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Leads the finance function for all entities of Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services, including Hospital, Physician Practices, and Cancer Center. Responsible for all accounting, accounts payable, payroll, budgeting, reimbursement, and decision support functions.Successfully completed $58 million bond refinancing within first four months of employment.Lead the finance team to incorporate the acquisition of the Cancer Center during 2010, a $50 million operation.

Facilitate high quality, career-focused coursework in Budgeting, Human Resource Development, and Organizational Development in an e-learning environment. Provide instruction in accordance with established online course outlines and expectations, inform students of course requirements and evaluation procedures, prepare and grade assignments, and maintain scholastic records; average online class is 25 students. Ensure that the quality and quantity of instruction provided online is consistent with the stated objectives of the university.

Leverage extensive healthcare and business expertise to provide instruction in Human Resources, Healthcare Finance, and Healthcare Policy to undergraduate students of this university offering Bachelors/Masters Programs for working adults. Create lesson plans and instructional materials, define learning objectives, lead classroom presentations, and oversee discussions. Use teaching models, formats, and platforms pertinent to topics. Teach 10-12 students per class; consistently receive positive feedback and high ratings from students (4.5-5.0 on scale of 1-5). Work with the Director on enhancing new program offerings and recruiting new instructors.

Teach graduate courses in Healthcare Policy, Issues in Healthcare, and Human Relations & Organizational Behavior at this university offering Masters/Bachelors Programs for working adults. Inform students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements, and maintain student attendance and scholastic records. Continually receive positive evaluations from students and requests from students to teach additional courses. Identified opportunity to restructure a course based on duplication of materials from previous courses taken by students - recommendations were implemented and incorporated into the next course section. Teach 10-12 students per class.

Combine academic and business experience for providing effective and high quality instruction in Business and Finance classes to both undergraduate and graduate students. Instruct students in Business Finance, Micro/Macroeconomics, and Management Science courses - successfully integrating career and life experiences into lesson plans to assist students in identifying on-the-job applicability. Additional courses taught to students include Accounting, Special Topics in Human Resources, and Health Care Financial Management. Track record of success in receiving high student evaluations (average of 4.5 on 5.0 Likert scale).

Rehab and Network Facilities (2007-2010)

Senior member of the corporate finance organization of this $2.5B healthcare institution with significant functional accountabilities - function as the CFO for 2 rehabilitation hospitals and 16 outpatient rehab facilities, and as network CFO for 3 managed hospitals (totaling $750M in sales). Partner with the Senior Vice President and hospital CEOs in developing and executing strategies for growth and solid financial results. Develop and maintain productivity standards and key indicators for financial oversight of the organization. Prepare financial statements, direct all budgetary duties, and develop and maintain productivity standards and key indicators for financial oversight. Responsible for coordinating revenue cycle activities with corporate revenue cycle team. Manage 20 direct reports. * Developed and delivered Financial Management Training Programs for directors and supervisors at all facilities. * Generated significant improvements in cash flow and reduction in bad debt expenses through managing processes to reduce accounts receivable from 140 to 70 days in Home Infusion Division.* Improved productivity and revenue capture for the Home Health Division by directing the successful implementation of an information system.

Served as a consultant at this company providing management/administrative support consulting and technical services to not-for-profit and for-profit education sectors. Completed consulting project that was centered on redesigning and restructuring an on-line Masters in Healthcare Administration Program. Conducted research on the program and recommended including core curriculum and 3 potential areas of specialization. Sourced textbooks for all program courses and developed modules for the online instruction of all 21 courses.

Selected to lead the startup/development of a Change Management Department for this $1B organization with 7 hospitals and 100 physician employees; as VP of Finance, directed the organization's financial planning and accounting practices.* Reduced accounts receivable and improved cash flow by $40M.* Developed and executed business/marketing plan that outlined the Change Management Department's implementation and future growth. Defined organization-wide process improvements for A/R, systems implementation, and supply chain.

Built impressive record of achievement in the development and implementation of projects to assist client companies in improving efficiencies in operations and overall revenue management. Wrote and presented project proposals to client CEOs and Boards of Directors. Oversaw the lifecycle of each project from start-up to completion.

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