Jaime Benson

Principal

Health Management Associates

New Orleans, LA

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Jaime has over a decade of deep financial planning and analysis leadership experience.  She works with clients to drive strategic initiatives using analytical insights, implement financial systems, optimize financial performance through accurate forecasting and budgeting, and develop efficient capital strategy. Jaime possesses a creative problem-solving mindset and strategic thinking abilities that are laser-focused on driving long-term success for her clients.

Before joining the Focus Group, an HMA Company, Jaime was the owner of J Benson Consulting, offering finance and management consulting services. Working primarily in healthcare, Jaime delivered creative analytical solutions for her clients including methodologies and models to evaluate the ROI of interventions related to social determinants of health, creation of key performance indicator dashboards to improve cash flow management, and strategies for identifying and targeting most-winnable clinic accounts, generating millions of dollars in savings and additional revenue opportunities.

Previously, Jaime worked for DaVita Kidney Care, both as the senior director of Finance and Compensation. As senior director of Finance, she led the company’s capital strategy and managed the team responsible for budgeting and forecasting over a billion dollars of operating expenses. Her focus on initiatives to increase the efficiency of capital spending and operational costs resulted in a $100 million redistribution to strategic growth programs. As senior director of Compensation, Jaime led work to analyze and execute pay equity across the organization. She also developed an efficient approach to wage growth for the company and identified high-need markets using compensation and retention analytics to create a comprehensive investment strategy.

Jaime also gained experience in financial planning and analysis through her roles in the hospitality industry. She developed forecasts for companies with billion-dollar revenues, making strategic recommendations and key insights that improved functionality and automation while increasing accountability.

She earned her Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Florida’s Hough Graduate School of Business. She received her bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Illinois.