Opportunity

Mount Sinai, a premier $13B academic health system serving New York City, is seeking a transformational payer contract performance leader. The Assistant Vice President of Contract Compliance & Performance provides enterprise leadership for the governance, monitoring, analytics, and performance management of payer contracts across the health system, including hospital, ambulatory, physician, and faculty practice operations representing $9B+ in net patient service revenue.

Position Summary

The AVP will:

• Establish organizational structure, roles, responsibilities, and decision rights.

• Develop annual operating plans, strategic priorities, and measurable performance objectives.

• Establish executive reporting and performance-management mechanisms.

• Provide regular updates to executive leadership regarding contract performance, material risks, financial opportunities, and remediation.

• Lead enterprise initiatives involving reimbursement analytics, contract performance, financial intelligence, and revenue-cycle transformation.

• Manage departmental budgets, resources, and priorities.

• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing talent.

• Establish succession planning and workforce development strategies.

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Represent Contract Compliance & Performance on enterprise governance committees and strategic initiatives.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on payer performance and contractual reimbursement matters.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, finance, business administration, accounting, health information management, or a related field required.
• Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, or related advanced degree) is a plus.
• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in healthcare finance, payer contracting, reimbursement, revenue cycle, contract compliance, revenue analytics, or a related field.
• Significant leadership experience in payer contract performance, reimbursement analytics, payment validation, or related functions.
• Demonstrated experience within a large academic medical center, integrated delivery network, multi-hospital health system, or similarly complex healthcare organization.
• Both facility and professional reimbursement environments strongly preferred with strong understanding of hospital and professional reimbursement methodologies.
• Epic hospital and professional billing environments.

Compensation

An attractive compensation, benefits, and relocation package with a base salary in the $250-325,000 range plus bonus will be offered commensurate with the candidate's experience.