Associate Director - Clinical Finances

🔍 School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States

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📁: Finance

📅   : 3 days ago Post Date

📅   : 108629 Requisition #

Our Purpose
Stanford Medicine is leading the biomedical revolution in precision health. We are transforming health care away from after-the-fact diagnosis to prediction and prevention and away from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized care that empowers people to lead healthy lives. We are leveraging the art and science of medicine to predict and prevent disease before it strikes and cure it decisively if it does.

To achieve our Precision Health vision, we are integrating, building, and leveraging our strengths in fundamental research, the new field of biomedical data science, and nine transformative biomedical platforms. As a learning health system, we will apply these advances in our hospitals and health care delivery systems within Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health.

Our Values
Fulfilling our promise to humanity requires the engagement of a diverse, creative, and collaborative team of professionals who work together to advance our research, education, and patient care mission. We strive to create a culture of inclusion and belonging to ensure all employees have the meaningful employment experience that is necessary to do their best work.

Our Work
Stanford University School of Medicine is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Associate Director for Clinical Finances to join our dynamic Fiscal Affairs team. This pivotal role will provide strategic direction and oversight for clinical financial operations, ensuring compliance with university, local, state, and federal regulations. The Associate Director will shape and lead the School’s clinical financial reporting strategy—an area of significant institutional impact—while advancing a culture grounded in transparency, stewardship, and accountability. We welcome candidates who bring strong financial leadership and a commitment to supporting Stanford Medicine’s mission of advancing health through world-class research, education, and patient care.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean, Financial Controller, the Associate Director serves as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the Fiscal Affairs Leadership Team, supporting our tripartite mission of research, education, and health care. This role leads Financial Reporting and Analysis for the School’s clinical operations (approximately $2.3B in revenue).

Key Responsibilities include:

Build and lead a high-performing team: Design and maintain an effective organizational structure and staffing plan; oversee recruiting, onboarding, training, performance management, and staff development.
Lead clinical financial reporting and strategy: Drive operational reporting, trend analysis, and strategic recommendations; communicate insights clearly to diverse stakeholders.
Solve complex, enterprise-impacting issues: Identify and address strategic challenges that extend beyond the immediate unit and may influence broader university operations.
Enable executive decision-making: Develop and interpret complex analyses and advanced financial models; provide context, risks, and scenarios to inform senior leadership decisions.
Lead negotiations of affiliate contract financial terms: Lead and support the negotiation of financial components for affiliated agreements and contracts, ensuring alignment with the School’s strategic objectives, and long-term financial sustainability.
Influence finance and accounting policy: Provide vision, direction, and recommendations on matters with broad scope and institutional impact, including university finance and accounting policy considerations.
Represent Stanford School of Medicine: Serve as a senior representative for the School at the Stanford University & Stanford Medicine level and with external constituencies as needed.
Advance School of Medicine initiatives: Collaborate across Stanford University and Stanford Medicine to evaluate and support new and ongoing business and technology initiatives.
Drive process improvement and innovation: Lead high-visibility redesign and transformation efforts; champion major initiatives and ensure effective implementation and change adoption.
Strengthen internal controls and stewardship: Partner to design and implement robust internal control programs that protect and responsibly manage university resources.

* - Other duties may also be assigned

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):
Master’s degree and eight years relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

User knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Advanced knowledge of Oracle or other business financial systems.
Advanced understanding of financial principles.
Advanced oral and written communication skills.
Ability to clearly and effectively present information to internal and external audiences, client groups and all levels of management.
Strong analytical skills to review and analyze complex financial information.
Strong leadership skills, previous experience in strategic management and leading large multi-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to delegate workload and provide direction/corrections as necessary.
Knowledge of property management requirements related to Stanford or non-Stanford title of equipment and fabrications.
Demonstrated competency in project management of a high volume of work, some of which is cyclical.
If managing sponsored projects, ability to manage post and pre award administration for sponsored projects within his/her unit. Knowledge and fluency of governmental regulations and Cardinal Curriculum level I and II.
Knowledge of procurement needs, including sole-sourcing, cost analyses, vendor requirements, and small business reporting.
Experience working successfully with PIs, their administrative staff, the office of sponsored research and external sponsors.
Demonstrated success in performing meticulous, high quality and compliant work.
Ability to interpret complex research and fiscal policies, assimilate information from a wide range of resources and act like a mentor and resource to others.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

Constantly sitting.
Frequently perform desk-based computer tasks, use telephone, writing by hand, sort/file paperwork.
Occasionally stand/walk, lift/carry objects weighing 11-20 pounds.
Rarely reach/work above shoulder.

*- Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Routine extended working hours during peak cycles; travel to school/unit sites across university.

WORK STANDARDS:
●    Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
●    Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors bases on training and lessons learned.
●    Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

This role is open to candidates anywhere in the United States. The compensation for this position will be based on the location of the successful candidate. The expected pay range for this position is $199,616 to $252,145 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the university reasonably expects to pay for a position upon hire. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

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