Dartmouth Health · 3 hours ago
Senior Director, System Decision Support
Lebanon, NH
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
12+ years expDartmouth Health is seeking a Senior Director for their Financial Planning & Analysis and Cost Accounting Teams. This role involves leading financial analysis, fostering collaboration across teams, and providing data-driven insights to enhance decision-making within the organization.
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Responsibilities
Leads, develops, and manages the financial analysis and cost accounting teams to offer a strong financial acumen platform set on a foundation of data integrity
Sets high performance expectations and helps the team to achieve them
Helps coordinate cross-functional teams, including assigning tasks, monitoring progress, and resolving conflicts to ensure seamless execution
Anticipates, proactively mitigates, and helps resolve project issues (e.g. scope, delayed deliverables, team dynamics)
Creates a positive team culture that promotes excellence and collaboration
Creates an energizing, high functioning work environment
Responsible for the planning, directing and overseeing the operations and fiscal health of the department
Responsible for identification and adherence regarding industry standards, compliance and best practice
Is responsible for the Health System cost accounting system through management of the costing team and provides education of the data to internal and external customers on the appropriate utilization and interpretation of the results
Leads the annual budget, forecast and strategic planning processes for Dartmouth Health
Understands and evaluates the financial performance of the Dartmouth Health system and collaboratively develops accurate financial projections reflecting both operating and capital impacts of services
Takes the lead with management to determine the impact of programs and services on forecasts, operating budgets, capital budgets, and the long-range strategic plan
Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations
Summarizes and presents findings to leadership
Provides consistent, high quality financial support, with a strong emphasis on training and education, to Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth-Hitchcock finance, operating and administrative leadership
Working with staff, creates a structure which builds reliable financial business decision support for the organization, including effective partnerships and communications
Viewed by others as possessing expertise
Exemplifies a mastery of expertise in the formation and execution of work across a variety of topic areas
Appropriately utilizes and advises subordinate team to provide decision support for the Health System
Develops and maintains tools to compile, analyze, and interpret monthly system financial results and variances from plan, integrating insights from all Finance leads to create a holistic view of the system’s financial performance
Develops and evaluates financial impact models for innovative programs and services
Promotes a Dartmouth Health system perspective and corresponding philosophy of financial stewardship and value-based care across the enterprise, providing educational presentations as necessary
Develops strong relationships through credibility and trust as a thought partner with leaders and colleagues, as well as mentoring and developing talent across project team(s)
Fosters collaboration within and across teams at all levels of the organization
Must be a superior communicator, able to convey insights in a way that motivates active decision
Influences by thoughtfully considering the optimal sequence, format and structure of communications
Lead projects requiring coordination with cross-functional teams in and outside of the Health System, ensuring seamless execution
Identifies strategic opportunities and plans in support of the organizational mission, vision, values and long-range objectives and helps individuals connect their work to the organization’s mission
Advocates for continuous improvement and successes and implements best practices
Support successful data governance and reporting protocols for key statistical metrics, financials and cost accounting
Partner with key stakeholders to co-develop standard reporting across the Dartmouth Health system to increase availability of actionable core volumes linked to financial, operational and clinical data required for decision making
Throughout all financial project management processes
Interacts with and influences staff throughout the Dartmouth Health system and Dartmouth-Hitchcock to gather input, test assumptions, and review findings
Ensures that all affected parties are represented in appropriate discussions and decisions
Promotes an understanding of the financial and organizational impact of each project among team members
Efficiently coordinates all aspects of projects to achieve accurate and timely completion
Performs other duties as required or assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Finance, Business, Statistics or Healthcare Management strongly encouraged. Bachelor's degree required
12+ years of management, financial planning, budgeting, data analysis, strategy development and stakeholder engagement experience required
Proven track record of building, managing and elevating programs that advance organizational goals and mission required
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, business planning, ROI and P&L development is necessary
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate and present complex financial data in a way that is understandable to customers including Senior Management
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work both in a team environment and independently, while monitoring, evaluating, training and motivating the performance of subordinates
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to judge the level of confidentiality of information/activities involved in and exhibit integrity in use or dissemination of such information
Preferred
Experience with a Health Care System, including Academic Medical Center highly desired
Company
Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health is a highly integrated, cohesive healthcare system grounded in outstanding medical expertise.
10001+ employees
Funding
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Kenneth J. Kelliher
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2025-10-22
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