Consultant, Healthcare Strategy & Finance - Managed Care

The Managed Care Contracting team assists provider clients—including health systems, physician practices, accountable care organizations, and more—in planning and executing critical managed care functions such as contract negotiation, modeling, rate benchmarking, and strategic planning. The team seeks a data‑driven, client‑service focused candidate with a strong interest in provider contracting and contract negotiations. What You Will Do: Support ongoing contract negotiations on behalf of clients, leading payor outreach and communications, transmitting and summarizing proposals and counterproposals, reviewing and redlining contract language, and summarizing negotiated rates and terms. Develop and refine financial models to evaluate reimbursement scenarios, contribute to rate benchmarking engagements, and support negotiations. Attend and occasionally lead routine client meetings, document conversation points and takeaways, and identify and complete follow‑up items where appropriate. Provide weekly internal updates to the management team about ongoing client engagements. Prepare client deliverables, aligning with firm standards for content accuracy, structural clarity, and visual presentation. Conduct market research initiatives and synthesize findings into strategic briefs that inform internal project direction and enhance client‑facing deliverables. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (preferred in Business, Finance, Healthcare Administration, or related field). At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the healthcare industry. Experience in managed care contracting, revenue cycle, or healthcare consulting. Proficient experience in Excel and/or other analytics platforms. Preferred Qualifications: Direct or indirect experience negotiating (supporting) contracts on behalf of payers or providers. Experience working with large claims datasets, including use of pivot tables, lookups, and healthcare modeling logic. Salary Illinois Minimum Salary: $91,600 Illinois Maximum Salary: $152,600 Equal‑Opportunity Employer Forvis Mazars, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer in accordance with applicable law. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or other protected classifications. #J-18808-Ljbffr