Senior Consultant Advisory Services

Overview

Senior Consultant Advisory Services - Strategy

The Senior Consultant works collaboratively within a team of qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems. This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for clients. The Senior Consultant actively leads and participates in engagement workstreams, determines client needs in terms of the engagement statement of work, leads data analyses, interprets results, develops potential solutions, and prepares deliverables and presentations for various audiences. It also supports risk identification and mitigation, manages workstream economics and project management, and assists in the implementation of recommended improvements.

The Senior Consultant participates in all aspects of an engagement including identifying issues, formulating hypotheses, planning and conducting interviews, overseeing analytics, developing recommendations, synthesizing information into presentations, and helping to implement change. The role involves daily management of project activities and workstream management and budgeting within the engagement team.

The Senior Consultant participates in Premier internal activities including practice development and approved educational opportunities throughout the year, and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients. The following expectations apply:

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects
• Create value through client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects
• Contribute to the Advisory practice through activities that grow and enrich the Practice as a whole or individual Service Lines

Analysts on the Analytics team will have expertise in Premier and PINC AI databases and methods of connecting datasets to create enriched analytics content. This role interacts with clients, internal product teams, and Advisory counterparts across service lines and is expected to build working relationships within the Premier/Client team. They will lead production and quality assurance of client analytics deliverables and provide data-driven insights and solutions. Additional responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain dynamic and interactive data models based on Premier and client needs
• Lead process standardization efforts
• Lead efforts to standardize and automate client deliverables and internal tools
• Troubleshoot Tableau workbooks, SQL scripts, Excel analyses, etc.

1. Responsibility #1 – 60%
   • Obtain data, execute analyses, interpret results, prepare verbal and graphic presentations, and perform quality assurance on deliverables; manage the workstream and ensure client satisfaction.
   • Assist in determining client needs through interviews and analysis; summarize findings and develop conclusions; draft recommendations for leadership review.
   • Execute project plans per engagement statements of work and client objectives.
   • Develop presentations and deliverables for client audiences communicating strategy and outcomes.
   • Generate revenue through analyses, reporting, and assisting with implementation of changes.
   • Participate in project management activities for the workstream and manage budget and expenses.
   • Identify and mitigate risks and issues with the project leadership team.
2. Responsibility #2 – 20%
   • Participate in practice development activities for the Advisory Services Practice and/or Service Lines.
3. Responsibility #3 – 10%
   • Learn Premier-based technologies and services.
4. Responsibility #4 – 5%
   • Identify market opportunities on current engagements and share potential leads with managers.
   • Contribute to development of sales presentation deliverables using prescribed formats and technology.
   • Identify opportunities to improve profitability.
5. Responsibility #5 – 5%
   • Complete all required training annually.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience: 4 or more years

Education: Bachelor’s (Required)

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Coordinate and deliver effective presentations to client audiences to communicate outcomes and strategy
• Ability to conduct analyses and oversee and mentor others in client deliverables
• Ability to relate to clients and team members collaboratively
• Ability to lead work groups to successful outcomes

Analytics Focused Roles

Lean Process Improvement; Six Sigma Green/Black belt

Experience: Health Systems Finance, Operations, Operational or Strategic Consulting, Strategic Planning or Decision Support Analytics

Analytics Focused Roles

• Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations and presentations to support data-driven recommendations
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data validation and analysis
• Experience in new methodology development and strategic problem-solving

Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods
• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Operate computer programs and software
• Communicate effectively with audiences in person and electronically
• Day-to-day contact with others
• Making independent decisions
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment

Compensation and Benefits

Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive. The salary range for this role is $90,000 - $150,000 and final compensation depends on market factors, education, and experience. Premier uses a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within the range.

Benefits include:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k retirement program
• Paid time off
• Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte’s Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023; 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)
• Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute (16th year)
• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)
• Only company recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting

For a listing of all awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts
• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

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