What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Consultant, Decision Support position at Strata Decision Technology and Careers?
How you'll make an impact:
As a Senior Consultant within the Decision Support (DS) services team, you will be an expert at supporting the configuration design, implementation and adoption of the Decision Support suite of our software, StrataJazz®. StrataJazz® Decision Support is rated #1 in KLAS and is known as the "gold standard" for understanding cost and margins across the healthcare industry. You will partner directly with and guide key team members and executive stakeholders at the largest health systems in the world. The responsibilities of this role include:
- Provide advisory services towards the design and adoption of significant components of StrataJazz, specific to Cost Accounting, Contract Analytics, Service Line Margin Analytics, Strategic Pricing, and Episode Analytics at multiple customers across the country.
- Advise customers during the definition of their business use cases and design of their configuration requirements for StrataJazz and work with customers as a trusted advisor to implement best practices in cost accounting, payor contract modeling and analytics that best align with their organizational strategic needs
- Analyze and interpret complex source data that drives critical decision points in the design and implementation of a customer's decision support model
- Collaborate with Strata's Technical and Engineering Teams to ensure the product is aligned with customer's needs.
- Lead onsite and web-based customer stakeholder engagement sessions which could include identifying business uses cases, design and data discovery working sessions or training to ensure customers understand specific features and functions related to StrataJazz.
- Communicate proactively with Strata team members, managers, project managers, and executives on issues and risks that may arise during the project life cycle. Develop and execute action plans to mitigate risks proactively.
- Meaningfully contribute to operational improvement and strategic growth projects to enable Strata to continue to scale operations and continually improve our level of service to customers.
- Work in an Agile environment and learn one of the most widely used and effective methodologies for building and implementing high quality, feature-rich software.
What we're looking for:
- Experience with cost accounting, payor/provider contract modeling, payor reimbursement, payor negotiations, Medicare reimbursement and/or healthcare operations
- Experience leading customers through complex projects with a focus on value-add services, timelines and budget
- Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization in a clear and articulate way regarding analysis findings as well as change management and adoption considerations which lead to a successful implementation and adoption of the StrataJazz® solution
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g., Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, IF Statements)
- Willingness to travel within the US as needed to customer locations up to 20-35%
- You'd really wow us if you have:
- Experience in healthcare consulting directly related to decision support, revenue cycle, managed care, payor contracting, or provider contracting or experience within a health system decision support team
- Experience designing, implementing, or configuring software for DS models
- Experience using SQL or relational database concepts
Estimated Salary Range: $85,000 - $110,000
Actual salary will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, skill set and level of experience. This salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Strata also provides discretionary variable pay programs based on role. In addition, Strata provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits, health and welfare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, life and accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits.
Find out more about Strata benefits here.
How we work:
The preferred location for this role is in Chicago, IL or St. Louis, MO. We value our people spending time together and have campuses hosting in-person events located in both cities. We are truly a hybrid environment with all team members experiencing the flexibility to work from home.
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Here @ Strata…
Our culture is driven by our people solving problems together. We embrace learning, collaboration, and continuous career growth. Together, we lift our customers, our products, our company, and our community.
We believe that each of our team member's unique perspectives and experiences is what drives innovation and positive change. Our individual differences are what make us a more forward-thinking organization. We foster a culture of inclusion, equity and belonging, regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
Our Core Values:
While we celebrate what makes each member of our team unique, our core values are what connect us. They set clear expectations for how we approach our work and how each of us can positively influence the experience of our team and our customers.
- We connect with positive intent.
- We are helpful.
- We own it.
- We get better every day.
- We are humble.
Salary : $85,000 - $110,000