Vice President - Finance - North American Partners in Anesthesia : Job Details

Melville, NY - USA

Position Requirements

The Company:

North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) is the leading single-specialty anesthesia and perioperative management company in the United States. NAPA was founded in 1986 by physicians with a mission to seek excellence in patient care and create value for its clinicians and hospital and ambulatory partners. NAPA employs more than 6,000 clinicians and staff who deliver anesthesia and pain management services at more than 500 facilities in 20 states and the District of Columbia to over three million patients annually.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President FP&A is a strategic business partner who provides value-added financial insight. The VP FP&A's work-product directly informs key strategic decisions, continuous improvement, and core business operations for a broad group of NAPA stakeholders. Therefore, the VP FP&A must go beyond identifying variances from sequential and forecasted financial results; the VP FP&A will isolate core performance drivers and recommend value-creating or corrective actions. The VP FP&A will regularly communicate these insights with the CFO, other C-suite members, and the Board of Directors. As such, this role requires a seasoned and hands-on FP&A leader who can (i) develop relationships and extract insights from throughout the NAPA organization, particularly with C-suite executives, (ii) lead and develop a team of FP&A professionals, and (iii) also roll up his/her sleeves and dive directly into the data/systems/models/etc. Additionally, the VP FP&A will drive a cohesive and consistent approach to FP&A and Operational Finance across the NAPA organization.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Consistently delivers value-added FP&A and Operational Finance work product and insights such that the CEO, CFO, and all business leaders view the VP FP&A as a strategic partner and expert on financial matters.
• Develops and implements robust procedures that create accurate, timely, relevant, and insightful financial statements, measurements, forecasts, budgets, plans, and business analysis.
• Oversees the monthly management financial reporting package including key financial metrics and performance indicators. Designs and creates actionable presentations that effectively communicate key financial and operational messages.
• Leverages financial expertise and robust business acumen to provide comprehensive decision support. Actively contributes to the creation of strategic and tactical plans.
• Creates actionable management reporting and dynamic dashboards to drive a deep understanding of financial and operational performance, using key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Provides decision support for Client Services in ongoing negotiations with our existing hospital clients and commercial payers.
• Leads and presents the recurring forecasting process, driving insights into forward-looking performance.
• Collaborates across the organization to drive improvements in cash flow management.
• Innovates business analytics, to identify and execute new ways to create true business insights.
• Fully leverages available technology and drives the organization to embrace new technologies.
• Demonstrates clear passion and drive to support rapidly growing business which requires insightful analysis.
• Actively identifies ways to eliminate non-value work and leverages automation whenever possible.
• Manages and/or assists with special projects on group-wide initiatives, process simplification as requested.
• Supports all acquisition activity, including due diligence and post-merger integration.

Required Skills & Experience:

• At least 15 years of total business experience with a minimum of 10 years FP&A specific experience.
• Direct management of the FP&A and/or Operational Finance functions.
• Proven experience being a change agent in implementing company-wide technology and process change.
• High aptitude and enthusiasm for complex problem-solving.
• Significant experience partnering with leaders across the organization.

Ideal Candidate:

The successful candidate must bring a high level of ethical, intellectual, professional, and personal values, including:

• Highly motivated by an opportunity to rapidly grow a market-leading business.
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with the CFO and Executive Leadership Team.
• Executive presence with demonstrated ability to lead change and drive execution.
• High energy, self-motivated, and hands-on management style.

Education:

Bachelor's degree required from an accredited college or university, preferably in finance; MBA preferred but not required.

EEO Statement

North American Partners in Anesthesia is an equal opportunity employer.