Executive Director, Finance

Job DetailsJob Location: Corporate Headquarters - Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Graduate Degree PreferredTravel Percentage: 0%Job Shift: DayJob Category: FinanceWHY CHOOSE ECRI? ECRI is an inspiring place to work. We share a common mission to help healthcare organizations make smart, compassionate, and ethical decisions for patients. Consider these additional benefits of joining the ECRI team: Industry leadership: We have a long history and proven reputation in patient safety and medical technology research. On-the-job-learning: You will have the opportunity to work with specialists across medical science, patient care, healthcare management, and technology. Comprehensive healthcare benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage. Retirement Savings: Our employees can participate in an employer-matching 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan. Additional benefits: ECRI offers additional benefits to our employees, including paid time off and holiday pay, paid leave for parents, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, access to LinkedIn Learning, and other voluntary benefit programs (e.g. accident insurance, identify theft insurance, flexible spending accounts). Volunteer Program: ECRI Cares, our employee volunteer program, provides a framework for us to work together and make a difference in the lives of others. All employees are provided 16 hours annually of paid time to volunteer at preapproved ECRI Cares charities during normal business hours. ABOUT ECRI At ECRI, our passion for safe, effective, and efficient care is ingrained into the fabric of who we are and why we are here. For more than 50 years, the people of ECRI have been unyielding in their work to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. Now, with the acquisition of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), we have created one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world. As a non-profit, independent organization, we utilize an unbiased, evidence-based approach to develop guidance, and maintain our principles of integrity and transparent work. Our ethical standards have led us to adopt the industry's strictest conflict-of-interest policies, and they are why tens of thousands of healthcare leaders worldwide rely on ECRI to guide their clinical, operational, and strategic decisions across all sites of care. The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare ECRI is proud to serve the healthcare industry, from providers and insurers to government agencies, and medical associations. Our areas of focus include: Patient Safety: empowering leaders to eliminate patient harm through the dissemination of best practices, guidance, benchmarking, and recommendations. Evidence-Based Medicine: providing clinical evidence to inform and support decisions on the effectiveness of medical technologies, procedures, genetic tests, and clinical practice guidelines. Technology Decision Support: arming hospital systems with unbiased insights, so they can optimize their supply chain. ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At ECRI, our passion for the truth drives us to go further and dig deeper in our pursuit to advance effective, evidence-based healthcare globally. The success of our organization relies on the kind of creative thinking that can only result from a diverse team of individuals. ECRI is proud to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all employees. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, ECRI provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees. It's what makes ECRI unique, and why we are the most trusted voice in healthcare. POSITION SUMMARY Executive Director, Finance, is a key member of the Finance leadership team and ensures the accuracy of ECRI’s financial results, supports strategic decision making through financial analysis along with ensuring compliance with all regulatory and reporting requirements. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this role is in a critical position to help guide the direction and management of the Finance department. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Reasonable Accommodation Statement: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential Functions: • Financial Planning & Analysis:   • Lead the development and execution of annual operating plans, forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic plans across the organization.   • Assist with continuous enhancement of financial reporting processes including refining of key performance indicators, standardizing data sources and integration of information from various systems for reporting automation.   • Oversee timely, accurate monthly and intra-month internal and external reporting of financial data with key stakeholders including providing insights to executive leadership and lenders.   • Conduct customer and market data analysis to inform financial decision-making around pricing and corporate development activities.   • Partner with department leaders to develop and monitor budgets, implementing cost control measures to align with organizational goals.   • Establish accurate and organized financial datasets to support reporting, forecasting, and operational decision making.   • Serve as a key operational and financial partner supporting the CFO in mission to accelerate business growth through sound financial and operational analysis.   • Accounting:   • Oversee day-to-day operations of all accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger management, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across all processes with reconciliations.   • Deliver timely, precise, and insightful financial reporting, producing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements that support informed decision-making.   • Manage and consolidate financial operations across multiple entities, synthesizing data into cohesive reports for executive leadership and key stakeholders.   • Lead coordination of audits and tax filings, serving as the primary liaison with external auditors and tax professionals to ensure seamless compliance.   • Assist with the fiscal year end close process, and the timely completion of the financial statement, federal award reporting, 403(b) plan audits, as well as the preparation and submission of the IRS Form 990   • Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements (i.e. sales tax, government reporting, IRS reporting).   • Maintain and enforce accounting and governance policies and procedures to promote consistency across the finance team.   • Analyze financial performance trends and provide actionable insights to support cost optimization, improve profitability, and support sustainable growth.   • Provide cost accounting and margin analysis by contract, customer, department, etc.   • Leadership:   • Provide financial and operational insights to the CFO, supporting decision-making and long-term planning to advance organizational objectives.   • Holds team members accountable for successful performance, ensuring clarity of goals, consistent feedback and timely coaching.   • Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.   • Provide strategic and operational guidance.   • Develop policy recommendations, create operational procedures, and engage key stakeholders to ensure successful implementation.   • Train, mentor, develop and inspire team members by fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment. Additional Responsibilities: • Other duties, as assigned. Accountability Metrics: • N/A QualificationsPOSITION QUALIFICATIONS Experience: • 10+ years of experience in accounting and/or finance, with a preference for candidates with deep expertise in the healthcare sector.   • Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly assess business issues and develop course recommendations   • Excellent presentation skills with ability to present complex issues to senior leadership in a meaningful and straightforward manner   • Experience working in private equity, consulting or other fast-paced, deadline-driven environment that demands service, quality and presentation skills   • Demonstrated ability to develop data analysis and business metrics   • Proven ability to provide both management and leadership guidance for developing team   • Willingness to lead work efforts by example and structure   • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with a track record of building financial operations for multiple entities within a single corporate structure, demonstrating agility in complex environments.   • Comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial reporting standards, and healthcare-specific compliance regulations.   • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear and actionable business insights.   • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with a track record of building high performing teams and collaborating effectively across departments   • High attention to detail combined with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.   • Solid project management experience, including leading process improvements and implementing new systems or tools to enhance operational efficiency.   • Demonstrated ability to train, mentor, and inspire junior finance staff, promoting a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.   • Prior experience with sales & use tax compliance vendors is preferred.   • Experience with International and Non-profit accounting is considered a plus. Education: • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred Computer Skills: • Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Suite of products (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).   • Advanced proficiency in ERPs, financial management tools with the ability to handle large-scale data entry and complex financial modeling.   • Experience with accounts payable systems   • Experience with HR payroll systems Certifications and Licenses: • Certified Public Accountant preferred POSITION COMPENSATION The salary range for new employees in this position is $147,053.57 - $169,111.61, based on background, experience, and skills. In addition, new employees in this position are eligible for all of our benefit offerings, including, but not limited to, health and welfare benefits, 403(B) retirement savings, and paid time off (PTO). PHYSICAL DEMANDS This position operates in a remote environment and requires the individual to remain in a stationary position, whether sitting or standing, before a desk or other fixed workspace, most of their workday. In addition, this position requires the individual to occasionally move about their workspace to access and inspect work-related materials, such as file cabinets with physical files and standard office equipment. This position requires the ability to operate standard office equipment, including, but not limited to, a laptop, keyboard, mouse, webcam, and phone, as well as effectively communicate information and ideas to a wide variety of audiences in written and oral form. ADA STATEMENT ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics. EEO STATEMENT ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics. #LI-Remote