Blue Cross Of California Work Values

Daily Duties at Blue Cross Of California:

Provided executive level communications of statewide and national significance for a leading non-profit managed care organization providing $6.0 billion in quality health care services to Californian families. Reported to the Chairman and CEO of Blue Cross, Director of Communications, and Senior Vice President of Finance. • Researched and wrote 20 major speeches and presentations for the Chairman of Blue Cross addressing managed care and U.S. health care policy. • Researched and interpreted managed care trends for the Chairman of Blue Cross. • Analyzed statistics from Federal, State, and local government for use in policy briefs. • Designed and wrote the 1991 Annual Report for Blue Cross of California and its key operations. • Coordinated and monitored the budget/strategic planning process for Government and Individual subsidiaries (Revenues: $4.7 billion) • Prepared financial presentations for the Board of Directors under the direction of the SVP of Finance and the Chairman of Blue Cross • Coordinated teams of external consultants while working to restructure the organization for growth and expansion leading to the creation of Wellpoint Corporation • Provided the financial and budgeting expertise necessary in the creation of the CaliforniaCare Health Maintenance Organization

What they like about Blue Cross Of California:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

Organizational Planning/Restructuring, Business Development, Lean Six Sigma/Project Management, Profit & Loss Management, International experience, Budgeting

Skills

Statistical and Data Analysis, Speechwriting, Grantwriting, Lean Six Sigma (in progress), Project Management (certification in progress), Basic Spanish, French, Intermediate German, Financial and budgeting management, Profit and Loss management, High level negotiation, Change and organizational management, Mergers and acquisitions, International management

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