Finance and Administration Manager
lhc_001080
Under Review
16 May 2022
Position Summary
Industry: Medical, Health & Social Care
Job category: Financial Management
Location: Westville
Contract: Permanent
EE position: No
Introduction
Life Healthcare is recruiting for a Finance and Administration Manager to be based at Life Westville Hospital, reporting directly to Atish Maharaj, Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the financial results of Life Westville Hospital and the Renal unit located on site, in line with accounting standards and within corporate governance protocols in support of Life Healthcare objectives and strategy.
Job description
Effective people management
· Demonstrate visible leadership in respect of Life values, operating model and strategy.
· Actively sponsor Life initiatives and projects as it relates to hospital.
· Actively participate in hospital MANCO meetings, regional Shaka, RSRT meetings and forums
· Actively lead and manage F&A and HOD feedback meetings and ensure participation from all parties to achieve strategic objectives
· Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to Life people policies and practices.
Accurate financial reporting & analysis
· Review monthly recon files, managing general ledger close of adjustments to zero and manage people and processes to adhere to reporting deadlines
· Prepare variance to budget as compared to prior year analysis, report on hospital performance, identify problem areas and take remedial action with staff and Enabling functions as required
Effective budgeting
· Participate in hospital strategic planning to identify Capex projects, develop financial model for proposed Capex plan with local management and Enabling functions and assist hospital manager in developing a motivation for Capex projects
· Develop operating budget, ensure final budget presented matches approved parameters, ensure sign off of budget by management and communicate approved budget to all units
· Ensure final working capital budget presented reflects the requirements of the operating budget, ensure sign off by management and communicate approved budget to all units
Effective management of internal controls
· Prepare annual review checklists and manage the internal control environment within the hospital
Effective patient services management
· Ensure all credit management targets are met (i.e. internal and external debtors days etc)
· Manage and minimize risk and achieve LHC targets regarding rejections, bad debts, case management write offs and reimbursement codes
· Oversee pre-admission trends with relevant manager and manage appropriately
· Identify problems and take remedial actions with relevant stakeholders
Effective governance and risk management
· Manage compliance to the executive constraints per corporate governance, report deviations and take action where necessary
Effective quality management and customer relations
· Achieve and improve quality metrics, continuously monitor and measure processes to maintain and approve same and actively lead and promote LHC quality drive
· Manage data integrity and compliance to LHC protocols
· Develop and maintain relationships with various internal and external stakeholders, conduct feedback surveys in order to monitor relationships and service levels, identify trends and implement remedial actions
Minimum requirements
· Bachelors degree in Accounting
· Completed articles would be an advantage
· CA(SA) preferred
· Relevant experience, preferably commercial management in a corporate services environment
· Ability to learn industry specifics i.e. related healthcare terminology.
· Computer proficiency
Competencies:
· Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
· Attention to detail
· Resilience
· Engaging diversity
· Verbal & written communication skills
· Influencing
· Action orientation
· Building relationships
· Customer responsiveness
· Organisational awareness
· Excellence orientation
· Ethical behavior
· Lead by example
· Motivating and developing people
Interested candidates who meet the requirements are invited to apply by forwarding a comprehensive CV to sue.naidoo@lifehealthcare.co.za by close of business on the 15th May 2022
Life Healthcare employs a mandatory Covid 19 vaccination policy. Only external vaccinated candidates will be considered.