Analyst, Data Analytics

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

9d • $65,000 - $113,750

About The Position

The Analyst, Data Analytics collaborates with account teams and contracting to identify and isolate variances caused by over- or under-payment practices and incorporates them into actual-to-expected results. The role assists in developing timely, innovative, objective analyses that lead to fact-based solutions for strategic business issues. It also provides customer service to internal and external customers, meeting service quality standards and evaluating customer satisfaction.

The analyst supports data visualization, analytical and statistical methods, and tools for evaluating company processes, business problems, and the return on investment of products and services. The role helps develop and maintain automated processes for identifying data and process integrity issues, recommends resolutions to leadership, assesses upstream and downstream impacts, and communicates with affected parties. Responsibilities also include developing problem definitions and hypotheses, combining syndicated external data with internal experience, preparing management reports and presentations, and using query-based tools for data mining and analytics. The analyst performs assigned compliance-monitoring tasks, including evaluating definitions, price-increase maintenance, and network identification, and works cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Law, Contract Development, and Contract Operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or a high school diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Business, Actuarial Science, or Computer Science.
• Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop strategies and project plans that meet department goals, budgets, and timelines.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders in a matrix organization to ensure service quality.
• Experience working with little or no supervision, resolving issues independently, completing objectives, and determining when escalation is necessary.
• Experience prioritizing, organizing, and tracking details to meet deadlines across multiple projects.
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing solutions.
• Experience analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions and improve results.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time for business, within and outside the state.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with demonstrated experience building complex financial models and analyses.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Business, Actuarial Science, Pharmacoeconomics, or a related quantitative field.
• Master's degree or MBA.
• Experience with SQL, Python, R, or other advanced analytical or coding languages.
• Experience using business intelligence and data visualization tools to analyze data and communicate insights.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, including identifying trends, anomalies, opportunities, and root causes and translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop financial forecasts, evaluate scenarios, assess business risks and opportunities, and make data-driven recommendations amid ambiguity or incomplete information.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including translating complex financial and analytical concepts into clear recommendations for senior leaders and executives.
• Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring, or developing less-senior team members.
• Experience in pharmacy, pharmaceutical, pharmacy benefit management (PBM), healthcare consulting, managed care, or a related healthcare organization.
• Experience with pharmaceutical or pharmacy pricing, reimbursement, financial modeling, or underwriting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and using data visualization presentation strategies that convey data meaningfully to audiences at all levels.
• Assist in developing and implementing analytical or statistical methodologies and supporting tools to evaluate company processes, business problems, and the ROI of products and services.
• Collaborate with account teams and contracting to identify and isolate payment-practice variances and incorporate them into actual-to-expected results.
• Help develop and maintain automated processes to identify data and process integrity issues; recommend resolutions to leadership, identify upstream and downstream impacts, and communicate with affected parties.
• Develop timely, objective analyses and help formulate business problems and hypotheses, synthesizing syndicated external data with internal experience to support fact-based solutions.
• Prepare standard and ad hoc management reports and project presentations, and use query-based tools for data mining and analytics.
• Perform assigned compliance-monitoring tasks, including evaluation of definitions, price-increase maintenance, and network identification.
• Provide customer service to internal and external customers, meet service quality standards, and evaluate customer satisfaction.
• Work cross-functionally with peers in Sales, Finance, Law, Contract Development, and Contract Operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level