Director of Budget & Finance

Description Financial Services

Lead a high-performing team responsible for hospital system
budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, strategic analysis, labor planning,
and enterprise decision support.

As the Hospital System Finance and Budget:

Director, you will direct the development of operating and capital budgets,
long-range financial plans, executive reporting, financial models, and
performance analyses for hospital locations, joint ventures, and affiliates.

This role serves as a strategic financial resource to
executive and operational leadership by providing recommendations related to
financial stewardship, resource allocation, capital deployment, organizational
growth, workforce planning, and enterprise financial performance. You will
collaborate with Finance, Clinical Operations, Accounting, and other
stakeholders to strengthen accountability, support cross-functional financial
governance, and advance UCLA Health’s strategic, operational, and financial objectives.

In this role, you will:

• Direct the development of the Hospital System’s annual
  operating budget, capital budget, forecasting, and long-range strategic
  planning processes, including timelines, deliverables, executive presentations,
  financial targets, and planning assumptions.

• Lead month-end close, financial performance reporting,
  variance analysis, budget-to-actual analysis, cash flow reporting, and other
  financial activities that support organizational and operational objectives.

• Oversee the preparation and delivery of executive
  financial reporting materials, including Management Operating Reviews,
  Management Forum reporting, financial results, and leadership presentations
  that support strategic and operational decision-making.

• Champion financial stewardship, resource allocation, asset
  and investment management, and enterprise financial performance by using
  internal, benchmarking, and industry data to guide best practices, strengthen
  accountability, and develop recommendations grounded in sound financial
  analysis.

• Guide leadership and operational teams in evaluating key
  performance indicators, financial trends, operational drivers, risks, and
  opportunities, and recommend actions that improve financial and operational
  performance.

• Oversee the development and review of financial models,
  scenario analyses, pro formas, business plans, and strategic analyses that
  evaluate growth opportunities, reimbursement changes, capital investments,
  acquisitions, affiliations, business development initiatives, operational
  efficiencies, and enterprise transformation efforts.

• Lead the development and maintenance of UCLA Health’s
  long-range financial plan, including multi-year operating, balance sheet,
  capital, cash flow, and forecasting projections.

• Provide executive leadership with analyses and
  recommendations related to financial sustainability, capital deployment,
  investment opportunities, resource allocation, organizational growth
  strategies, and enterprise financial outcomes.

• Lead the enterprise capital planning process and establish
  methodologies for evaluating, prioritizing, and allocating financial resources
  across competing strategic initiatives and investment opportunities.

• Provide financial leadership to governance committees
  responsible for capital investments, business planning, resource allocation,
  enterprise investments, and other significant financial decisions.

• Oversee enterprise forecasting processes, financial
  planning tools, decision-support frameworks, reporting methodologies, and
  performance analyses that provide leadership with visibility into financial
  trends, risks, opportunities, and investment outcomes.

• Provide financial oversight of managed care arrangements,
  joint ventures, affiliations, and other strategic business activities,
  including performance monitoring, financial reporting, and executive review.

• Partner with operational, finance, and accounting leaders
  to support accurate financial reporting, audit and regulatory requirements, and
  the development of financial methodologies, assumptions, and analytical
  frameworks that inform business and resource allocation decisions.

• Champion financial reporting methodologies that strengthen
  financial stewardship, enhance decision-support capabilities, and promote
  organizational accountability.

• Lead labor planning and workforce financial management
  across the Hospital System, including workforce forecasting, productivity
  frameworks, staffing governance, position management, staffing reviews, labor
  cost management, resource utilization, and workforce investment decisions.

• Partner with operational leaders to evaluate staffing
  strategies, workforce productivity, labor costs, resource utilization, and
  opportunities to improve financial and operational performance.

• Build trusted partnerships across Finance and Clinical
  Operations, facilitate cross-functional financial governance, and participate
  in operational, strategic, capital, and finance committees to deliver
  actionable recommendations.

• Lead and develop a team responsible for budgeting,
  forecasting, financial planning, strategic analysis, labor planning, and
  decision support by establishing departmental priorities, performance
  expectations, and professional development goals.

• Support employee relations, recruitment, retention,
  succession planning, and staff development while promoting accountability,
  collaboration, innovation, service excellence, continuous improvement, and
  consistent adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

• Ensure effective stewardship of departmental resources,
  financial planning functions, and operational priorities.

Salary Range:

$148,700 to $352,100 annually

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field.

• 12 or more years of financial management experience within
  an academic medical center, hospital system, or consulting or accounting firm
  specializing in academic medical centers, hospital systems, healthcare finance,
  strategy, or transactions.

• Demonstrated management experience with the ability to
  attract, build, develop, and lead a high-performing management team.

• Ability to establish high standards of leadership,
  performance, quality, credibility, integrity, and accountability.

• Demonstrated understanding of the financial elements of
  healthcare delivery, including organizational strategy, business planning,
  operations, and management.

• Demonstrated experience preparing monthly, quarterly, and
  annual budgets, forecasts, long-range financial plans, executive presentations,
  and detailed variance analyses.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including
  the ability to evaluate complex financial data, identify issues, assess
  variable factors, and recommend effective solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to develop advanced data queries
  using financial systems and reporting software.

• Functional knowledge of large-scale integrated enterprise
  resource planning, budgeting, planning, reporting, and other financial systems.

• Ability to lead process-improvement initiatives, establish
  priorities, assess performance systematically, implement improvements, and
  sustain achieved results.

• Ability to influence outcomes, integrate financial
  functions with business plans, and collaborate with operations on new
  technologies and more effective or efficient processes.

• Ability to consistently promote quality, customer service,
  productivity, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal
  communication skills with the ability to work effectively with physicians,
  senior management, managers, technical staff, and diverse stakeholder groups.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment when addressing highly
  complex issues that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors and
  coordination among multiple stakeholders.

• Self-motivated and results-oriented, with demonstrated
  initiative and the ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, and work
  accurately with detailed information.

• Ability to build collaborative relationships that promote
  trust, respect, cooperation, problem-solving, and achievement of organizational
  objectives.

• Ability to orient and work at all UCLA locations.

Preferred

• Advanced degree in a business-related field is preferred.

• Degree emphasis in Finance or Accounting is preferred.