Christine M.

Parks, CPA, MBA

6009 Goldstone Drive
Grove City, Ohio 43123
H: 614-539-4653
C: 614-309-6736
E: Christine_Parks@ymail.com
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/christineparkscpamba

Director of Finance ~ Controller ~ Manager of Budget/Financial

Analysis
15 years' progressive accounting and finance experience ~ Specialist
developing multi-million dollar budgets

Core Competencies ~ Strengths & Expertise

* GAAP Accounting
* Financial Analysis
* P&L Administration
* Financial Reporting
* Financial Forecasting
* Program Implementation
* Strategic Planning & Initiatives
* Cost Benchmarking
* Cost Review/Reduction
* Capital/Operating Budgets
* Mergers/Acquisitions
* Due Diligence Projects
* Asset Management
* Recruiting/Staffing
* Succession Planning
* Staff Training & Development
* Performance Evaluations

Career Highlights ~ Career Achievements

Finance Manager, Practice/Decision Support - OhioHealth Physician
Management Services (OHPMS) * Created department decision support and
enabled budgeting and strategic planning process to be brought in-
house; assumed responsibility for budget and long-range strategic
planning process for $132 million in net revenue across 70 multi-
specialty practices, consolidated into 4 hospitals.
Finance Manager, Practice/Decision Support - OhioHealth Physician
Management Services (OHPMS) * Significantly reduced overhead through
automation of month-end close and reporting functions; collaborated
with consultant on development of database eliminating manual
manipulation of data (requiring 12 hours of commitment/month) as well
as expanding accounts receivable for each practice (providing ability
to measure performance of physician practices).
Senior Financial Analyst, Grant Medical Center - OhioHealth *
Developed detailed financial database and prepared $59 million budget
for construction of Grant Medical Center's new surgery and heart
medical building; information enabled management to modify project
consistent with physician availability as well as change strategic
direction to increase profits.
Financial Analyst, OhioHealth Corporate Office * Designed and
implemented financial model for $94 million McConnell Heart Hospital
at Riverside Methodist Hospital; included creation of detailed
database providing executives with comprehensive information and
enabling overall project modifications.
Senior Financial Consultant, Grant Medical Center - OhioHealth *
Provided ability for leadership to view centralized information and
enhanced capital project decision-making through creation of Capital
Acquisition Request Form (CARF) standardizing data collection,
proforma development and documentation of capital project information
across multiple business units.

Professional Experience
Nationwide Children's Hospital - Columbus, Ohio
March 2010 to Present
Primary pediatric hospital support by over 950 medical staff members
and over 6,800 total employees; 125 specialties within main campus
and 34 outpatient care centers throughout central Ohio; ranked
amongst best hospitals nationwide by US News & World Report;
pediatric teaching hospital for The Ohio State University School of
Medicine.
Coordinator, Budget and Finance Analysis
Utilize financial, analytical and management accounting principles
to guide senior analyst group through clinical comparative analyses,
clinical departmental level costing, and clinical resource management
and analytical processes; serve as team leader during absence of
department director.
Coordinate and carryout business plan development, management
information systems support, budget creation process, forecasting
model maintenance, cost and revenue analysis, cost per unit
development (from budgets and product volumes/costs), benchmark
comparisons, price change implementation and analysis, cost
center/account variance and job code/employee variance reporting, and
cost center and departmental roll-up structures; educate management
and medical staff on budget availability and cost accounting
information.
* Area and budget responsibility includes 18 primary care sites
with $38 million gross revenue, $22 million expenses and 152 full-
time employees; radiology department with $84 million gross revenue,
$19 million expenses and 108 full-time employees; medial nursing with
$78 million gross revenue, $29 million expenses and 304 full-time
employees.
* Facilitate ability to operate competitive managed care
environment through effective analysis of patient activity as well as
monitoring of hospital service lines, programs, procedures, payer
mix, reimbursement, cost, patient acuity, and profitability.
* Recognized for knowledge and appointed to train department
managers and clinicians on availability and benefits of decision
support system.
* Led project automating 3 different reports including service line
reports, nursing levels, and WHPPD.

