Dave Doherty Email & Phone Number

Brentwood, Tennessee, US

Chief Financial Officer for the largest independent operator of short-stay surgical facilities in the United States. Publicly traded (NASDAQ: SGRY) and majority owned by Bain Capital, Surgery Partners operates over 130 surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers that conducted over 550,000 surgeries in 2021, generating over $2.2 billion of Revenue.

Brentwood, Tennessee, US

• Responsible for Financial Planning & Analysis, Controllership, Accounting, Corporate Tax, SOX Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Investor Relations and other Corporate Finance. Key accomplishments include:Process.
• Successfully transitioned audit firm within first year and implemented new SOX control environment that eliminated two years of prior material weaknesses
• Implemented new FP&A processes, including creation of a short and long-term cash flow forecast
• Completed six capital raise transactions since 2018
• Restructured accounting and accounts payable processes, with outsourced provider, and incorporated new automation and standardization; robotics implementation underway
• Established a dedicated integration team to support due diligence, pre-implementation planning and post-acquisition integration efforts for all capital deployment activity, which encompasses $200 million+ annual spend.

Brentwood, Tennessee, US

Advising Surgery Partners Inc on its Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance program and providing general finance consulting services.Redefined Surgery Partners' Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance program, lead the transition of external audit firms and helped eliminate multiple, multi-year material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

Directed Aetna’s enterprise risk management function and transformed the internal audit organization while elevating team performance across the enterprise. Span of control: Managed 7-10 direct reports with ~100 indirects. Collaborated with CEO and his executive committee, while reporting directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.Top.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

New role developed to change Aetna's aggregated planning and forecasting process enterprise-wide. Key achievements:* Managed monthly/quarterly business review process, and assisted in investor communications and reports to Board of Directors.* Developed and implemented new processes to integrate newly acquired organizations; supported the company’s largest.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

New role to establish the office of Chief of Staff, build a high-performing team (including senior-level project manager, communications staff), and provide strategic support for expansion into emerging technology-based business initiatives/acquisitions. Select highlights include:* Spearheading overall operations, setting the agenda for the CFO/SEVP’s.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

High-visibility accounting organization overseeing external reporting, management reporting, membership reporting, and accounting policy. Performance highlights include:* Recognized as Aetna’s expert in accounting for all strategic transactions and for advocating Aetna's positions on new or proposed accounting and reporting standards directly with the FASB.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

Promoted to oversee all components of Aetna's SEC reporting while continuing to manage accounting policies company-wide.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

First role at Aetna, leading all aspects of Aetna's technical accounting policy department, including monitoring standard setters and advocating Aetna's public positions, ad hoc analysis, and developing company positions on complex, technical matters.

Advanced rapidly into this senior leadership role, managing multiple high-profile engagements in the healthcare and financial services industries (with up 15,000+ man-hours under management). Also assisted in Andersen's roll-out of its newly developed business risk-management consulting practice.