Healthcare Industry Segment Leader

The Healthcare Industry Segment Leader position has the primary responsibility for the strategic direction, growth, and financial health of the segment. The segment leader will lead the growth of Centri’s Healthcare practice by developing and implementing strategic and tactical plans in accordance with the firm’s mission and vision and the commitment to always act as a trusted partner to our clients. As a leader of the firm, the Segment Leader will demonstrate excellent project management skills, client service, and positive coaching to the team members in developing technical and professional competency.

Centri’s Healthcare segment is committed to providing value and solving complex challenges for companies in health technology, medical and dental practices and providers, home and behavioral health, wellness, digital health and wearables, healthcare private equity, and many other high growth segments of the healthcare ecosystem.

Core Responsibilities:

• As the Healthcare Leader at the firm, your number one business objective is to focus on the strategic direction and financial health of your segment.

• Lead the growth of Centri’s Healthcare practice by developing and implementing strategic and tactical plans in accordance with the firm’s mission and vision and the commitment to always act as a trusted partner to our clients.
• In collaboration with executive leadership, build and execute the strategic growth plan for Healthcare, including defining critical service needs for healthcare clients, ideal client profile, and channel partnerships to build relationships and capture opportunity.
• Elevate the Centri Brand by demonstrating thought leadership and embracing our marketing and sales programs.
• Work with the Market and Service Line leaders to penetrate the market and service lines and pivoting the strategic plan depending on the conditions.
• Develop budget plans, communicate those budgets to the engagement team, and monitor team progress, prioritize projects and determine components to be completed, review of project plans and timing to ensure segment revenue is met.
• Timely completion of project schedules ensuring the appropriate amount of resources are dedicated to individual projects.
• Continuous monitoring of resource allocation to avoid over-scheduling individual team members. Ensuring overall KPIs for people are maintained (ex. utilization, capacity, leverage)
• Ensure timely completion of periodic invoices of projects. Manage engagement profit margin through client invoice process ensuring expectations are aligned between client and internal team.
• Provide oversight of the research by team members on complex accounting and business topics, to evaluate potential solutions and provide guidance to the team on the next steps.
• Provides oversight of calls with client auditors, client legal counsel, etc. as deemed necessary to accomplish project goals.
• In-depth understanding of engagement requirements and client’s business. Responsible for knowledge sharing of client’s business to the engagement team.
• Manage client expectations of deadlines including being proactive and responsive to their needs in a timely manner.
• Lead multiple engagement teams simultaneously to further the Firm’s goals and objectives.
• Attend conferences, speak on panels, and network to build segment groups.
• Specialize and develop a strategic plan for the growth of a specific segment.
• Manage client product workload to drive a minimum of $2,000,000 in revenue to the Firm in year 1.
• Develop business and drive a minimum of new sales of $500,000 in year 1.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the healthcare industry, including Payor, Provider, Digital Health, Investor, and Health Tech sectors.
• Strong working knowledge of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Thrives in an environment of changing priorities.
• Ability to work towards enhancing technical and project management skills through on-the-job feedback and performance evaluations.
• Interpersonal skills to interact in a team environment and foster client relationships.
• Above average written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a thought leader both internally and externally facing the organization by presenting complex accounting topics during internal trainings and external panels.
• Understand the services offered by the Firm, look for opportunities to represent the Firm, grow the client base, and increase brand recognition.
• Recognizes opportunities for learning by pursuing challenging assignments and a hunger to become an expert.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on Excel skills.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent required.
• Active CPA or MBA is required
• 15+ years of relative accounting experience; public accounting or professional services experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with business development in the healthcare industry is preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift items up to 30 pounds at times.
• Must be able to travel up to 30%.