Managing Director, Disputes & Economics, Healthcare

Chicago, IL

Full time

R105127

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Practice Overview:

Ankura’s Health Care team is a recognized leader in health care and life sciences disputes, compliance, and investigations. The team combines clinical, technical, operational, financial, economic, and analytic expertise to help clients and counsel resolve complex matters involving payers, providers, pharmacies, and law firms.

Role Overview:

Managing Director will support the Healthcare Disputes team within Ankura’s Disputes & Economics practice - one of seven practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm. Managing Director will use data analytics skills, industry knowledge and project management capabilities to develop custom solutions for clients facing high-profile and complex investigations and commercial disputes in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate would be assigned to various projects where he/she would perform the following types of activities:

• Direct and review the development of complex analytical models leveraging relational database software, high level programming languages, complex spreadsheets, and other analytical tools;

• Supervise and conduct data gathering activities, document review, and quality control of data assessment;

• Apply innovative techniques to healthcare engagements including those related to Risk Adjustment.

• Expand and build new products in a collaborative team environment;

• Be a key contributor to Go to Market strategies and campaigns designed around key industry issues that contribute to the firm and practice’s growth.

• Be an Industry thought leader in healthcare topics like predictive analytic applications, risk adjustment, and value based care.

• Develop, supervise and motivate a team of high performing consultants;

• Responsible for engagement planning and managing/building client relationships;

• Prepare client communications, both written and oral, for senior level review; and,

• Act as a mentor and supervisor to Associate and Senior Associate professionals.

Requirments:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in business, finance, economics, data analytics, or related discipline;

• 10+ years of experience in litigation/disputes consulting, or other data driven consulting roles providing forensic and disputes work;

• Strong understanding of the legal and regulatory issues that could affect an organization;

• Familiarity with the analysis of healthcare financial / operational data sets;

• Strong proficiency using database and data modeling tools (e.g. SQL, Python, R, SAS, etc.)

• Ability to understand the importance of and maintain the privilege and confidentiality of attorney-client communications;

• Past experience supervising junior consultants or entry-level professionals.

• Strong project management skills;

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects;

• Commitment to quality and working within a team;

• Effective oral and written communication skills; and,

• Ability and willingness to travel.

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Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.