OhioHealth - Columbus, Ohio August 1998 to June 2009

Group of non-profit, faith-based hospitals including Riverside
Methodist Hospital, Grant Medical Center, Doctors Hospital, Grady
Memorial Hospital, Dublin Methodist Hospital, Hardin Memorial
Hospital, Marion General Hospital, and Doctors Hospital at
Nelsonville; employs approximately 15,000 employees in and around
central Ohio.
Finance Manager, Practice/Decision Support, OHPMS
(March 2007 - June 2009)
Assumed new position providing comprehensive financial assistance to
$132 million organization (OHPMS) supporting 4 local hospitals
(including 70 multi-specialty physician practices with 266 physicians
and 566 full-time equivalents); hired, trained, evaluated, oversaw
and ensured performance of analysts (2) and support staff member.
Accountable for process, development and monitoring of long-range
financial plans, capital and operational budgets and hospital
business development; includes profit/loss statement analysis, ROI
assessments, ad hoc analyses, financial infrastructure enhancements,
and executive reporting; simultaneously contribute and guide
department through process analyzing companywide initiatives.
* Developed and maintained $850,000 department expense budget
during absence of department director.
* Utilized financial and industry knowledge to effectively perform
feasibility studies for physician, practice and service line
expansion, conduct month-end financial review meetings with practice
managers and hospital vice presidents, deliver financial reports to
board and corporate leadership meetings, and create/implement
benchmark and statistical reports for practices.
* Successfully met challenge syncing strategic planning, budgeting
and month-end reporting with corporate office and individual
hospitals.
- Spearheaded implementation of strategic financial and capital
planning software, KaufmanHall, throughout all practices; ultimately
enabled corporate office to consolidate utilizing system software.
- Collaborated extensively with department managers and clinicians
and provided insight into availability and benefits of decision
support system, budgeting system, and strategic planning system.

Senior Financial Consultant, Grant Medical Center

(July 2002 - March 2007)
Functioned in role providing accounting/finance support to hospital
with 645 registered beds and Level 1 Trauma Center; accountable for
budgeting ($86 million), business planning and strategic planning
projects (for assigned areas of surgery, heart, nursing and relative
departments).
Performed financial performance analysis; income statement analysis;
productivity report analysis; expense account reviews; journal
entries for expense accounts; charge audits; ad hoc reporting;
training of operation directors and clinical staff on EPSI budgeting
system and procedures as well as new budgeting and reporting tools.
* Recognized for abilities and trusted to prepare and assess
financial reviews/forecasts/presentations for departments with total
gross revenue exceeding $408 million.
* Decreased budget variances through effective use of cost
accounting system to prepare $31 million drug and supply fiscal
budgets (at physician level).
* Contributed to PeopleSoft and HBOC (patient accounting) system
conversions; role included follow up with general ledger and
purchasing to ensure inclusion of appropriate system updates.
* Represented finance department on New Technology Committee and
worked with key physicians and clinical leadership on cost analysis
and reimbursement impact of new technologies.
* Collaborated with vendors on projects for surgery relative to
reimbursement enhancement, purchase of large system, and changes in
practice.
* Facilitated elimination of product waste and reduced time
gathering data through collaboration with operations on introduction
of pre-packed procedure packs for surgeries.

Decision Support System Analyst, OhioHealth Corporate Office

(December 1999 - July 2002)
Maintained databases and coordinated updates to cost accounting
system; reconciled and managed system rejects in coordination with
departments throughout hospital system.
* Proactively collaborated with end-users to identify data
integrity issues; investigated issues with source departments and
determined resolutions.
* Functioned as liaison communicating changes in system structure,
status of database updates, and data integrity issues to end users.

Financial Analyst, OhioHealth Corporate Office

(August 1998 - December 1999)
Completed monthly financial reviews for heart service-line at
Riverside and Grant Hospital campuses; eliminated $450,000 in
duplicate expense from accrued receipts; facilitated reduction in
overhead through automation of reporting processes.

The Midland Life Insurance Company - Columbus, Ohio

Financial Reporting Accountant (May 1996 - August 1998)
Arrow, N.A. - Circleville, Ohio
Staff Accountant (June 1995 - May 1996)

Education
Franklin University - Columbus, Ohio
Master of Business Administration, 2007
Ohio University - Athens, Ohio
Bachelor of Business Administration: Accounting, 1995

Technical Proficiencies
PeopleSoft ~ KaufmanHall ~ EPSI Budgeting ~ HBOC Patient Accounting
System ~ SAP Business Objects
EDW (Enterprise Data Warehouse ~ Epic Patient Accounting ~ Crystal
Reports ~ Athena Practice Management
TSI/Eclipse Cost Accounting ~ Microsoft Office 2010

Professional Organizations
Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
Health Care Conference Planning Committee Member, 2002 - Present
Medical Group Management Association

Keywords:
Finance Director, Controller, Director Budget, Financial Analysis