Christopher Higgins Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia Area

Responsible for providing senior financial and strategic leadership to: business transformation, strategic imperative implementations and financial improvement initiatives. Identifying improvement opportunities, developing implementation strategies and tactics, identify resources and implementation teams; Development of strategic financial policy and direction primarily related to faculty effort distribution, capital planning, investment and debt levels, debt carrying costs and maintaining university and affiliated entity strategic financial relationships; Development and maintenance of financial reporting and budgetary process, financial, operational and statistical performance reporting; Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulatory reporting regulations, audits and reviews; Implementation and maintenance of key financial information systems to ensure accurate, timely and efficient processing of financial data.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Senior business officer responsible for oversight of: Finance, Clinical Practice Operations, Research Administration, Faculty Affairs, Space Planning and Facilities Management, Human Resources, Nursing Administration, Contracting, and Information Systems. Extensive experience working with senior health system and hospital leadership in developing, enhancing and implementing joint physician hospital programs including: heart, liver and kidney transplant programs, dialysis, sleep center and cancer program expansions, hospitalists program creation, hospital expansion initiatives, clinical program reorganization and numerous facility expansion and relocations initiatives.Accomplishments:• In conjunction with legal counsel successfully negotiated wrote numerous physician employment agreements • Developed and maintained positive relationship with health system and entity leadership• Negotiated and established clinical trial agreements to operationalize clinical studies in network practices• Creation of central billing office from disparate billing functions of purchased practices• Established and supervised all accounting and finance functions• Negotiated and managed all banking and credit relationships with commercial banks and venture capital lending organizations

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for the establishment and maintenance of all financial aspects of the enterprise. Established internal controls, financial measurement methodologies, cash collections and disbursements, accounts receivable management, budgeting, capital expenditures, banking relationships and financial reporting. Accomplishments:• In conjunction with legal counsel successfully negotiated wrote numerous physician employment agreements • Developed and maintained positive relationship with health system and entity leadership• Negotiated and established clinical trial agreements to operationalize clinical studies in network practices• Creation of central billing office from disparate billing functions of purchased practices• Established and supervised all accounting and finance functions• Negotiated and managed all banking and credit relationships with commercial banks and venture capital lending organizations

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for budgeting and financial reporting for the Clinical Practice Plan. The Clinical Practice Plan comprised of 450 faculty physicians in nineteen clinical departments with an annual operating budget of $105 million.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Responsible for the planning, conducting and supervision of audit engagement staff. Maintained favorable client relations while conducting financial audits, preparing audit and tax documentation and formal financial statements. Participated in financial audits and consulting engagements in the following industries: banking, construction, entertainment, governmental agencies, colleges and universities, higher education, insurance and manufacturing.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration- Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration- Accounting

Education record

Cooperative Education at Johnson & Johnson - Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical three internships in financial, cost and operations accounting