Associate Analyst - Life Sciences

Prominence Advisors•Columbia, SC

About The Position

Prominence Advisors and Tegra Analytics are seeking an Associate Analyst to support life sciences clients across commercial sales operations, incentive compensation, and performance analytics. Prominence is a healthcare and life sciences technology and consulting firm dedicated to helping leading organizations do more with their data. With deep expertise across the full ecosystem — spanning providers, payers, and life sciences — we turn complex data into actionable insight. We deliver a full spectrum of services, including advisory, analytics, optimization, and IT staffing. Our work helps organizations operate more efficiently, improve patient outcomes, and deliver measurable financial impact through smarter use of data. Recognized as a 2x Best in KLAS organization, we partner with more than 120 health systems and 40 life sciences organizations, including 7 of the top 10 U.S. News & World Report-ranked institutions. Through our life sciences brands, Tegra Analytics and WLH Consulting & Learning Solutions, we extend these capabilities to pharmaceutical and biotech organizations — combining data, consulting, and learning to advance commercial excellence. By connecting strategy, data, and execution, we help organizations translate data into clarity, strategy into action, and vision into measurable results. At our core, we are a people-first, values-driven organization that believes strong teams and trusted partnerships are what ultimately make healthcare and life sciences smarter. Working with senior team members, this role helps turn sales and field activity data into accurate reports, reliable compensation calculations, and practical insights for client teams. This foundational level role combines hands-on analysis with client service and organized project execution. Associates work within established processes and defines scopes, receives guidance and review, and builds increasing independence as their analytical skills and understanding of life sciences commercial operations develop.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Life Sciences, or a related field preferred.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to organize, analyze, and interpret data.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with careful attention to data accuracy and detail.
Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and client teams.
Ability to organize multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and ask questions or escalate issues when guidance is needed.
Interest in life sciences commercial operations and incentive compensation, with a willingness to learn new tools and processes.

Nice To Haves

Relevant internship, coursework, or early career experience in analytics, consulting, sales operations, or life sciences.
Exposure to incentive compensation, territory management, sales reporting, or CRM data.
Familiarity with Power BI or Tableau; Python and/or VBA experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Assist with sales force sizing and alignment analyses, territory updates, target lists, quota deployment, and call planning using established methods and templates.
Maintain and validate sales, customer, territory, and field activity data; investigate discrepancies and document corrections for review.
Prepare recurring sales performance and KPI reports, highlighting trends and exceptions for senior team members.
Support incentive compensation plan design through data preparation, scenario modeling, and comparisons of plan outcomes under senior guidance.
Assist with recurring IC administration by applying approved business rules, validating eligibility and sales crediting, and calculating attainment and payouts for review.
Help maintain plan documents, calculation templates, and payout reports; research compensation questions and route exceptions to senior team members.
Support senior team members in serving client Commercial Operations, Sales Leadership, HR, and Finance teams; help prepare meeting materials, presentations, and routine communications.
Participate in client and internal meetings, document decisions and action items, and follow up on assigned tasks.
Track deadlines across assigned workstreams, communicate progress, and promptly escalate questions, blockers, or changes in scope.
Use Excel and SQL to organize, reconcile, and analyze sales and compensation data; supporting forecasting, reporting, and ad hoc analyses that inform client and project needs.
Refresh and validate reports and dashboards, and summarize findings in clear, client-ready materials for senior review.
Perform structured quality checks, including reconciliations, calculation checks, and trend comparisons; document issues and resolve them with guidance.
Maintain clear process documentation and organized files, following established data privacy, governance, and client requirements.
Identify opportunities to improve recurring tasks and contribute to reusable templates or simple automation as skills develop.
Take ownership of assigned work, incorporate feedback, and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and timely delivery.