Amy Chatterton has been hired as the chief financial officer for Steward Health Care’s Arizona region.

The region includes Tempe St. Luke’s in Tempe; St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix; Florence Hospital in Florence; and Mountain Vista Medical Center and Steward Emergency Center, both in Mesa.

Chatterton will be responsible for managing the financial health of the region with month-end closing tasks, compiling and finalizing financial information, year-end audit tasks, budget preparation, as well as enforce accounting policies and procedures. She has more than 13 years of finance leadership experience in health care operations, according to a release.

“This promotion recognizes Amy’s financial management experience and in-depth understanding of our financial operations,” Damon Brown, Steward Health Care Arizona region president, said in the release. “We are excited to be able to promote within the organization and help Amy to pursue her desired career goal.”

Chatterton was promoted from director of finance and operational analytics position for Steward Health Care’s western region (Arizona and Utah). In her previous position, she would prepare month-end reports, identify and analyze outcome measurements with metrics that monitored financial cost, physician performance, hospital department statistics and payer mix trends.

She has also worked in finance leadership positions for North Valley Plastic Surgery and Desert Pain Institute, both in Phoenix. She also recently worked as director of clinical finance for the north Florida anesthesia service line for Envision Healthcare.

“I am honored and truly excited to continue enhancing my health care leadership journey with Steward Health Care,” Chatterton said in the release. “I look forward to working with the Arizona regional leadership to strengthen the hospital’s financial performance and enhance our competitiveness in a challenging health care environment.”

Chatterton has a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Phoenix in Phoenix and has received certification in Arizona State University’s health care executive leadership program.

For information about Steward Health Care and its network, go to steward.org.