Pretoria: Chief Operating Officer (Health) posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

Our client in the Health Industry is seeking an experienced Chief Operating Officer to join their growing institute. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of driving operational efficiency and leading complex organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving Operational Efficiency:
• Lead implementation of company’s digitisation strategy and develop metrics to measuring efficacy of strategy and implementation plan.
• Apply experience of complex organisations to drive process efficiencies that result in seamless operations between core business and support.
• Establish and maintain a system’s view of the business identifying its various workflows, systems, processes, constraints.
• Business Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting:
• Implement and manage company’s management information system capturing appropriate critical performance metrics relevant to the business
• Develop and implement relevant systems that bring efficiencies.
• Refine and provide monthly M&E report templates to the core functions.
• Financial Management, revenue, and cost optimization:
• Supports the budgeting, forecasting and monthly financial reporting in partnership with CFO
• Identify and implement operations efficiencies that result in managed expenses and improved revenues
• Support the costing of company services by CFO and CRO ensuring that the correct costing model is applied for the services rendered.
• Performance Management:
• Works with the HR, CRO and CFO functions to establish and improve performance management systems and tools.
• Ensure measure the relevant metrics and define these metrics.
• Co-ordinates the establishment of an effective tools to instill performance management culture to EXCO and the entire business
• Governance & Risk Management:
• Ensure that business plan includes adequate planning for managing all dimensions’ business risks.
• Ensure implementation of and adherence to quality and regulatory practices and policies together with CRO.
• Work with internal Audit to mitigate any non-compliance
• Collect, consolidate, and prepare information for quarterly and annual reports and presentations of progress against targets and submit timeously to CEO and Board
• Leadership and Management:
• Ensures the business unit is resourced with appropriate skills.
• Manages human resources for optimal functioning.
• Directs the deliverables of the unit

Requirements

• Master’s qualification or relevant post-graduate business administration qualification preferred.
• 12-15 years’ experience in Senior management level /in a complex, highly transactional multi-project/operational environment.
• A solid track record in operational and workflow optimisation.
• Proven track record of having implemented operational efficiency programs.
• Health sector experience is an added advantage. Knowledge of digitisation and digital tools will be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Master’s qualification or relevant post-graduate business administration qualification preferred.

Salary & Benefits

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