Cost Management, Consultant

Health Catalyst

2d • Remote

About The Position

Join one of the nation’s leading and most impactful health care performance improvement companies. Over the years, Health Catalyst has achieved and documented clinical, operational, and financial improvements for many of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations. We are also increasingly serving international markets. Our mission is to be the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement through: Data: integrate data in a flexible, open & scalable platform to power healthcare’s digital transformation Analytics: deliver analytic applications & services that generate insight on how to measurably improve Expertise: provide clinical, financial & operational experts who enable & accelerate improvement Engagement: attract, develop and retain world-class team members by being a best place to work Role: Cost Management, Consultant Team: Financial Decision Support Location: US, Remote Travel: <20%, US This position is currently not eligible for visa sponsorship The Cost Management Consultant will oversee implementations of Health Catalyst’s new Activity Based Costing product (PowerCosting) at large health systems and provider organizations. This individual will be the main contact for Health Catalyst client sponsors and product end-users. The position requires close collaboration with the Client Engagement Lead, the Technical Implementation team and the client financial and operational work teams.

Requirements

• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, relationship building, organization, and time-management skills.
• Working knowledge of complex cost accounting rules and processes.
• Ability to build, bridge communication and work in a cross functional team of technology, clinical, and administrative resources.
• Proven ability to adjust quickly in a dynamic environment, applying best practices in clinical and agile technology program management.
• Detail-oriented, efficient, organized, resourceful, and highly productive.
• Possess analytical problem-solving skills.
• Anticipates and manages conflict resolution.
• 5+ years’ experience in a finance, operations and/or cost accounting role within healthcare system or provider organizations.
• At least 3 years’ program or project management experience.
• Experience in building motivated, collaborative, and productive development/implementation teams.
• Maintain compliance with training directives required by the organization pertaining to Information Security, Acceptable Use Policy and HIPAA Privacy and Security.
• Adhere to and comply with the organizations Acceptable Use Policy.
• Safeguard information system assets by identifying and reporting potential and actual security events to the organizations Security and Compliance Officers.

Nice To Haves

• Proven executive account management experience, ideally in a health care related industry.
• Can successfully interact, persuade, motivate, and handle objections at an executive level.
• Can build relationships at every level and show success at achieving high client satisfaction.
• Healthcare cost accounting experience, strongly preferred, in order to facilitate cost management discussions.
• The Lead will need to educate and guide client teams to make pragmatic decisions during the implementation including, but not limited to chart of account groupings, overhead and re-classification rules, and selecting appropriate drivers of resource utilization depending on the clients’ unique situation.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including a strong attention to detail.
• Proven experience in health care operations both clinical and technical.
• Hands on experience/participation in the implementation of cost accounting system(s) in a healthcare environment, either from the vendor or client perspective (strongly preferred).
• Experience with project management tools (preferred).
• Working knowledge of Slack or other modern communication tools (preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall project management and success of deployments for the PowerCosting product suite.
• They will interact with the client’s Finance, Operations and Clinical teams on a regular basis throughout the engagement.
• Must be a subject matter expert in cost accounting principles and healthcare operations.
• The role needs to be able to guide clients and the Health Catalyst technical implementation team during the assessment and deployment phases of the project.
• Owner of project timelines, tasks and goals.
• Provides end-user training and acts as the point person for managing software issues and troubleshooting during the implementation of the PowerCosting suite.
• Acts as the primary point of contact between the client and the PowerCosting product development team during the deployment, tracking issues and logging enhancement requests.

Benefits

• We offer best-in-class benefits designed to promote ownership, inclusion, and a healthy work-life balance.
• Our team enjoys a remote-first work environment, flexible PTO, a professional development stipend, and meaningful opportunities for career growth and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level