Consultant, Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy

About the role

This position involves working in teams to provide advanced analytics to a multitude of clients on both healthcare and non-healthcare matters including employers, healthcare systems, managed care organizations, life sciences firms and government agencies. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, contributing to projects that make an impact and help shape the healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing data quality and performing data analysis using statistical packages such as Stata, R, Python and SAS
• Building health economic models using state-of-the-science approaches
• Conducting research into industry-specific matters
• Producing written summaries of both qualitative and quantitative data
• Preparing memos, technical reports and PowerPoint decks detailing the operational components of projects including data sources, key data elements, and statistical programs/techniques used in preparing the dataset or conducting the analysis
• Preparing work for submission to academic peer-reviewed journals
• Auditing their own as well as colleagues’ work to ensure quality

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in the areas of Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or other field relevant to data analysis
• 1+ years of post-graduate professional work experience
• Experience with Excel and at least one statistical programming packages such as Stata, Visual Basic, SAS, R, MATLAB, or Mathematica
• 2+ years of experience in healthcare industry practices conducting analysis and conveying conclusions to an audience in written form or presentations
• Proficiency in Stata
• Skills and experience in data visualization
• Ability to learn and thrive in a project-driven environment with time-sensitive deliverables
• Knowledge of and interest in healthcare industry practices and policy

Benefits

The Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy is a separate business unit of the Economics Practice within FTI Consulting, Inc. The Center applies cutting-edge economics and quantitative methods to assist clients in developing and implementing market-based solutions across the spectrum of healthcare activity.