Finance & Systems Manager
Ability KC is currently seeking an experienced Finance and Systems Manager full-time individual and welcomes cover letters and resumes from interested candidates.
Ability KC is the longest-standing private, not-for-profit, comprehensive outpatient medical rehabilitation facility in Kansas City serving thousands of individuals and their families annually and is nationally accredited and recognized as a leader in value-based care.
Our organization proudly provides a unique, personalized approach to care, serving people of all ages through educational, vocational, and therapeutic services. From helping with a child’s transition to kindergarten, to helping someone relearn how to drive or return to work, we’re there for our community.
Under the leadership of the Finance Director/Controller, the Finance and Systems Manager oversees the design, implementation, maintenance and security of the organization’s financial and accounting team, systems and processes to support accuracy and accessibility of financial data, supporting effective analysis and recommendations and reporting meeting regulatory compliance. The manager leads the finance and systems’ compliance plan, to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), regulations and compliance standards for working directly with partners, audits and reporting requirements. The manager works directly with the director, Chief Impact Officer (CIO), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and across department and program leaders, with partners and vendors to financial systems management, maintaining software and solutions, testing, and supporting continual advancements to integrate and develop continual effectiveness and efficiencies. With systems management, the position leads the parallel processes, procedures and policies, to support best practices, analysis and reporting to financial data accuracy and integrity in a timely manner.Our organization proudly provides a unique, personalized approach to care, serving people of all ages through educational, vocational, and therapeutic services. From helping with a child’s transition to kindergarten, to helping someone relearn how to drive or return to work, we’re there for our community.
The role manages a team within a matrix model of accountability responsibilities, functions and metrics for the day-to-day operations, including but not limited to cash flow management, accounts payable, payroll, monthly, quarterly and annually reporting of statements and analysis to support the organization from programs and departments to the Board. The manager is responsible for the execution, audit and analysis, and reporting of the cash management and accounts payable plans, including vendor relationship and contract management across quarterly and annual metrics, working with fellow program and department leaders in regular engagement to review agreement terms, negotiations and ongoing effectiveness and efficiencies. The manager is responsible for the payroll systems, processes and analysis, supporting across organization leadership including human resources, with essential reporting, to benefits, tax, and general ledger reports, and advancing to emerging technologies and improvements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field required.
- CPA (Certified Public Accountant) required.
- Minimum of five years of healthcare accounting, preferences to inpatient care to a community, specialty or payer environment and experience in financial systems management, particularly with ERP systems, and relevant software required. With strong business analysis skills, translating business needs into systems requirements.
- Two or more years of work experience as finance, accounting manager, with entrepreneurial mindset proactively leading independently, as well as within a matrix model of team and across organization, to systems and processes improvement and studies to advancing programs, services and products.
- Develops accounting organizational systems, practices and processes which are in line with organizational strategic plan and objectives. This will be accomplished by contributing accounting and financial information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and directions.
- Maintains financial security and compliance by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls throughout the organization in systems, policies and practices.
- Monitors data integrity, accuracy and transparency, through ongoing metrics management and reporting, within the organization systems, partners and vendors, include confirming financial status by monitoring cash management, revenue and expenses; coordinating the collection, consolidation, and evaluation of financial data; preparing timely reports and escalating issues and opportunities.
- Compiles and prepares various status reports for management to analyze trends and make recommendations, integrates agile methodologies and practices within team and with programs and departments’ leaders to support the achievement of monthly and quarterly to annual strategies and goals.
- Provides guidance across leaders by researching and interpreting accounting practices, policies and principles, applying observations and recommendations. Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting audits and providing information to external auditors.
- Protect operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential. Ensures that all processes in the revenue cycle follow HIPAA and third-party payor regulations. Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by understanding current and proposed legislation, filing financial reports, and advising management on needed actions.
- Meets accounting financial objectives by forecasting requirements; supporting Director/Controller in preparing an annual budget, and applicable plans with cash management, accounts payable; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. Maintains sufficient funds by forecasting cash requirements and obligations.
- Accomplishes departmental human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining direct-report staff.
- Actively participates in staff development and assessments to support industry best practice, and organizations’ culture engagement through regular rotation of shadowing within programs and services to learn of the model of care and services.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- This position serves onsite and is crucial for ensuring the efficient functions of the Finance Department and organization. Other duties may include special projects as assigned.
- Post offer background screening is required.
Job Type: Full Time
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