Chief Academic Officer - Healthcare jobs in Abilene, TX

At MHMR Concho Valley, our mission is “Working together to help people help themselves.”

If you are serious about making a difference, we guarantee you’ll love being a part of the MHMR Concho Valley.

Performs highly advanced and/or supervisory accounting work. Work involves preparing or supervising the preparation of financial analyses and reports; establishing, maintaining, and supervising accounting systems, procedures, and controls; and preparing the agency budgets. Plans, organizes, and directs, fiscal activities including accounting, payroll, budgeting, and purchasing. Works under minimal direction with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Will become an integral part of the executive leadership team.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, & EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in accounting and financial operations.
• 5 years of overall combined accounting and finance experience, preferred.
• Auditing and compliance experience, preferred.
• Experience in healthcare billing and revenue recognition, preferred.
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process, preferred.
• Experience with financial operations of a governmental entity, preferred.

ESSENTIAL TASKS

Knowledge of finance administration

• Budget control and fiscal accounting.
• Ability to learn the agency’s financial program.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Understanding of governmental accounting, budget control methods, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of laws and regulations pertaining to fiscal operations.
• Ability to recruit and retain top-performing professionals and paraprofessionals.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple work initiatives & schedules.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs the program to control the financing Department operations; maintaining, monitoring, and improving the overall quality and integrity of the accounting systems.

• Oversees the recording and deposit of revenue collected by the agency, ensuring the money is cleared to the proper funds as required by statutes.
• Oversees the allocation of state and federal funds to agency operating programs; attends state-level training initiatives/consortiums.
• Prepares all financial reports as required by state, federal, and local requirements; ensuring all are submitted within designated timeframes.
• Oversees/prepares the analysis and interpretation of expenditure patterns, budget projections, financial statements, and related reports.
• Develops/monitors methods for the control of cash receipts, deposits, and disbursements; the purchase of services, supplies, and equipment; the documentation of claims for payment; and the preparation and processing of payrolls.
• Monitors employee benefit packages; recommending changes and improvement as appropriate or beneficial.
• Oversees the accounting, payroll, accounts receivable and information systems departments.
• Provide instructional leadership to department heads and participate in the development and implementation of relevant aspects of the organization's strategic plan, administrative policies and procedures, and budgets.
• Acts as the investment officer for the Center.
• Create and present financial reports to board members with relevant facts and circumstances.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the CEO.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

• Actively participates on the ELT.                                    
• Publicly supports the decisions of the team.                                                                         
• Is obsessed with quality; fully engaged in achieving the goals and objectives of the Center.
• Is a person of integrity; proves trustworthy.                                                                          
• Constantly learning; gaining an even greater mastery of the job.                                        
• Embraces the vision, mission, and values of the Center.                                                     
• Actively participates in financial risk management and good stewardship.   

 REQUIREMENTS

• Valid Texas Driver’s License required and reliable transportation.
• Must not have more than 3 moving violations in the last 3 years.
• Must be insurable and remain insurable on Center’s insurance.
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

SHIFT

Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., plus varied hours.

SALARY:  Depending on Experience

BENEFITS

We offer competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, and life insurance, retirement and 457 plan, other voluntary benefits, vacation, employee choice days, sick time off and holidays. https://mhmrcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Employee-Benefits-Sheet-01-2023.pdf

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

All applicants applying for positions at MHMRCV, please select "Apply On Company Site", then follow the steps and attach resume. 

CLOSING DATE

Open until filled. 

For questions, please email Jobs@mhmrcv.org.

Convictions related to any sexual assault, aggravated assault, drug related offense, murder, theft, battery, or any other crime involving personal injury; injury to a child, elderly individual, disabled individual, or threat to another person; abandoning or endangering a child; and aiding suicide, may make you ineligible for employment in positions, in direct contact with consumers of MHMR Services for the Concho Valley. The names of all prospective employees are cleared through the Texas Department of Public Safety to determine the existence of such records. Falsification of the application for employment is grounds for dismissal. Ask the personnel office for further information. For insurance purposes, driving records will be checked on all employees that are required to drive as stated in their position description. If an employee is determined to be uninsurable, employment may be dismissed.

 MHMR Concho Valley is a trauma informed organization dedicated to creating and maintaining a safe, calm, and secure environment with supportive care, a system-wide understanding of trauma prevalence and impact, recovery and trauma specific services, and recovery-focused, consumer-driven services that applies to all staff, volunteers, contracted providers, and community partners.  MHMR Concho Valley has made an implicit commitment to prevent and reduce suicide deaths among individuals served by the Center through applying the elements of safer suicide care outlined the Zero Suicide Framework (lead, train, identify, engage, treat, transition, improve). 

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