Director - Decision Support & Budgeting

Ranked #1 for Safety, Quality and Patient Satisfaction, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading destination for world-class health care in Palm Beach County and the greater Treasure Coast.

Outstanding physicians, state-of-the-art facilities, innovative techniques and a commitment to serving the community enables Jupiter Medical Center to meet a broad range of patient needs. Jupiter Medical Center is the only hospital in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties to receive a 4-star quality and safety rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, business or finance or equivalent experience required.
• Master's degree is strongly preferred.
  
  

Experience / Qualifications

• Seven (7) years’ experience in the hospital industry, with demonstrated experience in budgeting and analytics preferred or equivalent experience required.
• Healthcare background preferred, proficient knowledge of governmental guidelines
• Strong Excel and logic skills with knowledge of database interaction.
• Knowledge of software packages in use at Jupiter Health Inc. preferred.
• A working knowledge of Structured Query Language product preferred
• Ability to work autonomously, excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain confidential and company proprietary information.
• Ability to relate professionally and positively with employees at many levels.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience with formal presentations.
• Superior problem solving, decision-making and negotiating skills.
• Team player with proven ability to develop strong working relationships within a complex organization.
  
  

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the Director Decision Support and Budgeting is responsible for supporting Finance and Budgeting initiatives including developing, coordinating, and supervising the preparation of budgets, financial statements, statistical reports, cost analyses and other financial information. Performs complex and specialized assignments in area of expertise. The Director is part of the team that is responsible for negotiating payer agreements, participates in the development, negotiation, implementation, monitoring, and management of all third-party payor contracts. The Director will develop and maintain a network of relationships with third party payors, stablish and maintain effective relationships with system operational management, as well as Patient Financial Services.

Decision Support / Budgeting responsibilities include but not limited to:

Finance

• Support revenue calculations and journal entries for the monthly financial close process.
• Provide pro forma financial analysis for new and/or existing programs as requested by Senior Management.
• Create and maintain the five-year financial projection in coordination with the annual budgeting process.
• Assist Finance/Accounting team with other items and reports as required.
  
  

Budget

• Manage the annual process for creating the operating and capital budgets.
• Maintain budget software.
  
  

Reporting

• Assist with variance reports and explanations for all hospital entities, including Productivity and MOR’s.
• Maintain performance and insure adequacy of reporting hardware and databases.
• Maintain, improve, and create dashboards/reports in various systems, including FileMaker.
  
  

Cost Accounting

• Ensure integrity of cost data, including scheduled uploads, downloads, and reconciliations.
• Review allocations of expense to appropriate departments, as necessary.
• Maintain Service Line logic and reporting.
• Update and maintain cost accounting software and allocation templates.
  
  

Other

• Manage the Decision Support team, projects, and tasks.
• Effectively uses and role models current management techniques and theories, encouraging the decision-making skills of staff members and providing insight and leadership in complex situations.
• Supervises the development of service policies, procedures, and operating guidelines. Collaborates with other services within the division. Ensures that information is disseminated to staff is monitored for effectiveness and changed as needed.
• Understands and enforces all hospital and personnel policies and procedures.
• Lead and/or serve on hospital and Patient Care Services committees, teams, and work groups as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Leadership Competencies

Establishing Relationships

Builds effective networks, working relationships, and alliances with a broad range of stakeholders (both internal and external) in order to collaborate effectively within divisions and across boundaries. Can relate to all kinds of people regardless of background; find topics and common interests that can be used to build rapport with others.

Developing Talent

Provides guidance and feedback to help others strengthen knowledge/skills needed to accomplish tasks, solve problems, and perform effectively.

Inspiring and Motivating Others

Fosters commitment and cohesiveness by motivating, guiding, and facilitating cooperation within the department toward goal accomplishments. Can persuade others, build consensus, and ensure cooperation from others to gain genuine acceptance to accomplish “win-win” solutions.

Demonstrating Emotional Intelligence

Exercises self-leadership, self-awareness, and self-regulation; manages emotions so that they are expressed appropriately; leads others by showcasing adaptability, empathy, and social skills.

Acting with Integrity

Interacts with others in a way that is seen as direct and truthful; ensures confidence in individual and organizational motives and representations. Acts in a way that is consistent with personal and organizational values by keeping confidence, promises, and commitments. Clearly states goals and beliefs; informs people of their true intentions, does what they say they will do; follows through on commitments.

Acting Strategically

Aligns day to day activities around broader organizational goals and objectives; prioritizes resources based on the strategic objectives of the organization.

Being a Champion for Change and Innovation

Supports people in their efforts to try new things. Generates novel and valuable ideas and uses these ideas to suggest new or improved processes.

Communicating Effectively

Speaks and writes clearly, conveys information in a concise, organized, and logical manner. Listens attentively and exercises tact, discretion, and diplomacy when interacting with members of the department and across the organization.

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion

Treats all people with dignity and respect by being fair and consistent. Demonstrates an open-minded approach to understanding people regardless of their gender, age, race, national origin, religion, ethnicity, disability status, or other characteristics. Challenges bias and intolerance. Develops all-inclusive groups in the realms of social interaction and communication. Shows respect for the beliefs of others; encourages and promotes practices that support cultural diversity; discourages behaviors or practices that may be perceived as unfair, biased, or critical toward people with certain backgrounds.

Holding Self and Others Accountable

Sets clear performance expectations and objectives for self and others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback when needed. Accepts responsibility and accountability.

Physical Requirements

Requires sitting for long periods of time, use of computer and other telecommunication devices. Must be able to work in a stressful environment, work independently, and be capable of critical thinking, making sound decisions, detail oriented, alert and self-motivated.

Threshold Requirements

• These threshold requirements are required to be completed on an annual basis:
• Annual Joint Commission mandatory education requirements, in-service and health requirements including attendance at new employee orientation.
• TB/PPD Surveillance Program.
• Maintenance of required professional licensing and/or certification(s).
  

This is not necessarily an extensive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associates with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. I have reviewed these job requirements and verify that I can perform all essential functions of this position.