Healthcare Consulting Associate - Mid Revenue Cycle

Summary

Huron helps healthcare organizations improve performance, optimize operations, and deliver better outcomes in a changing healthcare environment. The Healthcare Consulting Associate in Mid Revenue Cycle leads project workstreams, analyzes complex data, develops sustainable recommendations, and partners with clients to improve healthcare revenue cycle operations and financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project team members and client stakeholders to design and implement effective solutions by leveraging proven methodologies and best practices
• Leverage critical thinking skills in both data collection and complex analysis identifying data gaps and risks to develop sound conclusions and create implementable, sustainable recommendations for improvement
• Effectively summarize information and present findings and recommendations to varying levels of Huron and client leadership
• Provide direct supervision of junior project team members including coaching mentorship, leading teams, and providing feedback through performance management
• Deliver solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs, enhancing both impact and accessibility across healthcare services

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3 + years relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team-based environment, preferably within healthcare or consulting
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to manipulate and interpret complex data sets, identify trends and discrepancies, and develop actionable recommendations that enhance financial performance
• Knowledge of and exposure to healthcare revenue cycle operations including charge capture within hospital systems, health systems and/or physician enterprise environment
• Basic understanding of clinical charging workflows, charge entry practices and billing workflows
• Demonstrated experience working complex projects in a client environment
• Effective communication and presentation skills—capable of translating technical findings into insights for internal and operational stakeholders
• Ability to work on multiple client engagements or workstreams simultaneously
• Commitment to quality, integrity, and client satisfaction
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• The ability to travel based on client, enterprise, or project needs is an essential function of this role. While travel requirements may vary based on business need, the current average travel in the Healthcare practice is less than 50%, annually
• US Work Authorization required
• Exposure to SQL preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3 + years relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team-based environment, preferably within healthcare or consulting
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to manipulate and interpret complex data sets, identify trends and discrepancies, and develop actionable recommendations that enhance financial performance
• Knowledge of and exposure to healthcare revenue cycle operations including charge capture within hospital systems, health systems and/or physician enterprise environment
• Basic understanding of clinical charging workflows, charge entry practices and billing workflows
• Demonstrated experience working complex projects in a client environment
• Effective communication and presentation skills—capable of translating technical findings into insights for internal and operational stakeholders
• Ability to work on multiple client engagements or workstreams simultaneously
• Commitment to quality, integrity, and client satisfaction
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• The ability to travel based on client, enterprise, or project needs is an essential function of this role. While travel requirements may vary based on business need, the current average travel in the Healthcare practice is less than 50%, annually
• US Work Authorization required

Nice to Haves

• Exposure to SQL preferred

Benefits

• Huron’s annual incentive compensation program
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Other wellness programs
• Remote work