Senior Manager, Healthcare Performance Improvement – Physician Services

Forvis Mazars•Memphis, TN

About The Position

The Performance Improvement Healthcare Consulting team helps healthcare organizations achieve sustainable results by addressing margin erosion through targeted improvement strategies. By aligning strategic, operational, and financial initiatives, the team identifies opportunities and supports leadership in implementing impactful changes. With a focus on strengthening margins, the team empowers providers to fulfill their mission and thrive in an evolving healthcare environment. The Senior Manager serves as the engagement leader and primary client relationship manager for physician services engagements, with accountability for scope execution, timelines, client communication, project economics, completion, and the overall client experience. The role leads complex physician compensation, alignment, and Fair Market Value (FMV) engagements, integrating operational, financial, market, strategic, and regulatory considerations into clear recommendations. It also advises physician executives, health system leaders, legal counsel, and governing boards on physician enterprise strategy, compensation design, provider alignment, and regulatory compliance. The Senior Manager develops client relationships and identifies opportunities for additional firm services. The role oversees complex analyses, executive presentations, FMV assessments, compensation models, and strategic recommendations, while leading multidisciplinary teams across concurrent engagements. It includes coaching and developing consulting professionals, contributing to practice development and thought leadership, supporting recruiting, and assisting with business development and market-facing initiatives. The position requires travel up to 50% as business needs require.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Healthcare Administration, Business, Economics, or a similar field.
At least 8 years of healthcare experience.
Prior consulting or advisory experience supporting healthcare organizations.
Experience in one or more of the following: physician compensation design and administration; provider employment and alignment models; FMV and regulatory compliance assessments; hospital-physician arrangements; physician enterprise operations; ambulatory or clinic operations; or healthcare financial performance improvement.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage project economics, and oversee multiple concurrent engagements.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to travel up to 50% as required by business needs.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, or similar).
Experience supporting business development, practice growth, or market-facing initiatives.
Experience presenting to executive leadership, physician leadership, boards, or governing bodies.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or advanced healthcare analytics tools.
Experience mentoring and developing consulting professionals.

Responsibilities

Serve as engagement leader and primary client relationship manager for physician services engagements, accountable for scope, timelines, client communication, project economics, completion, and client experience.
Lead complex physician compensation, alignment, and Fair Market Value engagements, integrating operational, financial, market, strategic, and regulatory considerations into clear recommendations.
Advise physician executives, health system leadership, legal counsel, and governing boards on physician enterprise strategy, compensation design, provider alignment, and regulatory compliance.
Develop client relationships, identify emerging needs, and facilitate strategic discussions about physician enterprise challenges.
Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships through applicable firm services.
Oversee complex analyses, executive presentations, FMV assessments, compensation models, and strategic recommendations, maintaining accountability for engagement quality and conclusions.
Lead multidisciplinary teams across multiple simultaneous engagements while balancing client service, team development, quality standards, and project economics.
Coach, mentor, and develop managers, consultants, and analysts, promoting accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
Contribute to practice development by enhancing methodologies, developing intellectual capital, supporting recruiting, participating in thought leadership, and helping shape the Physician Services practice.
Support business development through proposal development, client pursuits, conference participation, relationship cultivation, and market-facing initiatives.
Model firm culture, client service excellence, professional judgment, and collaboration across the Healthcare Performance Improvement practice.