Data Analyst III (Healthcare Analytics)

Centene Corporation • Remote-TX, MI

1d • $70,100 - $126,200

About The Position

The Data Analyst III analyzes integrated, extensive datasets to uncover insights that influence business decisions and help reduce the overall cost of care while improving members’ clinical outcomes. The role works collaboratively with business stakeholders and customers to identify opportunities, develop solutions, and communicate findings.

The analyst interprets data from sources such as claims, provider, member, and encounter records; develops and troubleshoots complex scripts and reports; and supports large-scale projects, process improvements, and automation. The position also conducts root-cause analysis of data irregularities, manages multiple review tasks with limited supervision, gathers requirements, validates results, and presents data-driven recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. It provides technical guidance to junior analysts.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship. The position requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and relevant experience with large databases, data verification, data management, or IT. A master’s degree and healthcare analytics experience are preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, statistics, mathematics, actuarial science, public health, health informatics, healthcare administration, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years of experience working with large databases, data verification, and data management, or at least 2 years of IT experience.
• Working knowledge of SQL or querying languages.
• Authorization to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and data review processes with limited supervision and meet targeted timelines.
• Ability to communicate data findings and insights to non-technical business partners.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Healthcare analytics experience.
• Intermediate to advanced SQL proficiency, including writing queries from scratch and documenting them clearly.
• Experience with Power BI, ETL processes, and automation, including PowerShell.
• Demonstrated success driving process improvements.
• Experience working with healthcare data and large datasets containing millions of rows.
• Strong analytical skills, including identifying operational impacts, trends, and data quality concerns.
• Knowledge of programmatic coding languages such as Python and R.
• Knowledge of statistical, analytical, or data mining techniques, including basic data modeling, trend analysis, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of modern business intelligence and visualization tools, including Microsoft Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and analyze data from multiple sources, including claims, provider, member, and encounter data, and assess the business impact of trends.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot complex scripts and reports using SQL, Microsoft Excel, or other analytics tools.
• Contribute to planning and executing large-scale projects with limited direction from leadership.
• Assist with designing, testing, and implementing process enhancements and identify automation opportunities.
• Perform root-cause analysis of data irregularities and present findings and proposed solutions to leadership and/or customers.
• Manage multiple variable tasks and data review processes within targeted timelines, with limited supervision.
• Take ownership of projects and ask questions to understand the business value of assigned work.
• Apply quantitative analysis, data mining, and data presentation expertise to understand how customers interact with analytic products.
• Partner across organizational levels and communicate findings and insights verbally and visually to non-technical business partners.
• Engage independently with customers and business partners to gather requirements and validate results.
• Present data-driven insights and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders, soliciting and incorporating feedback when required.
• Provide technical guidance to junior analysts.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Health insurance.
• 401K and stock purchase plans.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid time off plus holidays.
• Flexible approach to work, with remote, hybrid, field, or office work schedules.
• Total compensation may include additional incentives.

What This Job Offers

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