Senior Consultant, Georgia Medicaid Financing & Healthcare Policy (Hybrid)

About Sellers Dorsey

Sellers Dorsey is a leading and fast-growing national healthcare consulting firm specializing in Medicaid financing, policy, and operations. We deliver impactful outcomes for our clients with a combination of technical expertise and deep understanding of public policy, government, and national and local political landscape. Together with its clients, Sellers Dorsey realizes opportunities that enhance the bottom-line and ultimately improve the lives of people and is committed to expanding access to healthcare in the US.

Our Georgia Practice works with clients such as states, health systems, safety net hospitals, and academic medical centers, and medical schools to navigate opportunities to strengthen their Medicaid business through the conception, creation and implementation of programs designed to increase Medicaid reimbursement and leverage their unique capacities to deliver on the quality and value propositions growing in Medicaid. Our teams work together to ensure that technical, policy and political solutions are created to ensure successful results for our clients, particularly in the area of Medicaid financing. 

About the Role

Sellers Dorsey is seeking a Senior Consultant who will provide client consulting services including providing objective advice, expertise and specialized skills in the area of Medicaid financing and healthcare policy. As a Senior Consultant, you will manage a portfolio that involves financial, and policy initiatives connected to supplemental payment projects contained within the FLAMGANY portfolio. You will also provide project management services to client teams and are responsible for direct service delivery and client satisfaction for large, complex, multi-year initiatives. The Senior Consultant supports the Director(s), Associate Director(s) and guides Consultant(s) and Associate(s) through the project phases and client engagements. Team management will include setting goals, timelines, and guiding the discussion on strategies related to projects and problem solving with project leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the team, responsible for managing project management needs such as project timelines and tracking documents across multiple projects/clients while ensuring exceptional client satisfaction.
• Create draft client reports, client communications, and work deliverables for distribution to client or for Associate Director or Director review; take ownership and produces deliverables with minimal supervision.
• Work with team and Subject Matter Experts to understand all aspects of a project/client, including the technical, financial, and political components.
• As assigned, may serve as a key client contact to respond to client questions, provide required communication, and be responsible for a successful client engagement.
• Manage strategic approach outlined by project team and ongoing implementation of projects.
• Prepare for and lead/participate in internal team and external client meetings. Prepare presentations and written documents that summarize project updates and contextualize technical information such as metric reporting and financial estimates into understandable narratives for clients.
• Anticipate, escalate, and propose solutions for service, quality or risk issues; works with Directors, Associate Directors and Subject Matter Experts to identify resource needs to implement solutions.
• Achieve personal performance goals across multiple projects and clients; adheres to utilization expectations.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Consultants and Associates.
• Develop relationships/mentorships with staff across the firm.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Health Administration, Business, Finance, or Economics required. Advanced degree in Political Science, Health Administration, Business, or MBA preferred.
• 5-7 or more years of progressively responsible work experience is required, preferably in business/finance, consulting, and/or in a healthcare service delivery environment, or 5+ years of post-graduate, progressively responsible work experience in business/finance, consulting, and operational experience in the healthcare industry is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel is required.

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