Director of Finance

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care, comprehensive care in cardiac, orthopedics, oncology, women’s and children’s services, we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.
Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Position Summary:

Responsible for the overall functions of budgeting, cost accounting,decision support, management engineering, financial analysis and special projects, in order to assist in the proper financial management of the hospital.

Position Description:

• Proactively develops, analyzes and interprets key financial performance indicators in terms of profitability, performance against budget, and trends in order to recommend corrective action.
• Coordinates and directs the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts, and institutes and maintains other planning and control procedures. Assists departments with budget compliance and conducts budget and analysis training as needed.
• Provides assistance with special projects, such as the evaluation of new potential business opportunities and the development of related proformas and business plans.
• Utilizes multiple management tools and technologies to identify opportunities for improvement within the organization.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of accounting and finance experience in a large organization with at least three of those years in healthcare. Minimum of three (3) years of managerial experience is required.

Licensure:

• None specified.