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Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford HealthCare is transforming healthcare across Connecticut and beyond—enhancing access, affordability, health equity, and excellence. Spanning 500 locations across 185 towns and cities, our comprehensive care-delivery system is built to serve every community, every day. From world-class hospitals—including two tertiary-level teaching hospitals, an acute-care community teaching hospital, an acute-care hospital and trauma center, and three community hospitals—to an expansive network of behavioral health services, multispecialty physician groups, urgent and virtual care, surgery centers, home care, senior care, rehabilitation, and mobile neighborhood health programs, Hartford HealthCare is there when and where it matters most. We touch the lives of nearly 28,000 people every single day, delivering unparalleled care through our unique Institute Model—bringing together leading experts in neuroscience, cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, and urology & kidney health to provide a unified, high standard of care at the most affordable cost.

The System Director of Finance is responsible for the strategic oversight of Shared Service Office (SSO) financials, enterprise capital planning, and system level Capital funding governance. The System Director oversees IT Financial Operations (FinOps), including cloud cost management and optimization (e.g., GCP), system contingency oversight, integration of externally funded capital initiatives, management of all non‑clinical budgets to include interest expense, interest income, other operating revenue and non-operating income, eliminations, intercompany activity, and other centrally managed financial items.

The System Director partners closely with executive leadership and cross‑functional teams across HHC’s many business units to ensure disciplined financial stewardship, transparency, scalability, and alignment with organizational priorities. This leader plays a critical role in driving enterprise financial planning, capital governance, cost optimization, and executive‑level financial insight to support long‑term financial sustainability and data‑driven decision‑making across shared services and technology‑enabled operations.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the strategic planning, development, and oversight of all SSO financials, including annual operating budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and financial performance management. Ensure alignment with HHC enterprise priorities, funding constraints, and financial sustainability objectives
• Oversee enterprise capital funding and capital portfolio management, including forecasting, capitalization, and performance tracking for all business units. Evaluate funding strategies, including incremental capital and alternative funding sources, and integrate unplanned or emerging capital needs outside of the annual budget cycle while maintaining governance and financial discipline
• Partner with business unit Finance Directors, executive leadership, IT, facilities, and operational leaders to optimize capital investment decisions and return on investment
• Maintain oversight of enterprise system contingency resources, including tracking approved projects, pending requests, and remaining availability. Develop executive level reporting and analyses to support leadership decisions related to funding tradeoffs, risks, and affordability
• Lead the integration of grant-funded and externally funded projects into enterprise capital plans. Ensure appropriate financial structures and controls are established to accurately track expenditure and support compliance with funding requirements and timelines
• Lead Enterprise IT Financial Operations (FinOps) strategy, including cloud cost management, forecasting, allocation, and optimization (e.g., GCP). Collaborate with IT and data teams to drive cost transparency, accountability, and sustainable technology spend management
• Develop and maintain standardized executive‑level financial dashboards and reporting across SSO operations, non‑clinical financial activity, capital investments, and technology spend to support data‑driven decision‑making and enterprise governance
• Act as a trusted finance partner to executive and operational leaders such as IT, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, HR, and Facilities leadership. Clearly communicate financial risks, constraints, and tradeoffs to support decision making.
• Contribute to the design and continuous improvement of budgeting and management reporting processes and support financial system implementations by defining requirements and validating outputs

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Business Administration, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or related field
• Five plus years of progressive finance/IT experience, including leadership responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
• Strong leadership & communication skills to convey messages logically & succinctly to ensure understanding & unify stakeholders in achieving goals
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills with the ability to execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Strong financial acumen, proven ability to connect the linkages of the project results to the financial and business benefits
• Executive presentation skills and ability to communicate with all levels
• Acute attention to detail and ability to produce polished deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to balance numerous time-sensitive requests in a fast-paced working environment
• Knowledge of project management, change management principles and terms in the healthcare industry
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, creativity, and initiative

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment