Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
Location: Barrie, ON, Canada
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie, Ontario, has a long and proud history of caring for the region, tracing its roots back to 1891 when the first Barrie General Hospital opened with just four beds. In 1897, the renamed Royal Victoria Hospital opened, and since then, the region and hospital have shared a story of incredible growth and a bold vision for the future. In 2024, RVH launched a new strategic plan named Vitally You, outlining RVH’s vision for the future and providing a roadmap for achieving it. Our purpose is clear: making life better with the care you need, close to home.
We strive to make RVH the best place to work, practice, volunteer, and receive care. Core to RVH’s success is our dedicated, compassionate team of over 4500 highly skilled employees, physicians, learners, and volunteers.
RVH is seeking a strategic and visionary leader to serve as the Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer. This role reports to the President and CFO and calls for a leader poised to shape the future of healthcare aligned with RVH’s purpose and strategic goals. As the VP, you will be responsible for creating an environment that promotes clinical, administrative, and financial best practices and excellence. This position is responsible for:
You will be responsible for advancing RVH’s future to become a regional academic health sciences centre by ensuring that our organization is positioned to make significant big moves to support the growth in our region. You will drive clinical and academic excellence, cultivate fulfilled high-performing teams, and create exceptional patient and family experiences. You will support the foundations of our future through sustainable investments, investing in health technology, and building strategic partnerships internally and externally. You will develop strategies that support the efficient utilization of financial resources while supporting patient care and our agenda for growth. You will lead the planning and execution of comprehensive redevelopment projects that span multiple facilities, ensuring they meet current healthcare needs and the future growth and innovation required to support the region.
This role requires a blend of technical expertise in finance and capital planning, coupled with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills to foster collaboration and ensure alignment with RVH’s future. Your efforts will advance RVH’s growth agenda by leading significant infrastructural renewal and capital redevelopment initiatives.
The successful candidate will have progressive leadership experience in managing financial strategies that support sustainable investments, financial stewardship, and strong funding strategies. You will steer comprehensive financial planning, scenario modelling, and forecasting to support key capital investments and operational decisions. The ideal candidate will have a record of accomplishments in senior financial and corporate services roles, preferably within a healthcare or complex not-for-profit setting. Significant experience in overseeing large-scale financial projects is essential, along with a deep understanding of financial reporting and reporting to the Board of Directors and Board Committees. Membership in good standing with CPA or CMA is required.
To apply for this exceptional opportunity, please submit your application and related materials to Pamela Colquhoun, Partner via Kathy Luu, Senior Associate kluu@boyden.com.
RVH is committed to a culture where Equity and Inclusion principles are integrated into all aspects of the organization. As such, we are continuously taking steps to create and sustain a healthcare environment where everyone is acknowledged, respected and celebrated. To support these efforts, we acknowledge the existence of various forms of racism, oppression, discrimination and bias within our society and its impacts on the health and wellbeing of certain populations. We proactively work with equity-deserving communities to dismantle existing systems that perpetuate these inequities in our environment.
