Advanced Data Analyst–Decision Support
About The Position
Optum Insight is seeking a highly analytical and service-oriented Advanced Data Analyst to join its Decision Support and Cost Accounting team. The role partners with client health system leaders, finance executives, and operational teams to deliver strategic financial insights, optimize cost allocation models, and support data-informed decision-making. Using healthcare analytics platforms such as Strata and business intelligence tools, the analyst turns complex operational and financial data into strategies to improve hospital margins, service line profitability, budgeting, and performance management.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in healthcare data analytics, decision support, cost accounting, budgeting, or financial modeling within a health system or healthcare consulting environment.
- At least 3 years of experience using Microsoft Excel, including Power Query, advanced formulas, and pivot tables, and business intelligence tools for data manipulation and visualization.
- At least 2 years of experience with healthcare decision support and cost accounting platforms such as Strata Decision Technology, EPSi, Syntellis, or similar DSS platforms.
- At least 2 years of experience conducting service line profitability, cost allocation, reimbursement methodology, or hospital margin analyses.
- At least 2 years of experience preparing and presenting analytical findings and executive-level reports to cross-functional stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Finance, Business Analytics, Health Informatics, or a related quantitative field.
- Hands-on experience with the Strata Analytics Platform (StrataJazz).
- Experience with advanced visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Proficiency with SQL for data extraction, querying, and data validation.
- In-depth knowledge of hospital financial accounting, general ledger structures, billing, and clinical coding systems such as ICD-10, CPT, and DRG.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial, cost accounting, and decision support analytical models, dashboards, and executive scorecards.
- Analyze hospital productivity, service line profitability, reimbursement methodologies, budgeting, forecasting, and operational improvement opportunities.
- Partner with healthcare operational and financial leaders to turn clinical and financial data into strategic recommendations and executive summaries.
- Maintain and validate healthcare cost accounting methodologies, including cost allocation development, reclassifications, margin analysis, and reconciliation with source systems.
- Manage and support decision support assets, including statistical reporting methodologies, volume planning, and service line performance structures.
- Collaborate with data integration and governance teams to ensure data quality, reconcile data loads, and maintain technical documentation.
- Provide subject matter expertise, end-user support, and technical training on analytics platforms and reporting solutions for internal and client stakeholders.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase program.
- 401(k) contribution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
