Remote Sr. Healthcare Data Analyst
Remote Sr. Healthcare Data Analyst
Employer type: Healthcare System / Hospital
Job Description
Type of Opportunity: Full Time, 100% remote work
Work Schedule: Days
Summary:
Provide reporting/analytics and statistical expertise for development of accurate solutions based on business needs. Analyze and synthesize related and seemingly unrelated data into an audience appropriate story to support the business initiatives, accreditation, and regulatory compliance. Act as a data steward and maintain the analytical foundation through business definitions and design of data marts to ensure integrity and reliability of analytics. Serve as a liaison with internal business units and external entities in support of reporting/analytics.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Project Management and Execution:
* Make prioritization decisions concerning individual or team tasks and assignments, maintain communications with customers to manage expectations, and escalates appropriately to management
* Interface with internal business units and external entities (i.e. vendors, regulatory agencies) to manage requirements gathering, maintain work plan, coordinate activities, maintain effective communication in support of reporting/analytics
* Manage customer requirements and identify most efficient and accurate approach to structuring solutions to complex reporting/analytics needs
* Present, process, analyze, interpret, and assess impact to internal and external stakeholders for cross-departmental or enterprise initiatives that are accurate, complete, timely, and effective in support of business initiatives, accreditation, and regulatory compliance
* Discern patterns and correlate diverse set of information, conceptualize and then translate ideas from abstract to concrete, determine appropriate level to conduct analysis, and navigate efficiently between levels of detail to transform data into an audience appropriate story that can be used to support business decisions, identify solutions to problems, or answer questions
* Maintain reporting/analytics foundation through coordination of business definitions, data marts and BI tools (i.e. BO), translation into technical requirements, annual maintenance for any updates, and testing to ensure accuracy
* Review data provided by the business operator and manage execution of reporting/analysis, perform interpretations and conclusions, and prepare recommendations
* Accurately interpret, understand, evaluate, select, and recommend appropriate alternate reporting/analytics that are innovative and sophisticated achieving quality and work/process improvements to support the business decision
* Validate reports/analysis to ensure accuracy via comparison to internal and external benchmarks and use of peer review as appropriate
* Act as a data steward maintaining and ensuring data integrity; manage research concerning data anomalies, work with other departments to identify solution or workaround, and communicate outcomes and impacts to other departments as appropriate
* Perform, monitor and manage other ad-hoc/ advance reporting/analytics functions as and when required
Training and Guidance:
* Serve as a resource/educator to internal/external customers and peers regarding appropriate use of data and BI tools ensuring accurate and advanced understanding/use of reports/analytics/data and increase technical capability of tools
* Perform audit and monitor progress of team members supporting the reporting/analytics process and providing feedback to manager
*Assist managers in determining the best content to share with others; support other team members in knowledge sharing best practices
* Responsible for the work flow of the analytics associates ensuring reliability, integrity, and timeliness of end products
*Coach and assist team members to ensure continuous development
Thought Leadership:
* Participate in developing presentations/publications/point-of-views with senior leadership within the Analytical Organization (AO)
* Contribute towards and assist senior leadership in developing a year-end value story to demonstrate value of the team and their contribution to progress towards the analytics and organizational goals.
Qualifications
Other information:
Bachelors in a data and analytics affiliate field such as Business Statistics and Analysis, Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science or related. Four or more years of experience in data compilation, reporting and analytics utilizing data and analytics tools. Demonstrated skills in leading a team through standard processes or projects. Must demonstrate strong analytical skills/capabilities and communication skills (verbal and written). Strong working knowledge and/or experience with Microsoft Office products and other analytical tools such as SAS, Business Objects, Tableau etc. Prior Business Objects, relational databases, and health care experience preferred. Excellent written and oral communications is a MUST.