Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Pediatric and obstetric care provider network
Assistant Controller
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in a work-related field or discipline from an accredited college or university.
- Seven years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
- A Certified Public Accountant credential.
- Ability to analyze and evaluate complex accounting transactions, changes, and matters.
- Ability to conduct independent research, learn unfamiliar concepts quickly, and work as a self-starter.
- Ability to evaluate upstream and downstream impacts of changes while maintaining attention to detail and a broad perspective.
- Ability to develop financial budgets and manage expenses.
- Ability to direct, manage, motivate, support, and evaluate staff.
- Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus.
- Ability to provide leadership, influence others, and communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing, including through financial education, analyses, and projections.
- Ability to identify, mediate, and resolve complex problems and issues.
- Knowledge of computer systems and software used in accounting.
- Ability to develop, maintain, and oversee financial internal controls.
- Expertise in financial regulatory requirements, tax issues, and financial reporting.
- Mastery of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements related to the functional area.
- Knowledge of organizational, administrative, fiscal, and personnel management principles and practices.
- Provide direction and operational oversight for the accounting and reporting functions, including oversight of managers and supervisors, and execute the Controller's strategic vision and Controllership transformation through continuous improvement, automation, streamlined processes, financial-system implementation and integration, and collaboration with business partners.
- Manage multiple teams in the Controller's Office to achieve functional and budgetary or financial goals, prioritize resources, and recommend strategies for implementing additional resources.
- Oversee the preparation of fiscal and budget reports for internal management and develop projections and analyses with recommendations and conclusions.
- Direct the preparation of Board reporting, financial statements, tax returns, cost reports, and other financial reporting in a timely and accurate manner; develop annual operating budgets and provide fiscal direction to the department.
- Ensure monthly completion of balance-sheet account reconciliations and timely resolution of reconciling items, consulting the Controller regarding unusual items.
- Ensure financial-record systems are maintained in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and recommend and implement changes when required by changes in accounting guidance, including technical accounting memoranda and analyses.
- Ensure documented agreements support inter-entity transactions and oversee accounting for those transactions, including appropriate balancing and eliminations.
- Oversee the recording, reviewing, approving, and transmitting of financial transactions in accordance with regulatory and internal controls.
- Approve transactions beyond the scope of managers and supervisors and provide analyses for management review of required financial adjustments.
- Oversee accounting for more than 600 donor and restricted funds in accordance with donor agreements.
- Manage the General Ledger Report Writer and maintain consistency in report formats within and among divisions and between internal and audited formats.
- Maintain the Standard JE Manual, Approval Process Policy, Cash Control Policy and Procedure, File Retention Policy, and other accounting policies as needed.
- Manage treasury, general accounting, intercompany accounting and budgeting, revenue and reimbursement, property, plant, and equipment accounting and budgeting, restricted-fund accounting, and financial reporting.
- Manage statutory financial reporting, including Medicare and Medi-Cal cost reports; federal and state income, property, and sales tax returns; and unclaimed-property returns.
- Ensure compliance with IRC 501(r) requirements and collaborate with Revenue Cycle and Community Benefits leadership on related policy, implementation, and reporting.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies, objectives, and short- and long-range plans, and develop and implement projects and programs supporting established goals.
- Guide managers in providing variance explanations for business-cycle transactions.
- Select, develop, motivate, and evaluate assigned managers, supervisors, and individual contributors.
- Provide operational guidance to managers overseeing staff.
- Serve as a resource for managers by investigating, analyzing, and resolving problems.
- Develop business plans and provide financial analyses for business plans and capital requests.
- Collaborate with Information Technology on projects and data transmission and oversee integration for automation projects.
- Own and oversee audit coordination.
- Prepare or review reports, correspondence, and position papers and conduct or attend meetings and conferences.
About the company
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is a Bay Area health care system focused exclusively on pediatric and obstetric care. It operates Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and more than 65 clinics in Northern California, plus over 85 sites across the Western United States, to provide a full range of services from well-child visits to treatment of rare and complex conditions. Care is delivered by teams of physicians and health professionals across a network of hospitals and clinics, offering coordinated, family-centered care. The system differentiates itself by its dedicated pediatric and obstetric focus, its large regional footprint, and its integration with Stanford Health Care and the Stanford School of Medicine, which enables collaboration across research, medicine, and education. Its goal is to improve health outcomes for children and families through comprehensive clinical care, research, and education within the Stanford Medicine ecosystem.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$100M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
1991
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What believers are saying
- July 2026 robotic expansion adds sleeve gastrectomies and cholecystectomies later this summer.
- $10 million Alfred E. Mann gift, May 19, 2026, funds pediatric AI leadership.
- June 2026 proton therapy delivered Stanford’s first ultracompact treatment to a seven-year-old.
What critics are saying
- July 2, 2026 injunction blocked DOJ from Stanford’s transgender-minor records demand.
- The February 2026 Blue Cross lawsuit exposes reimbursement fights with HCSC.
- Federal pressure on gender-affirming care threatens a core Stanford Children’s referral engine.
What makes Stanford Medicine Children's Health unique
- Stanford Children’s ran the world’s first pediatric hospital with da Vinci 5.
- Its July 21, 2026 robotics program spans urology, gynecology, bariatric, and ENT.
- Stanford’s academic pipeline links surgical care, FDA research, and resident training.
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Robotic surgery expands its role in pediatric care at Stanford. * Written by Zach Turner * Aug 13, 2026 Stanford Medicine Children's Health is widening its use of robotic surgery across pediatric specialties, bringing minimally invasive techniques to increasingly young patients. Stanford Medicine Children's Health is expanding its robotic surgery program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, extending minimally invasive techniques across pediatric urology, gynecology and bariatric surgery. The program represents a broader effort to adapt robotic systems, already established in many adult procedures, to the particular anatomical and clinical demands of treating children. The technology gives surgeons greater visualization and precise control of instruments while allowing procedures to be performed through smaller incisions. For pediatric patients, where operating spaces can be especially limited, that precision can reduce disruption to surrounding tissue and support shorter recovery periods. Stanford says its surgeons are now using robotic techniques for some patients as young as four months old. Urology has been an early focus of the program, including procedures addressing abnormalities involving the ureter, bladder and kidney. Pediatric urologist Erin Grantham has spent roughly a decade developing her approach to robot-assisted procedures and is also using the technology to train residents and fellows, giving trainees an opportunity to observe and participate in techniques in real time. The hospital expects the range of robotic procedures to continue growing. Pediatric surgeon Janey Pratt, who previously used robotic surgical tools for a decade at the Stanford Medicine Veterans Affairs hospital, is preparing to offer robotic sleeve gastrectomies and gallbladder removal procedures later this summer. Stanford is also working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on research and plans that could eventually extend the program into additional specialties, including ear, nose and throat surgery. The expansion illustrates both the potential and complexity of bringing robotic surgery further into pediatric medicine. The technology itself is only one part of that transition: specialized surgical experience, training and careful evaluation of which procedures and patients are appropriate remain central to its use. As Stanford adds specialties, the program offers a practical example of how robotic systems developed around minimally invasive surgery are being adapted for smaller patients and a wider range of childhood conditions.
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Michele Lew resigned from The Health Trust to take on a new role at Stanford Children's Health.