team and operations leaders within the division to collaborate on the accounting treatment of complex issues
• Support division and hospital leaders with the summarization of the annual budget process and organization of budget directives
• Formulate and recommend policies and programs that enable the company to recognize economic opportunities and realize maximum benefits from such opportunities
• Manage complex close issues that arise 
• Support the monthly projection process for a division to ensure projections are entered timely and that variances in projection are properly explained 
• Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling and reviewing work, ensures quality standards. Responsible for hiring, terminating, training and developing, reviewing performance and administering corrective action for staff.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Why join us 

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 7+ years or more experience in Healthcare Operations Finance and/or Hospital environment. Additional qualifications include:

• Must possess a working understanding of operational reporting tools and sources within Oracle, including OTBI, FDI, and EPM. 
• Certified Public Accountant preferred
• Experience in managing financial operations, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret financial data and trends.
• Business Mathematical Skills - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Statistical Mathematical Skills - Ability to work with mathematical and algebraic concepts such as probability, statistical inference, and forecasting. Ability to apply and analyze concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Moderate Computers Skills - Frequent use of electronic mail, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain and incorporate simple functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations to support business objectives.
• Complex Communication Skills - Frequently communicates complex information and interacts with management. Can present, resolve and address delicate situations. Can motivate and persuade others.
• Functional Independent Judgement - Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional area. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others.
• Project Management - Handle multiple projects simultaneously including task delegation, project oversight, and resource allocation.

Travel Requirement: Up to 10% overnight travel by land and/or air.

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Employment Sponsorship Statement

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.