Healthcare Consultant Jobs in California

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. From strategy to execution, this team delivers integrated, end-to-end support and advisory services covering valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, government operations modernization, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. Work alongside clients every step of the way, helping them navigate new challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and provide practical solutions at every stage of their journey-before, during, and after any major transformational projects or transactions.

Recruiting for this role ends on 12/4/26.

Work You'll Do

The Healthcare Operations Senior Consultant will build forecasts and scenario models to assess hospital performance and financial viability across Rural Health Transformation engagements. The individual in this role will work closely with subject matter advisors to build models, synthesize financial data, and develop deliverables that inform alternative payment model design, provider sustainability assessments, and hospital performance and valuation analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain forecasting and scenario models to assess hospital performance, financial viability, and the impact of potential interventions
• Conduct cost-of-care diagnostics and trend analyses using hospital financial reports, claims data, and other administrative datasets
• Support provider sustainability assessments for rural hospitals, FQHCs, and rural health clinics, including revenue cycle analysis and financial distress indicators
• Analyze commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid value-based payment arrangements and their implications for hospital performance
• Support hospital performance benchmarking and valuation analysis to inform program design and client recommendations
• Synthesize findings into internal memos, client-ready summary tables, and presentation materials for senior team review
• Assist with capitation rate analysis, directed payment modeling, or reimbursement strategy work as needed

The successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Operations Transformation offering provides NextGen core operational solutions and operating models, business-led technology support, and process optimization services, maximizing value to our government clients' missions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Economics, Finance, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in healthcare finance, hospital operations, health policy analysis, or management consulting with a healthcare focus
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

Preferred:

• Demonstrated proficiency in financial modeling in Excel, including scenario analysis, sensitivity testing, and multi-variable projections
• Understanding of commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid value-based payment and alternative payment arrangements
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large datasets and translate quantitative findings into clear written summaries
• Experience supporting alternative payment model design, actuarial analysis, or provider rate-setting
• Exposure to rural health financing, including rural hospital economics, critical access hospital (CAH) cost reporting, or global budgeting models
• Experience with hospital performance benchmarking or valuation methodologies
• Experience working with Medicaid or Medicare claims data or encounter data for cost and utilization analysis
• Advanced degree (MPH, MHA, MPP, MBA) with a quantitative or health finance concentration

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $100,400 to $197,900.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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