Business Analyst, Strategic Operations

Curana Health is a national leader in value-based care focused on improving the health and dignity of older adults. The Business Analyst, Strategic Operations will serve as an analytics partner responsible for reporting, structured analysis, and data synthesis to inform operational initiatives and support strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Build SQL queries to pull, join, and validate data across Curana’s environment
• Develop and iterate on Excel-based models and analyses to support operational decision-making
• Own ad-hoc analyses driven by evolving questions from operations leadership and cross-functional partners
• Refresh and maintain recurring reports with high reliability and low error rates
• Translate analytical outputs into clean tables, charts, and summary-level observations
• Draft slides and written summaries that communicate findings clearly to internal stakeholders, including members of the executive team leadership
• Contribute data diligence, analytics, reporting, and communication support for operations and scaling efforts
• Provide early-idea feasibility analyses and audit cross-team conclusions as opportunities arise
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure proper understanding of requirements, answering questions and facilitating smooth execution
• Assist in developing test plans and execute testing for reports and analytics tools before UAT deployment
• Use AI tools to operate more efficiently across analytical and operational workflows
• Automate and streamline repetitive analytical workflows
• Build reusable queries, models, and analysis templates that improve repeatability
• Maintain SOP-style documentation for recurring analytics workflows

Requirements:

• 0–2+ years in an analytical role (internship or full-time); healthcare experience preferred but not required
• Advanced Excel, including modeling-level proficiency. This is non-negotiable
• SQL experience, or a demonstrated ability to learn SQL rapidly
• Proven ability to work with messy, ambiguous data and produce clean, defensible outputs
• Strong analytical discipline: you validate your outputs before sending and care about getting the numbers right
• Ownership mindset: you don't wait to be pushed toward progress, you communicate blockers early, and you treat deliverables as yours to own
• Clear, frequent communication style; comfortable giving and receiving direct feedback
• Genuine curiosity about healthcare operations and a willingness to learn complex workflows quickly
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative, business, healthcare, or related field
• PowerPoint / ThinkCell proficiency
• Experience with BI tools (Power BI)
• R, Python, or other statistical/scripting tools
• Exposure to healthcare claims, value-based care, or senior living operations