Senior Consultant

Baker Tilly•McCullom Lake, IL

22h•$85,910 - $162,890

About The Position

Baker Tilly Healthcare Consulting providers management and technology consulting services to hospital, health system, and other healthcare stakeholders. As a member of our consulting team you can expect to work with healthcare clients a variety of project types spanning full system implementation to business transformation roadmaps to healthcare analytics projects. Our team members participate in all phases of client engagements from project concepting to deployment and support Join a talented, collegial team in our fast past growing, innovative practice that enables our clients to expand and efficiently run their businesses.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, engineering, computer science, management information systems, healthcare, public health, or related field
Minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience working with or for a healthcare provider organization
Healthcare provider industry experience required
Flexibility to travel to client site as needed and work outside of normal business hours due to client demands.
Experience working with healthcare data sets and operations, with demonstrated experience in at least one (1) of the following: EHR implementation or optimization Electronic Health Record (EHR) data 837 claims data (professional, institutional, or dental) 835 remittance / payment data Patient accounting / billing system data Revenue cycle / financial transactions data VBC contract performance adoption and improvement Clinical or operational healthcare data Provider order sets and clinical documentation
Demonstrate management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills, and highly developed Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel) required
Self-motivation, organization, time-management, and deductive problem-solving skills.
Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects
Project experience with full lifecycle application development (e.g. requirements gathering, use case development, system analysis and design, integration, testing, deployment)

Nice To Haves

Project management experience within the provider space, i.e. EHR implementation, 3rd party system integration, process improvement initiatives, etc.is preferred
Business analysis tools and methodologies is preferred
Experience writing SQL queries to support analysis, validation, or troubleshooting activities is preferred
Experience validating or supporting ETL processes, data mappings, or transformations is preferred
Familiarity with major healthcare platforms or data environments (experience in at least one preferred): Epic, Oracle Health/Cerner, Other patient accounting/revenue cycle platforms
Experience supporting vendor or enterprise platform implementations is preferred
Experience with testing methodologies, tools, or defect tracking processes is preferred
Exposure to healthcare revenue cycle, financial operations, or administrative workflows is preferred
Ability to structure ambiguous problems and perform independent analysis is preferred
Self-motivation, organization, time-management, and deductive problem-solving skills is preferred

Responsibilities

Contribute to process improvement and business transformation projects for Baker Tilly’s healthcare clients with a focus on health systems and hospitals
Collaborate with clients and internal teams through discovery sessions and interviews to identify, understand and translate business needs, processes and challenges into effective process documentation and requirements
Analyze healthcare data sets to support client initiatives, including but not limited to claims, remittance, EHR, clinical workflow improvement, and patient accounting data
Analyze and interpret healthcare transactional data (e.g., claim, payment, adjustment, and denial information) to identify issues, anomalies, or process breakdowns
Define key processes and capabilities to develop deliverables like process maps, capability definitions, or reporting inventories
Ability to own solution components from requirement through implementation
Manage project workstreams and tracking project financial throughout a project
Manage third party vendor relationships to as needed on behalf of clients and project needs
Construct status reports and project communication to client teams.
Participate in various phases of system implementations or optimizations which may include supporting client engagements with: Design definition System and acceptance testing and validation activities Data mapping, migration and integration efforts Support for defect tracking, assessment, and categorization Post go-live support