Description
Chief Financial Officer
Department: Executive Leadership – Finance & Accounting
Location: Nashville, TN
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Company Overview
Wellvana Health is a leading value-based care enablement company helping physicians, and health systems transition to more sustainable models of care. Operating across ~40 states, Wellvana combines clinical innovation, analytics, and partnership economics to improve outcomes and lower costs.
As Chief Financial Officer, you will be a strategic and operational leader guiding all aspects of Wellvana’s financial management. This role requires a hands-on executive with a strong accounting foundation, proven experience scaling healthcare or value-based organizations, and the vision to shape financial strategy for a fast-growing, mission-driven company.
Why Join Wellvana
- Play a pivotal role in reshaping U.S. healthcare — helping physicians and health systems succeed in value-based care.
- Join a dynamic, collaborative leadership team committed to transparency, accountability, and innovation.
- Competitive executive compensation package, including equity participation and comprehensive benefits.
- Opportunity to scale a mission-driven organization making measurable impact on patient outcomes and community health.
Position Summary
The CFO will oversee the Finance and Accounting organization — leading corporate accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, strategic financial planning and investor relations. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical accounting expertise, operational finance leadership, and a data-driven approach to managing growth, risk, and performance in value-based care.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Serve as a key member of the executive team and trusted advisor to the CEO and Board.
- Develop and execute Wellvana’s financial strategy aligned with its value-based care mission and multi-year growth plans.
- Partner with clinical, operations, and analytics leaders to align financial goals with care outcomes and network performance.
- Provide clear, data-driven insight into company performance, unit economics, and value-based contract profitability.
- Drive investor relations, capital planning, and financing strategies to support near and long-term growth objectives.
Accounting & Financial Operations
- Oversee all accounting functions, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting under GAAP.
- Lead month-end and year-end close processes with strong controls, documentation, and audit readiness.
- Ensure appropriate revenue recognition for complex healthcare contracts (shared savings, capitation, risk-based payments).
- Oversee cash management, treasury, and working capital optimization.
- Maintain compliance with tax, audit, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Strengthen internal controls and ensure financial integrity.
Performance & Operational Finance
- Oversee FP&A: budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and performance dashboards.
- Lead financial planning for ACOs and value-based contracts — including attribution, trend analysis, quality performance, shared savings calculations and contractual negotiations.
- Partner with actuarial and analytic teams to monitor performance at the ACO and provider levels and identify opportunities for improved performance.
- Drive operational efficiency and cost optimization across the organization through financial insights and process improvement.
Leadership & Organizational Development
- Mentor a high-performing finance and accounting team with a culture of accuracy, integrity, and continuous improvement.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration between Finance, Operations, Analytics, and Clinical teams.
- Champion systems modernization — leveraging ERP, automation, and analytics to enhance decision-making and scalability.
Requirements
Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field required; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership (VP or CFO) within healthcare, payor, or value-based care organizations.
- Track record of partnering with clinical and operational leaders to improve financial performance.
- Analytical, strategic thinker with strong business acumen and operational orientation.
Preferred Attributes
- Experience with ACO REACH, MSSP, or Medicare Advantage value-based arrangements.
- Familiarity with healthcare regulatory and compliance frameworks (CMS, OIG, HIPAA).
- Demonstrated expertise in healthcare accounting, risk-based contracts, and value-based revenue models.
- Communications - responsible for effectively communicating results and drivers to various stakeholders, including internal leadership, board of directors and external stakeholders (e.g. Investors and lenders)
- Advocacy - will contribute to identifying advocacy opportunities, developing strategies and engaging with regulatory stakeholders
