Healthcare Technical Consulting Director, Financial Performance, EPM, Data Analytics & Visualization

Huron Consulting Services•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. The Director Healthcare Digital Financial Performance, EPM, Data Analytics Architecture & Visualization is responsible for helping healthcare organizations improve financial performance through enterprise performance management (EPM), advanced analytics, and executive-level visualization. As a senior consulting leader, you will specialize in advising and delivering solutions using Strata (Strata Decision Technology), Workday Adaptive Planning & Oracle EPM integrating these platforms with clinical, operational and financial data to drive margin improvement, cost transparency, planning accuracy and financial accountability. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to CFOs, finance executives and enterprise leadership leading financial transformation engagements that connect strategy, planning and performance with actionable insights. In this role, you will translate financial and operational challenges into EPM-enabled, data-driven solutions with measurable ROI.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration or related field
10+ years of experience in healthcare financial analytics, EPM or performance management with significant experience in consulting or professional services
Proven track record delivering margin improvement, cost transparency, and planning transformation initiatives
Hands-on experience implementing or advising on Strata (Strata Decision Technology) including cost accounting, service line analytics and performance management
Workday Adaptive Planning experience – budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, scenario modeling
Oracle EPM experience with financial consolidation, planning, reporting and data governance
Strong understanding of healthcare domains (RCM, cost accounting, service lines, value-based care)
Advanced proficiency with BI and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
Strong SQL and financial data modeling skills with experience integrating EPM platforms with ERP, EHR RCM and enterprise data platforms
Willingness to travel as required for client engagements

Nice To Haves

advanced degree (e.g., MBA) highly desirable

Responsibilities

Design and advise on scalable, auditable financial analytics and EPM architectures leveraging Strata, Workday Adaptive Planning, Oracle EPM, and Microsoft Fabric
Lead integration of EPM solutions with EHR/EMR, ERP, revenue cycle, claims, and supply chain systems
Establish standards for financial data models, metric definitions, reconciliation, lineage, and master data alignment
Ensure solution designs support enterprise financial governance, auditability, and long-term scalability
Lead development of healthcare FP&A and performance analytics, including cost allocation, contribution margin and profitability, service line and provider performance, workforce productivity, and revenue cycle insights
Enable rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, and what‑if analysis across planning and performance platforms
Support value-based care and contract performance analysis using cost and margin insights
Embed financial insights into finance, operational, and strategic decision‑making workflows
Design and oversee CFO-level dashboards, board-ready scorecards, and performance management views across EPM and BI platforms
Translate complex, multi-platform financial data into clear, decision‑ready visual stories
Define visualization and reporting standards focused on accuracy, transparency, and actionability
Advise on financial data governance frameworks, including metric standardization, stewardship, and master data alignment
Ensure compliance with healthcare financial reporting standards, audit requirements, and internal controls.
Partner with IT, audit, and compliance teams to ensure data integrity, traceability, and security across EPM environments
Contribute to growth of the healthcare financial analytics and EPM consulting practice through solution development and delivery
Develop thought leadership on healthcare cost transparency, FP&A maturity, and EPM modernization
Lead and mentor cross-functional consulting teams, including financial analysts, EPM specialists, data architects, and analytics engineers
Provide strategic and technical guidance to ensure high-quality, finance-focused delivery