Senior Associate, Healthcare Financial Analysis & Real Estate Advisory

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Healthcare Practice (Real Estate Advisory Services)

Practice Overview:

Our team advises the nations leading health systems on their most critical capital and real estate investments. We help leaders mitigate risk and execute complex projects from planning and design to financing and activation. Our work ensures our clients can deliver the right care in the right place at the right cost directly impacting patient experience and population health.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Associate you are the analytical engine at the heart of our client engagements. You wont just run numbers; you will transform complex disparate data into the actionable insights that guide multi-million dollar real estate and investment decisions. This is a hands-on role for a technical expert who excels at building the models and telling the stories that drive strategy.

• Youll be the technical backbone: Take ownership of data integration financial analysis and modeling allowing senior team members to focus on strategic client leadership.

• Youll work with critical data: Dive deep into patient volumes payer contracts financial performance and utilization metrics to build a complete picture of a clients challenges and opportunities.

• Youll deliver clarity from complexity: Your work in dashboards models and presentations will provide the clear data-driven answers that healthcare executives need to act decisively.

Why This Role is a Career Accelerator

This is an opportunity to bypass the slow linear path of a traditional healthcare career. You will gain a decades worth of experience in a fraction of the time by tackling diverse high-stakes challenges.

• Unmatched Exposure: Work across multiple health systems on a variety of projects from strategic planning for a new hospital wing to turnaround analysis for an underperforming portfolio.

• Direct Impact: Your analysis will directly influence major capital decisions that shape how communities receive care for years to come.

• Deep Mentorship: Lead technical workstreams while learning the art of consulting from experienced leaders who are invested in your growth.

• Lifestyle and Flexibility: Enjoy a remote work environment with manageable travel (10-15%) that gets you in front of clients.

Responsibilities:

• Data Integration & Management: Lead the end-to-end technical data lifecycle including integration cleaning and validation of large datasets from disparate EMR and financial systems.

• Financial & Operational Analysis: Conduct comprehensive financial and operational analysis including profitability cost/margin modeling and utilization trends for all service lines facilities and payer contracts.

• Healthcare Metrics Analysis: Analyze healthcare-specific operational metrics (e.g. patient volumes length of stay DRG classifications case mix) to identify key business drivers and performance trends.

• Strategic Modeling & Forecasting: Develop robust financial models business cases and ROI analyses to evaluate capital investments strategic initiatives and inform demand forecasting.

• Executive Communication & Visualization: Translate complex data into actionable insights for executive leadership using interactive dashboards (Tableau/Power BI) and compelling data-driven presentations (PowerPoint).

• Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate with senior leadership to develop strategic recommendations grounded in financial and operational analysis.

Requirements:

Core Experience

• Bachelors degree in Finance Healthcare Administration Business or a related quantitative field.

• 3-5 years of experience in a financial analytical or operational role within a health system or healthcare organization (e.g. FP&A Decision Support Operations).

Healthcare Domain Expertise

• Deep understanding of healthcare industry dynamics (providers payers regulations) and financial/operational terminology (e.g. DRGs cost accounting service lines utilization metrics).

• Demonstrated experience using data analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making in a healthcare context.

Technical & Analytical Proficiencies

• Advanced proficiency in Excel for complex financial modeling and data analysis.

• Required proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau or Power BI) including experience building executive-level dashboards.

• Proven experience working with and integrating large disparate datasets from clinical and financial systems (EMR experience like Epic or Cerner is strongly preferred).

Professional Attributes

• Exceptional communication and data storytelling skills; ability to translate complex analysis into clear business insights for executive audiences.

• High level of initiative intellectual curiosity and the ability to manage multiple projects independently in a dynamic environment.

• Strong presentation skills with proficiency in PowerPoint.

Logistical Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

• Willingness to travel based on project needs (up to 15%).

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