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    Kaufman Hall
    Kaufman Hall Chicago, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description
    The Organization

    We help society's foundational institutions-healthcare and higher education-to achieve their full potential in service to others.

    We are our clients' trusted partners in ever-changing times. For more than 30 years, Kaufman Hall has provided independent, objective insights grounded in sound data and analysis to help clients fulfill their missions, achieve their goals, and tackle their toughest problems.

    Kaufman Hall provides world-class management consulting in strategic financial planning (a concept we created); performance improvement; partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions; and treasury and capital markets. Kaufman Hall's consulting is supported by a deep foundation of benchmarking and software tools.

    At Kaufman Hall, we believe that sustained success is never an accident. It is the result of sound decision making, based on data-driven analysis and disciplined thinking, and guided by the fundamental principles of corporate finance.

    The Position

    Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, is seeking a consultant in the Performance Improvement Practice who will work closely with our multidisciplinary team to provide advisory services to our clients, with an emphasis in workforce optimization. The position demands a strong background with experience in organizational transformation, ideally at the strategic organizational level. In short order, the successful candidate will be expected to lead client engagements with minimal oversight. The candidate will be fully capable of presenting to senior management teams and boards and be able to drive the organization to decisions around critical issues, simultaneously managing multiple client engagements with a variety of staff. Additional expectations are to develop new business opportunities and create cross selling opportunities for Kaufman Hall's other practices. The essential functions of this position are:
    • Oversight and or/delivery of data management activities the encompass client data requests, collecting data from clients and other sources, clarifying and resolving data issues, maintaining source data and maintaining version control.
    • Leadership related to Data Analysis including creating client profiles, inserting data into proprietary tool and using tool to analyze data, and identify idiosyncrasies and trends in data.
    • Ensuring quality control of
      • Variance analyses on overall cost and productivity, incorporating a wide variety of key metrics, at both the global and departmental level
      • Expense trend analyses at the financial statement and general ledger level of detail
      • Drawing conclusions from the analysis and making inferences/suggestions as it relates to overall operating expense Researching appropriate benchmarks for comparison
      • Creating and maintain a benchmarking repository
      • Client data files and deliverables
    • Creating reports for assessments and client deliverables, specifically including the Interpretation of data and the translation of detailed analysis into consequential summary hypotheses and findings via draft internal and client PowerPoint presentations
    • Assisting in the development and management of key engagement project management tools, templates and reports
    • Maintaining business development data in Salesforce
    • Assisting in the day-to-day requirements of multiple engagements
    • Delivering high quality work with integrity
    • Affinity for mentoring and developing junior staff in the pursuit of building the practice team
    • Interfacing and oversight of client and or KHA resources in delivery of above
    • Demonstrating a detailed understanding of the health care industry (including historic and contemporary issues pertaining to providers, payment and policy) with the ability to communicate complicated concepts to a variety of clients
    • Directing and managing nursing workforce optimization and other related performance improvement engagements
    • Creating analytical frameworks to support key questions facing our clients including assessment of organizational positioning across key dimensions such as quality, cost, access and competitive positions
    • Providing excellent project management to ensure successful outcomes from both Kaufman Hall and our clients' perspectives
    Qualifications
    The ideal candidate will possess:
    • Familiarity or competencies in change and project management preferred
    • Excellent quantitative skills and strong knowledge of accounting and finance and the link to healthcare operations
    • Prior experience developing complex financial projection models (including income statement, balance sheet and cash flows)
    • Thoughtful financial analysis capabilities, including valuation, pro-forma financial modeling and discounted cash flow methodologies
    • Strong familiarity with all financial statements, including balance sheet and changes in net assets
    • A good understanding of net present value and other industry standard valuation methodologies
    • Ability to interpret data and provide relevant conclusions and recommendations
    • Ability to learn in a fast paced environment, managing multiple projects with competing priorities
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills
    • Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence
    • Willingness and ability to travel, at times on short notice
    • Ability to thrive and excel in a matrixed or multi-priority environment with proven ability to collaborate and contribute to the development of strong project teams
    • Advanced skillset in Microsoft Office Tools
    • Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kaufman Hall (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)
    Education
    • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree highly preferred
    Physical Requirements
    • Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodations
    • Work is generally done sitting, talking, hearing and typing. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading
    Work Environment
    • Travel Required: 75%
    • When not travelling, the role is remotely based.
    • Work is regularly performed in a combination of office, home office, and client settings, and routinely uses standard office equipment.
    • It may require the maintenance of a home office and proximity to an airport for work related travel.
    Kaufman Hall is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all employment actions without regard to actual and also perceived or assumed protected group status as defined by law of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives. Our policies and the law prohibit employment discrimination against any employee or applicant on the basis of any legally protected status.
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