Senior Consultant Decision Support - Southeast

Mercy; Cape Girardeau (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition support

Matched retirement plans

Job summary

Mercy is seeking a Senior Consultant in Decision Support to strengthen financial health and support mission-driven work. You will identify opportunities, deliver insights, and recommend strategies to improve margins across the ministry.

In collaboration with the CFO and operational leaders, you will develop analytical frameworks, monitoring tools, and standardized logic to evaluate performance and sustain improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3–5 years of financial analysis experience, preferably in healthcare.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to derive actionable insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain financials to non-financial stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Proactive, self-motivated with curiosity and initiative.
• Experience developing comparative methodologies and standardized monitoring logic.

Responsibilities

• Identify financial opportunities and insights to enhance margin performance.
• Develop and apply comparative methodologies and monitoring tools to evaluate financial performance.
• Partner with operational leaders to explore root causes and envision future possibilities.
• Recommend actionable paths forward and monitor progress to ensure goals and improvements are sustained.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Job description

Find your calling at Mercy!

Join Mercy as a Senior Consultant – Decision Support and Help Drive Meaningful Financial Impact

As a Senior Consultant in Decision Support, you will play a key role in strengthening Mercy’s long‑term financial health—directly supporting our mission to serve the community with compassion and excellence. Reporting to the Manager of Decision Support and working closely with the community CFO, you’ll identify financial opportunities, insights, and recommend strategies that enhance margin performance across the ministry.

In this role, you’ll develop and apply comparative methodologies, standardized monitoring tools, and analytical frameworks to evaluate financial performance. You’ll partner closely with operational leaders to explore root causes, envision future possibilities, and recommend actionable paths forward. Your work doesn’t stop at recommendations—you’ll also help monitor progress to ensure goals are met and improvements are sustained.

If you’re passionate about using data to drive smart decisions, enjoy collaborating with leaders across an organization, and want to make an impact that supports meaningful, mission‑driven work, we’d love to have you on our team.

Position Details

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, preferably within a healthcare setting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey financial concepts to non‑financial stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with various teams and stakeholders.
• Proactive and self‑motivated with a strong sense of curiosity and initiative.
• Experience in developing comparative methodologies and standardized monitoring logic.

Competencies

• Analytical Acumen
• Collaboration and Influence
• Financial Acumen
• Results‑Oriented

Why Mercy?

From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.

Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.

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