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

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with employer match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid Time Off

Parental leave and adoption assistance

Wellness program

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group seeks a Director of Healthcare Digital Financial Performance, EPM, Data Analytics Architecture & Visualization to enhance financial performance for healthcare clients. You will advise CFOs and lead multi-platform EPM initiatives integrating Strata, Workday Adaptive Planning and Oracle EPM with EHR/ERP systems.

You will design scalable analytics, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver CFO dashboards and performance insights to drive margin improvement and cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration or related field; MBA desirable.
• 10+ years in healthcare financial analytics, EPM or performance management with significant consulting experience.
• Proven track record delivering margin improvement, cost transparency and planning transformation.
• Hands-on experience implementing 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 (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
• Strong SQL and financial data modeling skills with experience integrating EPM with ERP, EHR/RCM.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, auditable financial analytics and EPM architectures using 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, metrics, reconciliation, lineage, and master data.
• Ensure designs support enterprise financial governance, auditability and scalability.
• Develop healthcare FP&A and performance analytics including cost allocation, contribution margin and profitability.
• Enable rolling forecasts and what-if analysis across planning platforms.
• Support value-based care and contract performance analysis using cost and margin insights.
• Embed financial insights into finance, operations and strategy workflows.
• Design CFO dashboards, board-ready scorecards and performance views across EPM and BI tools.
• Translate complex data into clear, decision-ready visual stories.
• Define data governance standards, metric standardization and master data alignment.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare financial reporting standards and internal controls.
• Partner with IT, audit and compliance to ensure data integrity and security across EPM.
• Contribute to growth of healthcare analytics and EPM consulting practice.
• Develop thought leadership on cost transparency and EPM modernization.
• Lead cross-functional teams of analysts, data architects and analytics engineers.
• Provide strategic guidance to ensure high-quality finance-focused delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy

Financial analytics

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Data Analytics or related field

MBA or advanced degree desirable

Tools

Strata Decision Technology

Workday Adaptive Planning

Oracle EPM

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

SQL

Excel

Job description

Hybrid

Chicago - 550 Van Buren

Full time

JR-0014826

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.

As the Healthcare Technical Consulting Director, you will:

• 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

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration or related field; advanced degree (e.g., MBA) highly desirable
• 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

Position Level

Director

Country

United States of America

At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.

Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.

Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

• 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.
• Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on‑site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year.
• All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

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. We endeavor to maintain a drug‑free workplace.