Director, DTS Financial & Strategic Planning

Alignment Health is breaking the mold in conventional health care, committed to serving seniors and those who need it most: the chronically ill and frail. It takes an entire team of passionate and caring people, united in our mission to put the senior first. We have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about transforming the lives of the seniors we serve. In this fast-growing company, you will find ample room for growth and innovation alongside the Alignment Health community. Working at Alignment Health provides an opportunity to do work that really matters, not only changing lives but saving them. Together.

The Director Data Technology Services (DTS) Financial & Strategic Planning drives and coordinates project execution, project ROI development and prioritization, project outcomes reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, purchase order creation, invoice payment, and time tracking across the information technology, provider reimbursement, and member / provider engagement functions comprising a significant portion of Alignment Health’s operations and SG&A spend. Partners cross-functionally with Alignment Health’s Finance, HCM, and other functions to ensure compliance with operating and capital expense budgets and plays a critically important role in Alignment Health’s achievement of profitability and other financial objectives.

General Duties/Responsibilities

• Develops and finalizes the suite of appropriately sized DTS project deliverables in collaboration with DTS associates and executive leaders. Define and operationalize size/complexity/outcome thresholds to which some/all DTS project deliverables will apply.
• Collaborates with second- and third-level business function leaders, DTS product managers, FP&A, and other stakeholders to aggregate the set of quantified business function cost driver improvements, estimated DTS investments and associated timelines, and specific DTS and business function SMEs required to deliver them to enable prioritization of the investments by the Alignment CEOC.
• Develops and finalizes a quarterly reporting package for each Alignment CEOC leader conveying key DTS value information.
• Works with the Chief Information Officer, 2nd level DTS leadership, and Financial Planning & Analysis teams to define and distribute budget targets, manage refinements with each iterative budget pass, and arrive at a final budget balancing the ability of functional areas to achieve operational targets with meeting the targets set by the Financial Analysis & Planning team.
• Coordinates application of functional area leader inputs throughout the month to produce a monthly forecast for the Financial Planning & Analysis team.
• Creates and distributes monthly and quarterly budget variance and other reports as required. Coordinate the aggregation of variance explanations across functional area leaders who are cost center owners.
• Supervises team members in receiving functional area inputs to create purchase orders against which external vendors may invoice, and in approving accurate and timely invoice payment against products and services received.
• Oversees the time tracking system used primarily by information technology internal and external resources to track time against projects and other activities, and ensure the appropriate financial treatment of associated internal and external labor costs as operating and capital expenses. Coordinates the onboarding of new internal and external resources to the time tracking system and define new projects against which time may be tracked, ensuring that the associated costs are treated and reported appropriately.
• Tracks and reports on the placement of such assets into service and impairment of assets previously placed into service which are superseded.
  
  

Supervisory Requirements

Fulfill supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organization policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Experience

Job Requirements:

• Required: Minimum 10 years financial analysis/management and other functional and technical experience in healthcare. Minimum 7 years’ experience using financial reporting, ERP, procure-to-pay, business intelligence, or budgeting/forecasting packages.
  
  

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Preferred: MBA
  
  

Specialized Skills

• Required:
• Ability to communicate positively, professionally and effectively with others; provide leadership, teach and collaborate with others.
• Effective written and oral communication skills; ability to establish and maintain a constructive relationship with diverse members, management, employees and vendors;
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform mathematical calculations and calculate simple statistics correctly
• Reasoning Skills: Ability to prioritize multiple tasks; advanced problem-solving; ability to use advanced reasoning to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and design, implement and manage appropriate resolution.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Effective problem solving, organizational and time management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Report Analysis Skills: Comprehend and analyze statistical reports.
  
  

Licensure

• Required: None
• Preferred: CPA
  
  

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Physical Functions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  
  

Pay Range: $130,332.00 - $195,498.00

Alignment Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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