Senior Consultant, Advisory Services - Planning & Performance Management

How You’ll Make an Impact

As a Senior Consultant on our Planning Performance Management (PPM) Advisory Services team, you’ll partner with healthcare organizations to help them adopt and optimize StrataJazz® solutions for financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management.

You’ll guide customers in translating data into actionable insights, shaping planning processes, and establishing the workflows and structures needed to support effective decision-making. This role blends advisory, facilitation, and structured execution to help organizations improve financial performance and operational alignment.

What You’ll Do

Partner with customers to understand goals, priorities, and current state processes to help define the scope and approach for advisory engagements

Facilitate working sessions and discussions to align on planning processes, performance management practices, and key decisions

Translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actionable recommendations

Help design and refine planning processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and performance review processes

Develop and deliver roadmap materials, presentations, and documentation for stakeholders across finance and operational leadership

Advise on how to effectively leverage StrataJazz® PPM capabilities, including data structure, workflow design, and integration considerations

Support elements of engagement execution, including information gathering, process documentation, and coordination of deliverables

Provide guidance on change management, including communication approaches, training support, and adoption best practices

Coordinate timelines, milestones, and engagement activities to ensure work progresses effectively

Collaborate with internal partners across product, delivery, and account teams to ensure alignment and consistency in recommendations

What We’re Looking For

3–5+ years of experience in healthcare finance, FP A, performance management, or healthcare consulting

Strong ability to translate financial or operational data into meaningful insights and recommendations

Strong background in Microsoft excel

Experience supporting financial planning processes such as budgeting, forecasting, or performance management

Ability to lead discussions, facilitate alignment, and communicate clearly across a range of stakeholders

Experience with process improvement, change management, or system adoption initiatives

Understanding of financial concepts such as financial statements, cost accounting, and service line reporting

Strong organization and project coordination skills

Willingness to travel within the U.S. as needed (up to ~35%)

You’d Really Wow Us If You Have:

Experience working within a health system FP A or financial planning team

Experience in healthcare consulting or advisory services

Familiarity with Strata’a planning or performance management platforms

Experience presenting insights using visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI

Experience using SQL or other relational database systems

Estimated Salary Range: $90,000-110,000

Actual salary will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, skill set and level of experience. This salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Strata also provides discretionary variable pay programs based on role. In addition, Strata provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits, health and welfare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, life and accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits.

Find out more about Strata benefits here .

How we work:

Our preferred location for open roles is Chicago, IL. We value in‑person connection and regularly host on‑campus events to create meaningful opportunities for our team to build relationships and collaborate

Thinking about applying?

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