Chris Tolan Email & Phone Number

Pensacola, Fl, Us

Ascension Florida And Gulf Coast

• Managed key initiatives and supported the Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast Chief Resource Officer to accomplish organizational goals focusing on project management, opportunity identification, and implementation for nine hospitals totaling over $550M in FY23 supply expense• Served as the point of contact for executive engagements such as bi-weekly meetings with market leadership, surgical robot clinical standardization, and as a representative on the surgical profitability committee by building relationships, leading meetings, and developing deliverables to be shared internally and with hospital executives• Collaborated with the local value realization team to support national initiatives and achieve over $8M in local savings through analytics, project management, and tactical assistance • Provided leadership, coaching, and mentoring, inclusive of onboarding and training, for a team of three analysts supporting the Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast market

Ascension Florida And Gulf Coast

• Led and communicated responsibilities with clinical engineering as well as various clinical and non-clinical hospital leaders for the review of hospital capital equipment leading to $10M in savings with a goal of eliminating or reducing operational and capital expense by $3.6M • Created and presented deliverables for the Chief Financial Officer to investigate supply expense using the general accounting ledger, comparing actuals to six-month trend through variance analysis• Collaborated with finance and clinical leadership to develop quarterly forecast submissions for supply expense on an 18-month forward-looking basis by reviewing supply accounts, case cost, and volumes • Developed a process for local clinical leadership for the request, tracking and return of over 300 units of rental equipment during COVID-19, including ventilators, high flow units and BiPAP machines• Interviewed, managed, and mentored an intern ultimately leading to a full-time hire for the market

Ascension Florida And Gulf Coast

• Identified, analyzed, and tracked 93 local supply and purchased services initiatives using Excel while working with implementation and operations counterparts to accomplish $2.9M annual savings goal• Prepared executive-ready variance reports by conducting deep dive analysis of actual general ledger expenses compared to budget for $325M in FY21 supply expense • Strategized and delegated responsibilities with clinical engineering as well as various clinical and non-clinical hospital leaders to complete the FY21 review of 378 capital assets across seven hospitals, totaling over $1M in identified annual savings while adhering to strict timeline • Organized and maintained Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Donation Tracker for Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast, organizing collection, drop off, tracking and gratitude campaign for 354K donated items

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Analyzed and reviewed accuracy of monthly financial statements for approximately 65 of 150 divisional hospital contracts to provide operational guidance and variance analysis • Presented monthly financial results to the Executive Vice President of Operations, Director of Finance, and Regional Client Administrator, while leading the discussion on action plans for underperforming contracts• Worked alongside the Director of Finance to build appropriate assumptions and generate projected financial statements to determine the budget and forecast models for our operating unit • Prepared proformas as requested by our operations team for new sales or current contract amendments• Performed monthly invoice calculations for subsidized hospital contracts (90% of contracts) based on contractual terms and provided support/explanation upon request• Initiated and designed a model for tracking increased compensation for physicians, as well as open and filled provider shifts, which was used by our executive team as a benchmark and distributed weekly to our operations team• Partnered with the corporate accounting team during month-end close to accurately report earnings and identify opportunities for improved efficiencies • Represented the finance department during the implementation of new contracts by joining weekly operations calls and providing updates

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Contacted hospital executives (CEO, COO, CFO) to identify practice opportunities in emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and anesthesia physician services• Produced 131 leads (147% of goal), resulting in my sales team achieving the highest sales revenue in the company during fiscal year 2015• Maintained Salesforce database on a quarterly basis for over 400 hospitals throughout the southeast by updating hospital, health system, and competitor data • Coordinated marketing activities including research, trade shows, email and direct mail campaigns• Conducted sales territory analysis and support for the Vice President of Practice Development• Experience working with major health systems including but not limited to Community Health Systems (CHS), Universal Health Services (UHS) and Health Corporation of America (HCA)

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Worked alongside owner/financial advisor to analyze and researched daily activity of the market, researching different sectors and making necessary daily recommendations based on activity • Collaborated with clients to assist in placing them into appropriate asset allocation models based on current financial needs and goals• Developed and monitored risk management strategies created specifically for each client

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Worked closely with staff in preparation of tax returns, balancing trial balances, reconciling bank statements, preparing income statements and using QuickBooks for data entry• Assigned to process and calculate claims for the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, where I used an advanced Excel model to help clients successfully settle their claims • Provided continual bookkeeping functions for assigned clients over internship period

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Managerial Finance

Master Of Business Administration - Mba