Department of Pediatrics – Inner Cabinet Job Description
Associate Chair [financial]
The Associate Chair [financial] mandate derives from the essential need to manage in a
responsible fiduciary manner the Department’s practice plan [MSSA] and its other sources of
academic support (MCH Foundation, Endowments, CME earnings) in a way that is fair,
objective and transparent. This effort is meant to reflect the communal goals of the Department
as it relates to its support of academic activities and prioritization therein.
Specific operational challenges include and are not limited to the following:
I.
Review, analysis, and presentation of quarterly MSSA financial statements.
II.
Review, analysis, and presentation of annual MSSA financial statements
III.
Chairing regular MSSA Budget Sub-Committee
IV.
Formulation of an annual academic support budget for presentation to the
Department’s Leadership Council and its general membership.
IV.
Presentation to MSSA membership of financial information
V.
Responding to membership questions and concerns
VI.
Direct supervision of MSSA employees
VII. Reviewing and updating MSSA human resource policies
VIII. Membership in the Department's Executive Committee to represent the financial
perspective
IX.
When so designated represent the Chair when absent
It is to be expected that the above operational challenges will require close interaction with the
Associate Chair [clinical operations] and others.
Updated April 23, 2015