Chief Financial Officer

Gregory G. Underwood

**** * ***** ******

Union City TN 38261

Cell: 901-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

CFO/Assistant CFO/Controller/Accounting Director/Healthcare Consultant

Over 30+ years’ experience in financial positions including Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Financial Analyst. Skilled in all aspects of financial operations, supervision of as many as 80 full-time employees, departmental coordination, creation/evaluation of budgets, preparation, analysis, and review of monthly financial statements, development/implementation of policies and procedures, and related administrative duties. Well-developed oral and written communication skills demonstrated through financial report generation, interaction with individuals at all levels, and production of detailed written material. Consistently noted by senior management, colleagues, and employees for superior job performance, timely completion of assignment and supervisory and employee motivational skills.

Employment history

Senior Consultant, UNDERWOOD HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL CONSULTING

- Interim Assistant CFO DeTar Healthcare System Victoria, TX 2019-2019

- Interim Controller Mississippi Baptist Health System Jackson, MS 2018-2019

-Interim System Controller Northwest Health Springdale, AR 2017-2018

Senior Consultant, VACO RESOURCES

2005-2017

The positions with VACO Resources were all interim/temporary assignments between July 2005 and April 2016 with the exception of the Amarillo assignment which was April-May 2017.

-Policy and Procedure Documentation for CHS CBO Jackson, TN

-Financial Analyst/Asst CFO Forrest City Medical Center, Forrest City, AR

-Financial Analyst HealthSouth Birmingham, AL

-Interim Controller Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital Siloam Springs, AR

-CHS07 Payroll and Accounting HMS Conversion Specialist (26 Facilities)

-Interim Controller Carlsbad Medical Center Carlsbad, NM

-Interim Assistant CFO Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell, NM

-Interim Controller Marion Regional Hospital Marion, SC

-Mediclick Software Accounts Payable Implementation Analyst

-HMS/CHS Corporate Year End Payroll Analyst Franklin, TN

-CHS/HMS Patient Accounting Implementation Analyst (Over 40 Facilities)

-Interim Market ACFO Physicians Regional Healthcare System Naples, FL

-Accounting Consultant Lower Keys Medical Center Key West, FL

-Financial Analyst Wuesthoff Health System Rockledge, FL.

-Interim Controller Bayfront Health Punta Gorda, FL

-Interim Controller Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CA

-Interim CFO Baptist-Saint Anthony’s/Physicians Surgical Hospitals Amarillo, TX

-Familiarity, Experience with and Implementation of CHS Payroll, GL and AP Policies and Procedures

Controller, Forrest City Medical Center, QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION, Forrest City, AR 05/2016 -11/2016

-Maintained a documented system of accounting policies and procedure

-Managed outsourced function

-Oversight of the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objective

Chief Financial Officer, ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC. Holly Springs, MS 2003-2005

-Responsible for all financial management functions of small rural hospital

-Reduced A/R days from greater than 100 to 43

-Instrumental in compiling documentation and ultimately receiving approval for Certificate of Need for complete replacement facility. Supervised 15 financial staff associates

Administrative Manager ST JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Memphis, TN 2001-2003

-Responsible for all Administrative and Financial aspects of the Animal Resources Center including budgeted staff of over 100 FTE’s and annual Operating Budget of $9M

Chief Financial Officer, QUORUM HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Summit Hospital Baton Rouge, LA 1999-2001

-Supervised Materials Management, Patient Financial Services, Health Information Management, Fiscal Services and Information Systems

-Assisted in several major projects including a $10 million lease of unused space with the Federal Government

-Assisted in coordinating four simultaneous renovation projects on the one-hundred-acre campus, including one-half million square feet of buildings

-Implemented a RIF that involved 25% of the facility’s staff

Chief Financial Officer, QUORUM HEALTH RESOURCES, INC., Hancock Medical Center, Bay St. Louis, MS

1994-1999

-Responsible for supervision of Information Systems, Patient Financial Services, Accounting, and Materials Management Departments including coordination of all financial activities for $80+ million gross revenues 104 bed acute care medical facility

-Designed and implemented construction and relocation of all hospital financial services of 8,000 sq./ft business and education complex

-Successfully coordinated selection process, implementation, and conversion of Hospital-wide information systems encompassing ancillary departments

-Experienced in managed care contract negotiations. Assisted in the process of two CON applications

-Responsible for all financial aspects of a $9 million, 38-bed, 60,000 sq/ft inpatient expansion project

Education

-B.S. Business Administration Major

Area in Accounting

Murray State University, Murray, KY

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