Job Description

Director of Finance

Location: Texas

Lead Financial Performance. Drive Operational Excellence. Make an Impact.

We're seeking a proven healthcare finance leader with grit, tenacity, and strong business acumen who thrives on tackling complex challenges, bringing order to complexity, and driving transformational results.

Director of Finance opportunities are available throughout Texas, with each role supporting a single hospital location and serving as a key member of the local leadership team.

The successful candidate is energized by opportunity, comfortable functioning in ambiguity, and motivated by the chance to influence strategy, improve operations, and create lasting organizational impact. They are not only financially astute but also hands-on, collaborative, and driven to solve problems, optimize processes, and lead teams through growth and change.

What You'll Do

As the Director of Finance, you will serve as a key member of the hospital's leadership team, partnering closely with the Division CFO, CEO, physicians, and operational leaders to drive financial performance, operational excellence, and strategic growth. You'll play a critical role in helping the organization navigate challenges, identify opportunities, and achieve both short and long-term objectives.

This is an opportunity for a finance leader who wants a seat at the table, thinks like an owner, and brings an entrepreneurial mindset to solving complex business challenges. We're seeking someone who thrives in dynamic environments, embraces accountability, and is energized by the opportunity to influence strategy, drive operational excellence, and create meaningful results. The ideal candidate is motivated by the ability to make a visible impact on the financial performance, operational success, and long-term growth of a hospital. Success in this role requires balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution while fostering collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance management.
• Develop and execute strategies that improve profitability, operational efficiency, and long-term financial sustainability.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and hospital leadership team, providing financial insights and recommendations that support informed decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to optimize resources, improve performance, and support organizational growth initiatives.
• Ensure sound financial controls, fiscal stewardship, and regulatory compliance.
• Prepare and present financial results, forecasts, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and governing boards.

Revenue Cycle and Financial Performance

• Drive revenue cycle optimization, reimbursement, billing, collections, and revenue integrity initiatives.
• Analyze financial and operational trends to identify opportunities that improve performance and support sustainable growth.
• Partner with operational leaders to remove barriers impacting financial performance and patient experience.
• Establish accountability measures and performance metrics that drive measurable results.

Operational Leadership

• Collaborate with hospital leadership to support strategic initiatives, service line growth, capital investments, and operational improvement efforts.
• Bring structure to complex challenges by developing sustainable solutions and scalable processes.
• Lead change initiatives that improve efficiency, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
• Support key business decisions through thoughtful financial analysis and strategic planning.

Team Leadership and Development

• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and support teams responsible for accounting, purchasing, revenue cycle, health information management, patient access, and other assigned functions.
• Build organizational capability through coaching and talent development.

Compliance and Governance

• Maintain compliance with GAAP, healthcare regulations, SOX requirements, and organizational policies.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting and effective internal controls.
• Support audits, regulatory requirements, and governance activities.
• Promote ethical business practices and sound financial management throughout the organization.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of progressive leadership experience in ambulatory care, hospital or healthcare finance.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare reimbursement, revenue cycle operations, supply chain management, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and driving financial and operational improvement initiatives.
• Ability to influence leaders, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related discipline.
• CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience with healthcare regulatory compliance, SOX controls, and GAAP accounting principles.
• Experience supporting hospital operations or multi-site healthcare organizations.

What Makes You Successful

• A strategic business partner who translates financial insights into actionable strategies that drive performance, growth, and informed decision-making.
• Comfortable functioning in ambiguity and navigating rapidly changing priorities.
• Skilled at bringing structure to complexity and driving solutions in challenging environments.
• A resilient problem solver who embraces challenges and pursues continuous improvement.
• An entrepreneurial thinker who identifies opportunities and turns ideas into results.
• A trusted partner to executives, physicians, board members, and operational leaders.
• A hands-on leader who is willing to roll up their sleeves and dive into the details when needed.
• A builder of teams, relationships, and organizational capability.
• A data-driven decision-maker who converts insights into meaningful outcomes.

Why Join Us?

Join an organization committed to delivering exceptional patient care through operational excellence, financial stewardship, and innovation. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact as a member of a hospital leadership team, partnering with talented healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing clinical, operational, and financial performance.

If you're ready to influence strategy, drive performance, and make a visible impact on the success of a hospital, we'd love to hear from you.

Comprehensive benefits available!

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.