Healthcare Financial Transformation Consulting - Associate Director - FP&A

Job Family:

Finance & Accounting Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 75%+

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:
Primary focus on improving the financial performance and operating efficiency of healthcare related businesses and enterprises.  Leverage extensive experience in healthcare finance, specifically in process management, financial planning & analysis, pro forma financial projections, service line analysis, capital planning and strategy. 

This position includes responsibilities in both leveraging and delivering quality, high-level, consulting services to clients for the Guidehouse Finance Area. The following sections describe the specific areas of prime importance in the execution of these responsibilities:

• Deliver industry expertise and management consulting services in support of client engagements across large providers (hospitals, health systems, AMCs, large physician groups, clinics, outpatient facilities, etc.)
• Lead transformational change focused on financial improvement of multiple large healthcare systems, own project, not component or workstream
• Clearly articulates financial results of multiple projects and speaks about process and sub-process measures for more than one area
• Establishes account management relationships with key client decision makers
• Identifies key industry issues and develops a practice response
• Assists in the development of industry alliances and relationships within vertical markets
• Provides delivery assurance support for engagements with targeted clients
• Mentors Guidehouse staff on assignments within the account delivering services
• Provides visible leadership within the account and the practice.
• Leads consulting projects Statements of Work, Project Plans, Writes Proposals, Presents to Client Executive; Facilitates, Advises and Persuades key decision makers and influencers

What You Will Need:

• Bachelors degree
• 8+ years (minimum) of recent experience working within in a large healthcare provider setting focused on performance improvement labor and nonlabor optimization, clinical operations and beyond, much of which is at the management level
• 3+ years delivering programs in a consulting or consulting like environment; driving complex, multi-faceted, multi-site, application/operational change/improvement programs with annual budgets of $10 million plus (30 + resources)
• Excellent financial acumen and stakeholder management skills
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple workstreams
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 75%

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Flexible, positive, clear interpersonal and communication skills with ability to facilitate the exchange of information at all levels internally, as well as with a provider based, client departments, including, but not limited to, surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, hospital executives, and other professional and ancillary staff
• Ability to develop and monitor performance metrics at all levels of operations both clinical and nonclinical
• 8+ years rigorous project/program management leadership of complex provider deliverables with 5 of those years in larger provider systems
• Adroit use of methodology and leadership within the project management setting; PMO experience or PMP certification is a plus
• Knowledge of and familiarity with IT solutions and tech-enabled solutions which are integral to enabling efficiency and appropriate to quality and throughput of care
• Capacity to adapt and lead others to understand and accept values, strategies, goals and plans in response to changing business conditions

The annual salary range for this position is $135,000.00-$225,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Ret