Senior Healthcare Data and Business Analyst - Remote

Optum is a global healthcare organization that uses technology, data, and resources to improve health outcomes. The Senior Healthcare Data and Business Analyst will analyze, forecast, and interpret complex healthcare and operational data, develop business solutions, and present recommendations to support strategic and operational planning.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, review, forecast, and trend complex data
• Present analysis and interpretation for operational and business review and planning
• Support short and long term operational/strategic business activities through analysis
• Develop recommended business solutions through research and analysis of data and business process and implement when appropriate
• Positions in this function conduct and manage outcomes of various studies that include analyzing, reviewing, forecasting, trending, and presenting information for operational and business planning
• Support short and long term operational/strategic business activities - by developing, enhancing and maintaining operational information and models
• Develop and implement effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes
• Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in business/finance analysis
• 2 + years of experience with process improvement, workflow, benchmarking and / or evaluation of business processes
• 1+ years of experience with 837 Claims and/or Encounter
• 1+ years of experience gathering requirements from the client/business and documenting
• High proficiency in SQL required - comfortable with joins and complex query language
• Intermediate level of proficiency with PC based software programs and automated database management systems required (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Working knowledge of relational databases, database structures
• Proven ability to communicate analysis including trends and opportunities to clients and the business in writing and verbally
• Proven ability to problem solve including multiple priorities and research conflicting and/or inaccurate data
• Proven ability to perform well under pressure and multitask with little to no direction
• External client facing experience
• Experience in an Agile work environment
• Proven healthcare Claim processing or health care related data