Senior Consultant, Financial Analysis and Business Planning
The Senior Consultant, Financial Analysis and Business Planning at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is responsible for completing a broad range of strategic, analytic, planning and other management support activities for one or more designated members of the BH Senior Leadership Team (Senior VP’s, Clinical VP’s, Operating VP’s and Executive Directors). Towards this end, a critical measure of each Senior Consultant’s success will be the extent to which the analytic and planning needs of each person supported are met in a timely, consistent, high quality manner. This will require close collaboration with staff within the clinical departments, and many other analytic, financial, and planning groups throughout BH, the BWPO, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Partners Healthcare. An ability to synthesize, summarize and effectively communicate the analytic and planning work that is performed is key.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial and Operational Analysis
- Provide the following analytic and planning evaluations for any supported Senior Leaders and the areas they oversee:
- Assessing the financial performance of existing programs and services
- Analyzing operational data to evaluate performance and identify opportunities
- Evaluating how changes in the organization or healthcare marketplace may impact the organization both financially and operationally
New Program Assessment
- Develop business plans for new programs and support the development of strategic plans for either new or existing departments, centers, etc. Both include assessing the current market, calculating the ROI, identifying any existing strengths that can be leveraged or weaknesses that need to be overcome as well as learning from other like programs
Communication Activities
- Prepare concise, creative, professional summaries of analyses and plans for members of Senior Leadership, as appropriate
- Effectively present findings to all levels of staff, targeting the presentation towards the knowledge level and needs of the audience
- Provide input to the team or senior leadership on additional analyses and key next steps
- Develop summary communication materials for executive level and board presentations, as requested.
- Keep current regarding trends and developments in the health care field, particularly as they pertain to strategic planning, analytic and decision support tools, financial trends, evolving technologies and programs, etc.
Project Management
- Manage ad hoc projects related to business, financial and/or strategic planning for supported members of Senior Leadership and the areas they oversee
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required; Masters degree in Finance or Healthcare field preferred; MBA and/or MPH strongly preferred.
- At least 4 years progressive experience in Finance, Healthcare Management, Consulting, and/or Strategic Planning required.
- Experience working in a hospital and/or similar academic medical center environment preferred.