John Wong
About John Wong
John Wong is the Corporate Director of Financial Planning and Reporting at Scripps Health in San Diego, California. He has extensive experience in financial management and analytics, having previously worked at Scripps Clinic, UC San Diego Health, FPA Medical Management, Inc., and Bank of America.
Title
John Wong is the Corporate Director for Financial Planning and Reporting at Scripps Health in San Diego, California. His position involves overseeing various aspects of financial planning, reporting, and analytics within the organization.
Professional Experience
John Wong has an extensive background in finance and analytics, having accumulated over two decades of experience. He started his career at Bank of America as a Senior Customer Service Representative / Vault Teller from 1993 to 1996. He then worked as a Capitation Specialist / Accounting Analyst at FPA Medical Management, Inc. from 1996 to 1998. John held the position of Budget Analyst at UC San Diego Health from 1998 to 1999, followed by his role as Finance Manager at Scripps Clinic from 1999 to 2005. He returned to the Scripps organization, now known as Scripps Health, and has been serving as the Corporate Director, Financial Planning and Reporting.
Education and Certifications
John Wong has pursued several educational programs to enhance his expertise in finance and management. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Science/Economics from UC San Diego, obtained between 1991 and 1995. He earned a Professional Certification in Client/Server Applications Development from UC San Diego Extended Studies, completed from 2000 to 2003. Additionally, he achieved a Graduate Certification in Strategic Management: Finance from Alliant International University, where he studied from 2006 to 2009.
Roles and Responsibilities at Scripps Health
In his current role at Scripps Health, John Wong is responsible for leading the Financial Planning and Reporting team. He coordinates and develops Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) system super user teams, designs self-service dashboards, and deploys business intelligence analytics. John co-chairs the Enterprise Analytics Systems work group, focusing on prioritizing analytics requests and reducing tool duplication. He also manages periodic deliverables, including labor productivity, financial analytics, rolling forecasting, cost accounting/profitability, annual targets, and long-range financial planning.
Leadership and Initiatives
John Wong plays a crucial role as a functional business owner and facilitator for Quarterly Rolling Forecast and Annual Target setting processes at Scripps Health. He oversees these processes from the planning stages to Board/Committee approval. John is also instrumental in ensuring process transparency and group education by forming and leading super user teams. Moreover, his design and deployment of self-service dashboards and BI tools contribute to efficient distribution of financial and operational results within the organization.