Consultant - Veterans Community Care, Federal Health

Guidehouse • Tysons, VA

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About The Position

Guidehouse is hiring Consultants for its Strategy & Transformation Consulting team to support healthcare payer strategy and transformation work across commercial and federal health, including engagements related to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The role is intended for candidates who understand commercial payer operations, reimbursement, payment structures, and policies, and who can help connect payer practices with structured problem-solving and data-informed recommendations. Commercial payer experience is prioritized; federal health experience is preferred but not required.

Under the guidance of senior team members, the Consultant will help break broad client questions into analytic tasks, analyze and interpret data, research market and policy dynamics, and prepare client-ready presentations and other deliverables. The position also supports stakeholder interviews and workshops, federal health transformation initiatives, and internal learning and knowledge sharing. The role requires adherence to on-site schedules in the DC metro area as directed and travel as needed, up to 25%.

Requirements

• 0–1+ years of professional experience in consulting, strategy, organizational transformation, organizational development, process improvement, workforce strategy, change management, communications, monitoring and evaluation, or emergency response and preparedness.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Ability to create clear, well-organized client deliverables and communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
• Ability to adhere to on-site work schedules in the DC metro area as directed.
• Ability to travel as needed, up to 25%.

Nice To Haves

• A BA, BS, MS, MHA, MBA, or MSBA in Business, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Economics, Finance, Health Administration, Health Informatics, Health Management, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a similar concentration.
• Depth in commercial payer functions, such as claims or payment operations, payment policy, network strategy, utilization management, value-based care, risk adjustment, or payment integrity/fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Provider-side strategy or operations experience, such as revenue cycle, access, care coordination, clinical operations, or service line strategy.
• Experience supporting strategy, operating model, or performance improvement initiatives for payer or provider organizations.
• Exposure to federal health programs, including VA-related work.
• Experience with SQL or business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Break ambiguous client questions into defined components, analytic tasks, inputs, assumptions, and outputs under the guidance of senior team members.
• Clean data, conduct basic quantitative and qualitative analyses, identify trends and drivers related to cost, utilization, quality, access, or operational performance, and summarize implications for client decisions.
• Research industry practices, benchmarks, and policy or reimbursement dynamics, and synthesize findings to support strategic recommendations.
• Draft client-ready slides, exhibits, and brief memos; create charts and tables; write concise bullets; and support storyline development for executive audiences.
• Prepare for stakeholder meetings and interviews, draft interview guides, capture notes, support workshop logistics, synthesize stakeholder input, and track follow-up actions.
• Support federal health transformation initiatives through analysis and documentation in strategy and planning, performance measurement, data and reporting, process improvement, and operational enablement.
• Stay current on healthcare market dynamics, emerging technologies, and best practices; seek and apply feedback; and contribute to internal knowledge sharing, templates, and reusable assets.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance
• Personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental leave and adoption assistance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Basic life and supplemental life insurance
• Health savings account and dental/vision and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Student loan paydown
• Tuition reimbursement, personal development, and learning opportunities
• Skills development and certifications
• Employee referral program
• Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach
• Emergency back-up childcare program
• Mobility stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed