Healthcare Consulting Associate - Middle Revenue Cycle

Huron Consulting Group; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking an Associate to join their Healthcare Revenue Cycle team. The role involves leading project work streams, partnering with client leaders, and mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of relevant experience in healthcare or consulting, with strong analytical and communication skills. The position offers competitive compensation and significant travel opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid Time Off

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant project implementation or process improvement experience, preferably within healthcare or consulting.
• Proficiency in manipulating and interpreting complex data sets.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% weekly.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project team members and client stakeholders to design and implement effective solutions.
• Leverage critical thinking skills to identify data gaps and develop recommendations.
• Provide supervision to junior project team members.

Skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Data manipulation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

SQL

Job description

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.

About the Role

At Huron, an Associate leads with expertise and collaboration, partnering with Huron and client leaders to create sustainable solutions that drive meaningful results. As an Associate, with our Healthcare Revenue Cycle team, you will lead one or more project work streams utilizing Huron approaches, methodologies helping clients solve their business challenges to advance their clinical and financial outcomes.

Your role will foster a supportive, inclusive environment, empowering team members and creating a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued. You will build critical leadership skills to grow your career and mentor junior Huron staff.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project team members and client stakeholders to design and implement effective solutions by leveraging proven methodologies and best practices
• Leverage critical thinking skills in both data collection and complex analysis identifying data gaps and risks to develop sound conclusions and create implementable, sustainable recommendations for improvement
• Effectively summarize information and present findings and recommendations to varying levels of Huron and client leadership
• Provide direct supervision of junior project team members including coaching mentorship, leading teams, and providing feedback through performance management
• Deliver solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs, enhancing both impact and accessibility across healthcare services

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3 + years relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team-based environment, preferably within healthcare or consulting
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to manipulate and interpret complex data sets, identify trends and discrepancies, and develop actionable recommendations that enhance financial performance
• Knowledge of and exposure to healthcare revenue cycle operations including charge capture within hospital systems, health systems and/or physician enterprise environment
• Basic understanding of clinical charging workflows, charge entry practices and billing workflows
• Demonstrated experience working complex projects in a client environment
• Effective communication and presentation skills—capable of translating technical findings into insights for internal and operational stakeholders
• Ability to work on multiple client engagements or workstreams simultaneously
• Commitment to quality, integrity, and client satisfaction
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Willingness and ability to travel every week up to 50% travel
• Exposure to SQL preferred
• US Work Authorization required

What We Offer

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business.