Senior Associate - Managed Care - Healthcare

About the role

The IHS Managed Care team at Berkeley Research Group (BRG) is seeking a Senior Associate to join the team. This position is designed for an early-career professional with strong analytical ability, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Own workplans for analyses and manage checklists to ensure on-time, accurate delivery.
• Handle multiple tasks within a project, prioritize workflow, and meet deadlines with minimal rework.
• Maintain a system of records and documentation appropriate to engagement needs (models, assumptions, source files, and workpapers).
• Collect, clean, validate, and analyze data from multiple sources to support negotiation strategy and financial modeling.
• Create clear exhibits, slides, and supporting documentation for client deliverables.
• Conduct industry and market research (payer dynamics, contracting terms, market context) and synthesize findings into structured insights.
• Proactively keep engagement leadership informed of work progress, key issues, timing, and availability.
• Apply strong quality control and auditing practices, including reasonableness checks and independent validation of results.
• Begin to assist and/or supervise Associates by delegating tasks, reviewing work product, and providing feedback.
• Support routine client interactions by presenting analysis sections and managing follow-ups through engagement leads.
• Contribute to firm-building activities such as recruiting and mentorship to Associates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, mathematics, data science, statistics, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, engineering, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience (including internships, analyst roles, or consulting experience).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with additional analytical tools (e.g., Access, SQL, SAS, Stata, R, Python, Tableau, or similar) is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and produce clear, defensible outputs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain methods and results clearly.
• High attention to detail with consistent quality control habits.

Benefits

Candidate must be able to submit verification of legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.

Pay

$85,000 - $115,000 per year. Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Schedule

N/A

Company Information

At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead. At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.

EEO Statement

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.