VP CONTROLLER

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Location: US:WI:MENOMONEE FALLS at our WOODLAND PRIME 400 facility.

This job is HYBRID. At least two to three days per week working in Froedtert ThedaCare facilities will be required.

FTE: 1.000000

Shift: Shift 1

Position Summary

The Vice President, Controller serves as a key financial leader for the health system, responsible for the integrity, transparency, and strategic value of all financial reporting and accounting operations. This role acts as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, driving financial discipline, enabling data-driven decision-making, and supporting the organization's long-term financial strength and growth. This system level role leads core finance functions including general accounting, subsidiary and joint venture accounting, grants accounting, payroll, accounts payable, and finance systems. This role ensures compliance with regulatory and accounting standards while advancing automation, standardization, and scalability across the finance function. Other duties as assigned.

• Serve as a strategic partner to the SVP Finance and executive leadership team on financial performance, balance sheet strategy, and enterprise risk.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and transparent monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting across the system and affiliates. Elevate the role of accounting as a forward-looking, insight-generating function. Communicate financial results and key drivers clearly.
• Lead the modernization of the financial close process (speed, accuracy, automation, standardization). Emphasize automation and process improvement initiatives to reduce manual work and enhance analytics.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve a robust internal control environment that protects assets and ensures compliance. As part of this work, ensure finance policies and procedures reflect the operating philosophy of the organization and are fully compliant with standard accounting principles and legal/regulatory requirements.
• Oversee consolidated financial statements, including complex areas such as affiliations, eliminations, and healthcare-specific accounting. Ensure compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, and healthcare-specific reporting obligations.
• Oversee payroll, accounts payable, and finance systems teams, emphasizing automation and optimization.
• Lead all external audits and coordinate tax filings, ensuring a smooth and efficient audit process.
• Lead finance systems strategy and optimization, including ERP, financial reporting tools, and data governance.
• Collaborate across the organization to fully leverage integrated systems (i.e., ERP) and ensure alignment and function connectivity (i.e., IT, revenue cycle, operations, treasury, and decision support).
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance organization across accounting, payroll, accounts payable, and finance systems. Establish clear performance expectations, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement. Develop leadership bench strength and succession plans within the finance hierarchy.
• Provide accounting and financial guidance on strategic transactions and new business models. A key enabler of this is to remain current with accounting pronouncements and business matters related to health care management along with federal and regulatory requirements associated with this job.

Education requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field required. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required. Master's degree in accounting or related field preferred. Deep expertise in GAAP and financial reporting in complex organizations required

Experience required

Ten years of progressive responsibility in leading a corporate finance program. Healthcare finance experience preferred, Public accounting experience preferred.

Perks & Benefits at Froedtert Health

Froedtert Health Offers a variety of perks & benefits to staff, depending on your role you may be eligible for the following:

• Paid time off
• Growth opportunity- Career Pathways & Career Tuition Assistance, CEU opportunities
• Academic Partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin
• Referral bonuses
• Retirement plan - 403b
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Free Workplace Clinics
• Employee Assistance Programs, Adoption Assistance, Healthy Contributions, Care@Work, Moving Assistance, Discounts on gym memberships, travel and other work life benefits available

The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin supporting a shared mission of patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health network operates eastern Wisconsin's only academic medical center and adult Level I Trauma center engaged in thousands of clinical trials and studies. The Froedtert & MCW health network, which includes ten hospitals, nearly 2,000 physicians and more than 45 health centers and clinics draw patients from throughout the Midwest and the nation.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values and maintains an environment that attracts, recruits, engages and retains a diverse workforce. We welcome protected veterans to share their priority consideration status with us at 262-439-1961. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. During your application and interview process, if you have a need that requires an accommodation, please contact us at 262-439-1961. We will attempt to fulfill all reasonable accommodation requests.