Consulting Associate, Healthcare Financial Planning & Analysis

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Healthcare FP&A consultant helping hospitals and health systems improve budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting. Building financial models and decision-ready insights for finance and operational leaders.

Responsibilities:

  • Help hospitals and health systems strengthen financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and analytical capabilities
  • Support annual operating budgets, rolling forecasts, long-range financial plans, labor and compensation models, capital budgets, monthly performance reporting, KPI development, scenario modeling, and strategic or operational analyses
  • Translate operational assumptions, including patient volumes, staffing levels, compensation, reimbursement, revenue, and departmental expenses, into integrated financial plans and forecasts
  • Combine financial and operational information to evaluate actual performance and identify drivers of revenue, labor, operating expense, and margin results
  • Assess implications of performance findings for future results
  • Collect and validate assumptions with Huron project and relationship leaders and client finance and operational leaders
  • Develop financial models and perform budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual analyses
  • Translate complex findings into clear, decision-ready insights
  • Implement or improve enterprise planning processes, management reporting tools, and performance-management platforms
  • Contribute to reusable financial models, planning methodologies, reporting tools, and engagement approaches
  • Work directly with CFO organizations, finance leadership teams, and operational stakeholders

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of relevant experience in healthcare finance consulting, hospital or health system finance, healthcare provider FP&A, budgeting and forecasting, decision support, accounting, transaction or advisory services, or a related analytical role
  • Experience supporting hospitals, health systems, or other healthcare provider organizations
  • Experience in operating budgets, rolling forecasts, or long-range financial planning; financial and operational performance analysis, management reporting, or KPI development; labor, staffing, compensation, revenue, volume, expense, or capital planning; scenario modeling, financial forecasting, or decision support
  • Experience with healthcare-specific financial and operational measures strongly preferred
  • Ability to perform budget-to-actual, forecast-to-actual, or other financial and operational variance analyses; identify performance drivers; and translate findings into actionable business insights
  • Working knowledge of healthcare finance, including financial statements and relationships among patient volumes, reimbursement, revenue, labor, operating expenses, and overall financial performance
  • Experience working with finance and operational stakeholders to collect and validate assumptions, develop financial projections, communicate findings, and support decision-making
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience creating management reports, presentations, and other client-ready deliverables
  • Experience with StrataJazz, Workday Adaptive Planning, Oracle EPM/Hyperion, Anaplan, Power BI, or a comparable platform strongly preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Healthcare Administration, or a related field
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and connect detailed financial analysis to broader business implications in a fast-paced consulting environment
  • Willingness to travel up to 80% on a weekly basis
  • Must reside in the contiguous United States near a major airport

Benefits:

  • Annual incentive compensation program
  • Medical coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Wellness programs