Decision Support Analyst

Valley Medical Center & Clinics•Renton, WA

3d•$94,894 - $142,341

About The Position

The Decision Support Analyst supports organizational decision-making by collecting, validating, analyzing, and interpreting healthcare, finance, cost accounting, and operational data. The role partners with senior analysts, Finance, operational leaders, and Information Technology to develop reports, conduct analyses, maintain data systems, develop pro-forma income statements, and support cost accounting methodologies that inform hospital operations, patient care, service line performance, and financial planning. The Analyst works with moderately complex datasets and contributes to routine and ad hoc reporting, cost model validation, overhead and indirect cost allocation, service line and procedure-level cost analysis, and documentation of decision support and cost accounting processes. The role continues to build expertise in healthcare analytics and decision support systems.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, data analytics, or a related field.
At least five years of experience in healthcare analytics, financial analysis, decision support, cost accounting, or a related field.
Experience working with healthcare, financial, operational, or cost accounting data, including reporting, analysis, and reconciliation.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Understanding of financial concepts, cost accounting principles, cost structures, allocation methodologies, and data analysis techniques.
Understanding of cost accounting fundamentals, including direct and indirect costing, overhead allocation, allocation drivers, cost center structures, service line profitability, and chart of account relationships.
Ability to validate and reconcile data, apply basic statistical concepts, analyze trends, investigate variances, and explain differences between cost models, allocation outputs, and actual financial results.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organizational, process documentation, teamwork, and attention-to-detail skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and learn new systems, tools, and processes quickly.
Working knowledge of healthcare financial, clinical, operational, billing, decision support, general ledger, budget, data warehouse, and cost accounting systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SQL, data query tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Epic Reporting, reporting systems, or business intelligence applications.
Experience evaluating expense classifications, cost center mappings, and chart of account relationships.
Familiarity with healthcare operations, billing, clinical, budget, or general ledger systems.

Responsibilities

Collect, validate, analyze, and interpret healthcare, finance, cost accounting, and operational data.
Partner with senior analysts, Finance, operational leaders, and Information Technology to develop reports and conduct analyses.
Maintain data systems and contribute to routine and ad hoc reporting.
Develop pro-forma income statements and support service line, contribution margin, profitability, and financial performance analyses.
Support cost accounting methodologies, including overhead and indirect cost allocation.
Contribute to cost model validation and service line and procedure-level cost analysis.
Validate and reconcile data, analyze trends, investigate variances, and explain differences between cost models, allocation outputs, and actual financial results.
Develop, maintain, validate, and document allocation methodologies, assumptions, cost drivers, process controls, and related cost accounting procedures.