Associate Vice President, Finance - Correctional Managed Care

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field of study and 10 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

CPA and/or Masters’ Degree in Business or related field is strongly preferred.  Experience in Academic Medicine is desirable. 

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Management of multiple projects at one time and the ability to place priority on projects and new assignments
• Customer service mindset with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Maintains effective relationships at all levels of the institution
• Possess great tact, confidentiality, communicating ability, and composure
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Effective problem solving skills and decision making skills
• Ability to develop, prioritize, communicate and accomplish goals
• Ability to analyze and evaluate data and make appropriate decisions/recommendations

      Business knowledge:

• Broad knowledge of contemporary health care financial management principles and practices within a correctional care environment and/or an academic medical center

Leadership abilities:

• Ability to implement change in a positive, sensitive and forward-thinking manner
• Strategic thinking, planning and problem-solving
• Developing goals and objectives, and establishing priorities
• Self-starter with a willingness to try new ideas
• Good judgment and ability to act decisively at the right time
• Results orientation

Human Relations abilities:

• Ability to build collaborative alliances and teams
• Effective persuasion and negotiation skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Effective ability to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction
• Flexibility and receptiveness to new and different opinions/ideas
• Ability to create win/win solutions and relationships
• Ability to effectively deal with conflict management and the skill to anticipate and bring issues to resolution

Analytic Skills:

• Organization, planning, scheduling and project management skills
• Ability to develop and analyze options, recommend solutions to solve complex problems and issues
• Ability to identify and resolve problems with a minimum of direction

Communication Skills:

• Effective verbal, written communication and group presentation skills
• Design and implementation of communication program to management team

Equal Employment Opportunity:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.