Chief Financial Officer

Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) is one of the nations largest Federally Qualified Health Centers operating 35 health centers across the Chicagoland area and serving more than 180000 patients annually. We are at a critical financial inflection point and we need a Chief Financial Officer who brings toughness curiosity and strategic depth to help us navigate CFO will serve as a driving force behind ACCESSs financial transformation modernizing how we operate optimizing how we generate and protect revenue and positioning the organization for long-term sustainability in an evolving healthcare Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a strategic execution-focused enterprise leader partnering with the CEO Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors to drive financial strength operational discipline and long-term sustainability. This role aligns financial strategy with measurable business outcomes ensuring accountability margin improvement and scalable This RoleFor more than 40 years ACCESS has delivered high-quality essential healthcare services to underserved communities across the Chicagoland region. The CFO will play a central role in strengthening long-term financial sustainability enabling strategic investment in care delivery expanding access and supporting the communities that depend on ACCESS every enterprise leadership role is pivotal to shaping strategy modernizing financial operations and driving performance across a mission-driven healthcare system. The ideal candidate brings judgment operational discipline and strategic leadership to the position ACCESS for sustained stability growth and community CFO leads all financial operations and serves as a key architect of transformation strengthening fiscal stewardship modernizing financial infrastructure and delivering data-driven insights that inform decision-making across a complex mission-driven healthcare seeks a forward-thinking high-impact finance executive with a proven ability to lead change build operational rigor and deliver measurable performance improvement. The ideal candidate is decisive accountable and focused on translating strategy into sustainable financial and operational results while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous Job Responsibilities Lead Financial Turnaround StrategyOwn and deliver operating margin recovery through disciplined cost management capital planning and revenue a zero-based approach to spending and eliminating costs that do not deliver measurable enterprise-wide efficiency initiatives to strengthen accountability and optimize resource financial insights into clear operational actions in partnership with executive direct data-driven counsel to the CEO and Board to enable transparency and timely the Finance FunctionLead end-to-end finance transformation modernizing systems tools and workflows to improve speed accuracy and the use of AI automation and analytics across forecasting reporting and decision support to improve speed accuracy scalability and low-value manual work and reallocate capacity toward strategic analysis and performance a culture of accountability discipline and measurable outcomes within the finance Revenue StrategyLead enterprise revenue strategy in partnership with revenue cycle and managed care leadership to improve reimbursement optimize value-based care outcomes and long-term revenue mix across capitation pay-for-performance value-based models and fee-for-service 340B financial strategy with strong risk management and diversification revenue growth through payer innovation partnerships grant diversification and program as a Strategic Partner to the CEO and BoardShape enterprise strategy by challenging assumptions informing decisions and reinforcing as a trusted advisor and deliver clear data-driven financial insights and strategic guidance to the Board and Finance a forward-looking 35-year financial outlook that anticipates risk and enables proactive as the lead financial voice in decisions related to growth investment and organizational Core Financial OperationsOversee all financial operations including finance revenue cycle and fiscal performance; provide governance for Pharmacy and Laboratory financial disciplined execution of budgeting audit readiness grants management and regulatory compliance while maintaining accuracy transparency and operational treasury cash flow liquidity and debt strategy to protect financial stability and support strong internal controls and governance to ensure accurate and compliant financial we are seekingProven CFO or senior finance executive experience in a complex multi-site margin-constrained environment with full accountability for financial use of AI automation and technology to improve efficiency and presence resilience and sound judgment with the ability to make difficult decisions navigate complexity and maintain accountability under hands-on use of AI and technology to drive efficiency insight and to influence across the enterprise and lead through credibility execution judgment and Executive CapabilitiesExecutive leadership experience in complex multi-site healthcare environments preferably within FQHCs or similarly regulated mission-driven understanding of value-based care capitation models and managed care dynamics with the ability to translate complexity into performance experience leading or playing a critical role in a financial turnaround or performance success implementing AI automation and finance transformation with measurable record of building and leading high-performing finance teams to drive results and operate with discipline and degree (MBA/MHA) with a finance or accounting focus or a Bachelors degree with equivalent experience designation (10) years of progressive finance leadership experience including CFO or Vice President of Finance candidates from adjacent industries with comparable scale and complexity will be -to-end expertise across financial operations including financial planning & analysis budgeting forecasting capital management treasury audit regulatory compliance and financial proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook).