Associate Consultant Strategic Decision Support- Finance

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

• Entity: Corporate
• Department: Penn DnA Strategic Decision Support
• Location: Hybrid: 3600 Civic Center Blvd. Philadelphia, PA
• Hours: 8hr Days

This position is based in Philadelphia but is eligible to be performed remotely from within the United States. For remote work outside PA/NJ/DE/MD, employment will be through a third party.

Summary:

The Associate Consultant, Strategic Decision Support -Finance operates at the intersection of data analysis, business intelligence, and strategic consulting. The Associate Consultant provides insights that drive decision-making within Penn Medicine based on existing models and provides data to help identify potential solutions to problems. The Associate Consultant will learn skills in hypothesis-based consulting, analytics, and storyboarding. As part of Strategic Decision Support (SDS) within the Data and Analytics (DnA) Center of Excellence, the Associate Consultant is part of a team that aims to blend technical, clinical, and analytical skills to improve outcomes, optimize processes, and drive business growth. The Associate Consultant should demonstrate a willingness to explore new ideas and the humility to collaborate often in that effort. The Associate Consultant will support Penn Medicine stakeholders on issues of broad importance to ensure timely, relevant analyses that align with business objectives. As such, they must be able to understand the context and deliver outcomes that meet the needs of the client and the SDS team.

Responsibilities:

• Consultation: Clearly answers questions from the team and client while addressing analytic and other issues. Able to articulate client context and provide supporting detail.
• Insight Generation: Identifies data and analytic challenges including integrity and appropriateness of data sample, context, and sources. Consistently tests assumptions.
• Problem Solving: Draws insights from analytic outputs while addressing team hypotheses. Disaggregates problems into facts and analyses required.
• Results: Follows work plans that use appropriate analytics, address challenges, and reflect sound timing estimates. In collaboration with leader, own work assignment and deliver outcomes in the required timeframe, prioritizing effectively for assigned scope of work.
• Teamwork: Seeks opportunities to proactively contribute. Listens with an open mind, is receptive to the perspectives of others and is a resource to the team.
• Communication: Creates written communications that are clear. Synthesizes own work and draws out implications with clarity and simplicity. Mentors junior members of the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the team.
• Quality Assurance: Work product reflects a consistent focus on accuracy, reliability and completeness.
Continuous Improvement: Actively engages in learning opportunities for self-development. Seeks to learn and leverage the most effective tool, technology, and analytical solution as appropriate to the task.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science in Finance or related field (Required)
• Bachelors degree or 4 years equivalent experience (Required)
• 1 year experience working with large complex data sets (preferred)

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.