Healthcare Analytics Consultant Associate

Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield • Arkansas Remote, AR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Healthcare Analytics Consultant Associate employs advanced analytics to gain critical insights into member behavior drivers and preferences, product/program concepts and value propositions, operational effectiveness and efficiencies, and client specific health gaps and needs. The incumbent consults business leaders and internal partners to apply insights to test and drive product innovation and enhancement, target the right members for the right service, measure program outcomes and demonstrate value, help win and retain clients, and support information based strategic decision making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, Healthcare or other health science related field required.
• Five (5) years' health care analytics experience including data extraction, data manipulation, repository building and data interpretation required OR three (3) years' experience as previously listed with an applicable Master's degree.
• Advanced working knowledge of analytical tools including Excel, Statistical Analysis Software (SAS), Structured Query Language (SQL), Accelerated Query Tables (AQT) and Microsoft Windows based query software.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• Experience with Visio or other flowcharting tools preferred.
• Experience with actuarial and financial data including but not limited to data used in calculations for reserving, risk adjustment, pricing, and financial forecasting desirable.
• Knowledge of actuarial practices and underwriting methods related to health insurance preferred.
• Familiarity with developing financial based models for critical decision making related to the healthcare industry.

Responsibilities

• Brings together multiple sources of complex data to design and develop reports that answer business questions.
• Collaborates with business stakeholders across the organization to understand analytics needs and deliver plans to meet those needs.
• Develops methods and reporting assets to improve efficiency of identifying, quantifying, and monitoring cost containment strategies.
• Investigates key business problems by analyzing data to identify patterns and trends in cost and utilization, translate the analysis into insights, and use the results to define opportunities to drive business action.
• Produces clear and concise summaries of analytical findings for easy consumption by a variety of audiences through a variety of media such as presentations, email summaries, executive summaries, and oral discussions.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Club Blue, a free, onsite gym to encourage exercise.
• Green Leaf Grill and Green Leaf Grill Express, onsite restaurants in Little Rock that promote healthy eating.
• Incentives for wellness education and exercise

What This Job Offers

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