Vice President, Ascendiun Finance – Chief of Staff

Your Role 

The Ascendiun Finance – Chief of Staff is a team of one, that strategizes, implements and works cross functionally for the Chief Financial Officer. 

The Vice President – Ascendiun Finance – Chief of Staff will report to the Chief Financial Officer and work at the parent holding company, Ascendiun. 

In this role, you will be responsible for being the Chief Financial Officers key strategist and thought partner, having a lens on the entire family of company businesses.  The role will implement key cross-different projects, focusing on strengthening the financial processes and our businesses. 

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building, and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the Chief Financial Officer’s principal strategic advisor, shaping priorities, sequencing, governance, and execution across the Ascendiun family of companies.
• Translate enterprise and CFO priorities into annual and quarterly objectives, roadmaps, operating plans, performance measures, and executive-ready updates.
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional Finance initiatives that align leaders, resources, and decisions around the organization’s most critical strategic and financial priorities.
• Direct the operating cadence of the Office of the CFO, including leadership forums, decision processes, agendas, action tracking, ownership, and timely follow-through.
• Drive transparency and accountability across the initiative portfolio by monitoring milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Represent the CFO in key internal and external engagements, strengthen communications with executives, board members, and partners, and ensure consistent follow-through on commitments.
• Build trusted relationships across a highly matrixed organization and lead or influence high-performing teams to improve decision quality, integration, and enterprise outcomes.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; an MBA or other relevant advanced degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressively responsible experience in finance, strategy, business operations, or enterprise transformation, including significant leadership experience.
• Demonstrates deep financial and business acumen, including experience with multi-year financial strategy, enterprise performance management, KPI frameworks, and executive- and board-level reporting.           
• Brings experience supporting multiple businesses or legal entities in a highly regulated environment, with knowledge of both nonprofit and for-profit reporting and regulatory requirements.
• Translating complex financial, operational, and strategic issues into clear recommendations, practical roadmaps, and decision-ready narratives for senior executives and boards.
• Led complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution while balancing competing priorities, managing risk and interdependencies, and meeting critical deadlines.
• Has built direct and matrixed teams without relying on formal authority, aligning diverse stakeholders around enterprise priorities and outcomes.
• Communicates with exceptional clarity and executive presence, building trusted relationships with senior leaders, board members, and internal and external partners.
• Applies sound judgment, structured problem-solving, attention to detail, and a bias for action in fast-paced, ambiguous, and highly visible situations.    
• Handles sensitive and confidential matters with discretion and the highest degree of integrity while ensuring accurate records, timely reporting, and disciplined follow-through.

About Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Ascendiun, we believe in a brighter future for healthcare. As the parent to a family of four innovative healthcare companies, we’re reimagining what’s possible. Ascendiun is guided by the goal of transforming a dysfunctional American health care system into one worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable for everyone.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, and showing empathy by understanding others’ perspectives. 
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals. 

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.