Senior Data Analyst (Finance)

Upperline Health•Nashville, TN

7d•Remote

About The Position

Upperline Health is a rapidly growing organization focused on transforming value-based care. We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst to support the Director of Finance - Revenue Analytics. This role is crucial for managing the increasing complexity of our data infrastructure and financial processes, especially due to frequent acquisitions. The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for hands-on support of claims data management, querying, and analysis using Snowflake and Athena EMR. This position is designed to handle the growing workload of data maintenance, cleanup, and analysis, enabling the Director to focus on higher-level strategic tasks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Informatics, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3-5+ years of experience in data analysis, with substantial hands-on SQL experience (Snowflake strongly preferred).
Working knowledge of healthcare industry data is heavily preferred, including data used by health insurance companies, multi-site healthcare providers, and/or risk-bearing entities.
Direct experience working with healthcare claims-level data, ideally from EMR-sourced systems such as Athena.
Demonstrated ability to clean, structure, and troubleshoot complex, imperfect datasets.
Experience supporting financial or accounting processes with data analysis (revenue recognition experience is a big plus).
Strong attention to detail and comfort working with ambiguity, given the evolving nature of an acquisitive business.
Ability to work independently while closely supporting a senior team member's day-to-day priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting or participating in M&A data integration or system migrations.
Familiarity with claims adjudication concepts — eligibility, coding, paid vs. allowed amounts, utilization metrics.
Exposure to BI/visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) for presenting analysis to Finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain SQL queries, views, and data pipelines to support recurring and ad hoc reporting needs.
Query, cleanse, validate, and maintain large-scale healthcare claims datasets in Snowflake, sourced from Athena EMR and integrated systems.
Identify and resolve data quality issues, gaps, and inconsistencies, particularly those introduced by newly acquired entities and disparate source systems.
Perform detailed claims analysis, using data sets including but not limited to: eligibility, utilization, and paid/allowed amounts, to support financial and operational reporting.
Assist in preparing claims-based data and analysis that supports the monthly revenue recognition close process.
Help reconcile claims data against financial records, flagging and investigating discrepancies before they reach Finance and Accounting.
Support the Director in translating claims-level detail into a format Finance and Accounting stakeholders can use and trust.
Support the onboarding of claims data from newly acquired healthcare entities into existing Snowflake data structures.
Assist in mapping, standardizing, and validating new data sources against existing schemas and business rules.
Help document data lineage, definitions, and known issues as the data environment grows in complexity.
Work closely with the Director as a direct extension.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Finance, Accounting, Operations, and IT—to understand business needs and deliver accurate, timely analytics.
Communicate analytical findings and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.