Senior Continuous Improvement Analyst

Essentia Health • Duluth, MN

19d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Continuous Improvement Analyst gathers the necessary requirements from the customer and creates documentation to support the analytics being produced, presents findings, and suggests improvements for data quality and workflow. The Analyst may be required to lead areas of projects, develop, and implement new methodologies and make recommendations to improve both the business and processes. They can lead and work on highly complex projects with large degrees of risk, often serving in the role of project manager. Senior analysts provide accurate and timely feedback to team members on project performance, outcomes, accomplishments, and opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, healthcare administration or related field
• 5 years’ work experience
• Project management experience

Nice To Haves

• Automation Analytic Experience
• Experience in the following programs: Tableau, Slicer Dicer, MS Project, Clarity, Workday, Epic, Power Bi, Advanced Excel, Vizient, Strata, Visio, Queuing Theory & Productivity Reporting Experience, Service Now

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with project teams and leadership regarding financial and clinic analysis
• Designs and generates standardized reporting to support improvement efforts
• Performs trend analysis, develops, and maintains analytical methodologies, tools, and data to support continuous improvement efforts
• Creates assigned/appropriate deliverables as a part of assigned projects or ad hoc development assignments
• Escalates and collaborates with department leadership on program issues and risks to identify solutions
• Provides technical expertise to other staff involved in data analysis and supporting data visualization
• Acts as a liaison between finance and operational leaders to ensure they have relevant tools and data and understand how to use them to identify ongoing improvement opportunities
• Performs data modeling, database development and management
• Evaluates outcomes to identify the greatest impact on and why
• Defines metrics which determine performance for overall strategy and individual interventions within the strategy.
• Identifies, plans and implements key projects to improve quality, reduce costs, increase productivity and improve cycle time by reducing wasted time, rework, etc. resulting in significant business improvement and customer satisfaction
• Provides leadership with project status updates, feedback, and appropriate reporting on key responsibilities and objectives.
• Prepares monthly project scorecard reports, including visual project scorecard
• Consults with leaders and teams across the system to identify opportunities and develop plans for effective outcomes

Benefits

• At Essentia Health, we’re committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
• Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs.
• We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs.
• To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health.
• Please note that benefit eligibility may vary.
• For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at [phone].

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees