Director, Financial Diagnostic Services

About the role

The Director of Diagnostic Finance is the senior finance leader for Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Laboratories across UT Southwestern's University Hospitals and affiliated clinical operations. The role covers strategic financial management, planning, budgeting, forecasting, capital planning, financial reporting and business analytics, and works with executive leadership, imaging and laboratory administrations, physicians, operational leaders and hospital finance teams. It provides executive oversight of operating and capital budgets, long-range planning, business cases, productivity analytics, revenue optimization and enterprise reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the annual operating and capital budgets, rolling forecasts and long-range financial plans for Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Laboratories.
• Take part in month-end close, recurring reporting, variance analysis, executive dashboards and forecasting.
• Lead capital investment decisions, including ROI analyses and business plans for major purchases.
• Build financial models for new technologies, equipment replacement, expansion and service line growth.
• Run access, capacity, productivity, labor, reimbursement and profitability analyses to improve efficiency.
• Support revenue integrity initiatives and present financial performance and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Develop financial policies, internal controls, reporting standards and continuous improvement processes.
• Lead, mentor and develop the Diagnostic Finance team.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or a related field; MBA or MHA preferred.
• 7 years of progressively responsible healthcare finance experience.
• 5 years of leadership experience in hospital finance, financial planning, budgeting or service line finance.
• Experience with capital planning, business case development, financial modeling and executive presentations.
• CPA license preferred.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel and other financial systems.
• Budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling and ROI analysis.
• Productivity and benchmarking analytics.
• Leadership of subordinate managers and staff.

What we offer

• PPO medical plan available day one at no cost for full-time employees.
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare with no copay.
• Paid time off and paid parental leave.
• Retirement through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• Tuition reimbursement and wellness programs.