Elevance Health · 12 hours ago
Long-Range Forecasting Consultant - Pharmacy (Business Consultant Senior)
MO-ST. LOUIS, 100 S 4TH ST
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expElevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. The Long-Range Forecasting Consultant - Pharmacy is responsible for developing and maintaining demand and workforce forecasts, partnering with various teams to provide insights for staffing and budgeting.
Health CareHealth InsurancePersonal HealthWellness
Responsibilities
Develops and maintains long-range volume forecasts using historical data, seasonality, benefit cycles, and business drivers
Builds predictive and scenario-based models to assess demand variability and risk
Monitors forecast accuracy and continuously refines models using variance analysis
Translates volume forecasts into headcount, FTE, and skill-mix requirements
Partners with WFM to align long-range forecasts with short-term scheduling and intraday management
Supports hiring, backfill, cross-training, and redeployment strategies
Collaborates with Finance on labor budgeting, reforecasting, and cost optimization
Provides data-driven insights to inform strategic initiatives, growth planning, and operational changes
Quantifies workforce impacts of new programs, regulatory changes, or benefit design shifts
Manages ROI Analysis of pharmacy initiatives impacting workflow and productivity
Presents forecasts, assumptions, and risks to operational and executive leadership
Serves as the single source of truth for forward-looking pharmacy demand planning
Creates clear, executive-level summaries and dashboards
Provides expertise to lower-level consultants on the analysis of business needs to determine optimal means of meeting those needs
Determines specific business application software requirements to address the most highly complex and varied business needs
Leads teams of analysts assigned to the most complex projects, typically those of highest importance and impact to the way in which we do business
Analyzes and designs solutions to address varied and highly complex business needs
Qualification
Required
Requires a BA/BS and minimum of 10 years business analysis experience, which should include analysis, project management, working knowledge of mainframe computer, hardware and operating systems; minimum of 3 years of experience as a Business Consultant with project management skills; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background
Preferred
10+ years of experience in workforce forecasting, capacity planning, demand forecasting (Healthcare, PBM, pharmacy, call center, or high-volume operations) highly preferred
Advanced proficiency in Excel (complex models, Power Query, pivoting) and Forecasting and statistical techniques (trend analysis, seasonality, regression) highly preferred
Strong analytical capability highly preferred
Healthcare operations knowledge highly preferred
Ability to translate complex forecasts into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leaders highly preferred
Experience with Workforce management tools (e.g., NICE, Verint, Aspect, or similar), BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) SQL, Python, or R preferred
Master's degree (MBA, MS Analytics, MS Operations Research) preferred
Benefits
Merit increases
Paid holidays
Paid Time Off
Incentive bonus programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short and long term disability benefits
401(k) +match
Stock purchase plan
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Financial education resources
Company
Elevance Health
Elevance Health is an integrated whole-health approach to help people in health journey and address their full range of needs.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2001-10-30IPO
Leadership Team
Gail K. Boudreaux
President and CEO
Geeta Wilson
Chief Technology Officer (CTO): Digital Health and Service Experience Platforms
Recent News
2026-01-25
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