Business Analytics Senior Analyst; 1.0 FTE, Day Shift

UnityPoint Health•Madison, WI

3d•Remote

About The Position

UnityPoint Health – Meriter is seeking a Business Analytics Senior Analyst to join its Business Analysis and Data Analytics team in the Madison region. This fully remote role turns complex healthcare data into insights that shape strategy, improve operations, and support decision-making throughout the organization. The analyst works independently, leads complex analyses, coaches fellow analysts, and has latitude to shape how problems are solved. The role includes data analytics, business analysis, and learning and teaching responsibilities. Data analytics work involves finding and studying internal and external sources, extracting and integrating data, modeling and validating it, and developing analyses, visualizations, reports, and dashboards. Business analysis work includes planning activities, eliciting and managing requirements, assessing current and future states, evaluating risks and solutions, and recommending ways to increase value. The analyst also develops skills, educates stakeholders and coworkers, and represents the team across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business or healthcare administration, finance, information technology, computer science, or a related discipline.
5–7 years of professional experience in a comparable analyst role, with progressively more complex assignments.
Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and present information clearly, concisely, and usefully to answer specific business problems.
Significant experience in data extraction, integration, modeling, and warehousing large and/or complex data sets.
Ability to develop working knowledge of operations units, organizational structures, strategy, legal and market trends to facilitate and enhance data analytics and business analysis efforts.

Responsibilities

Find and study internal and external data sources, including Epic (Chronicles, Clarity, Caboodle), Lawson, StrataJazz, EPSi, Premier, WHA, Intellimed, Advisory Board, and Census data.
Research, extract, integrate, model, and validate data.
Analyze data and deliver timely, meaningful insights.
Build visualizations, reports, and dashboards that communicate clearly to their audiences.
Partner with finance, operations, marketing, public health, IT, corporate data analytics teams, vendors, and JOA partners.
Plan and monitor business analysis activities, including stakeholder engagement and governance.
Elicit, document, and manage requirements through their full life cycle.
Analyze current and future states, assess risks, and recommend solutions.
Evaluate solution performance and recommend ways to increase value.
Build on related work across JOA and UnityPoint Health.
Develop technical and business analysis skills.
Educate stakeholders and coworkers and represent the team across the organization.
Participate in UPH System Services and IT user groups, including Cogito training.
Lead analysis on complex projects and coach fellow analysts.