Business Analyst - Healthcare Analytics

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Job description

The Business Analyst is responsible for reporting, business process review and data analysis relating to activities ensuring operational effectiveness. The BA will assist management by developing and maintaining reporting tool and processes, querying and analyzing data, identifying root causes, recommending and supporting decision making. The BA owns project goals by developing project plans, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestone completion, providing timely reporting of issues that impact progress and resolving conflicts. This includes documenting and prioritizing assignments. This is a fast-paced and rapidly growing environment.

*This role is 100% temporarily remote due to COVID-19. After reopening of Healthfirst offices, this role will be a hybrid combination of on-site and remote locations*

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Develop and maintain new and existing reporting tools, databases and processes.
• Analyze various types of data and processes in a versatile manner and present findings and recommendations in a professional manner.
• Query and manipulate data to root cause, trend, summarize findings and offer recommendations.
• Identify defects and improve departmental performance by supporting quality, operation efficiency and production goals thru reporting.
• Work departmentally and interdepartmentally to recommend and implement modifications to existing reporting functions.
• Report and present findings based on data analysis and other project assignments.
• Review technical specifications to ensure the department business requirements are adequately reflected in technical planning documents.
• Trend and compare analyses against departmental and corporate standards.
• Recommend changes to address deficiencies and/or further improve and streamline performance based on analysis findings.
• Recommend, develop and implement effective reporting tools for the department.
• Prepare routine reports as needed (financial, quality, production, operational efficiency, etc.).
• Proactively assist with identifying the training and development needs of the department staff.
• Track and report updates on individual work assignments and other projects within established timeframes.
• Work directly with appropriate members of the department and other Healthfirst business units to understand project concepts, objectives and approach.
• Assess and prepare to address the operational impacts, workflow, and training issues of the assigned project(s).
• Ensure post implementation accuracy.
• Provide project and informational updates to management as available and/or assigned.
• Collaborate with business units to understand strategic goals and promote an environment conducive to creativity, change and information exchange.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience with in-depth data querying and manipulation of data to assist with root-causing, trending and summarization of projects presented to various level audiences.
• Experience with MS Excel functions that include working with large data sets, creating standardized reports (across multiple spreadsheets), utilizing advanced functions/formulas; creating, using and interpreting pivot tables, filtering and formatting.
• Experience gathering and communicating complex analytical business requirements in a simple and easy to understand manner to other staff. As the SME, the BA will need to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including technical staff, internal non-technical staff, testing teams, and business stakeholders.
• Experience in creating and running complex queries using SQL, AWS or other programs (i.e. Visual Basic coding, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Contact Center Operations processes, practices and relevant work experience within the healthcare industry (such as a managed care organization, commercial health insurance plans, hospital, etc.).
• Knowledge of Macess or other workflow systems (i.e. MS Project, SharePoint or any other time management system or project tracking tools).
• Experience with MS Access functions that include to running queries, Macros and building tables for reporting purposes.
• This is a collaborative team environment. You must be able to effectively work with others, provide and implement project solutions while understanding process flows.
• Demonstrate consistent multi-tasking skills and planning for prioritizing workload within tight deadlines.

Compliance & Regulatory Responsibilities: NA
License/Certification: NA

Please note: Since we care so greatly about our employees' and members' wellbeing, Healthfirst is moving to a fully vaccinated in-office environment. You must be vaccinated to work in our offices, even if you are partially remote. If you are selected to interview for this role, we will explain our vaccination policy and ensure you are comfortable moving forward with further interviews based on your work location.

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