Senior Consultant / 40 Hours / BWH APSI

At Brigham and Women's Hospital, we place great value on being a diverse and inclusive community. Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Department of Analytics, Planning, Strategy, and Improvement (APSI) are dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients in our local community. We have a dedicated focus on equity. Thus, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment, and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

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 BWH and BWFH 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 BWH, BWFH, the BWPO, and MGB. An ability to synthesize, summarize and effectively communicate the analytic and planning work that is performed is key.

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.

1. Bachelor's degree required; Masters degree in finance or healthcare field preferred; MBA and/or MPH strongly preferred.
2. At least 4 years progressive experience in Finance, Healthcare management, consulting and/or strategic planning required.
3. Experience working in a hospital and/or similar academic medical center environment preferred.

Skills / Abilities / Competencies required:

1. Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively at all levels of complex organization.
2. Detailed understanding of financial systems and processes.
3. Strong technical knowledge of budgeting and financial analysis.
4. Comprehensive understanding of healthcare industry and related accounting, budgeting and revenue analysis.
5. Strong understanding of market analysis and planning processes.
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
7. Excellent ability to work with senior organizational leadership and with staff across complex multi-entity organization.
8. Project management and team facilitation experience and skills preferred.

Brigham and Women's Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.