Lead Analyst Client Analysis And Consultation

Cigna Healthcare; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cigna Group’s Evernorth Health Services division seeks a Lead Analyst, Client Analysis & Consultation to support analytics for client cost drivers, forecasting, and strategic solutions. You will build client-specific financial analyses, trend insights, and custom reporting with cross-functional partners to drive decisions and improve cost management.

Responsibilities include creating executive-ready narratives, developing scalable models, and applying advanced analytics to improve forecast

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Healthcare, Business, BI & Analytics with 5-8 years of relevant work experience.
• Strong business and organizational skills.
• Strong written/verbal communication; ability to explain complex terms simply.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint.
• Proficient in querying and analyzing data from complex databases using SQL, Python, and other programming languages.
• Proficient with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau).
• Proficient in modeling, trending and forecasting skills.
• Knowledge of PBM or Healthcare industry preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of client-specific financial insights and analytics; create tailored client content for presentations.
• Synthesize key drivers of pharmacy trend and performance; translate analyses into executive-ready narratives.
• Collaborate with Product, Pricing, Underwriting, Data & Analytics, Supply Chain and Sales teams to align analytics and client messaging.
• Drive continuous improvement of analytics, models, templates, and processes for scalability and quality.
• Leverage AI, automation tools, and advanced analytics to streamline reporting and forecast accuracy.

Skills

SQL

Python

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Healthcare, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Tools

None

Job description

Job Description:

Lead Analyst, Client Analysis & Consultation

(CIGNA: Financial Analysis Lead Analyst)

POSITION SUMMARY

The Financial Analysis Lead Analyst, Client Analysis & Consultation position provides analytics support and insights to assist clients to understand the drivers of their pharmacy costs, expectations for future costs, and clinical solutions to help them manage their costs to meet their budget goals. Analysts will lead the development of client-specific financial analyses, trend insights, and custom reporting deliverables. Analysts will partner with Sales, Product, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable analytics that support client strategy and decision making. Additional work includes managing client guarantee performance, supporting enterprise projects, and working to enhance finance team efficiency through the development of improved financial models and best practices. Analysts will develop a deep understanding of the pharmacy benefits management (PBM) industry including drivers of trend, pipeline for new medications and financial impact, competitive environment, and solutions that can be used to control costs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead development of client-specific financial insights and analytics - Own creation of financial content for client presentations, ensuring outputs are accurate, tailored, and aligned to client priorities
• Synthesize and communicate key drivers of pharmacy trend and performance - Translate complex analyses into clear, executive-ready narratives spanning historical performance and forward-looking projections
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver integrated insights - Collaborate with Product, Pricing, Underwriting, Data & Analytics, Supply Chain and Sales teams to align analytics, solutions, and client messaging
• Drive continuous improvement of analytics and best practices - Enhance models, templates, and processes while incorporating feedback to improve scalability, consistency, and quality
• Innovation & efficiency – Leverage artificial intelligence, automation tools, and advanced analytics techniques to streamline reporting, enhance forecasting accuracy, accelerate insight generation, and improve the scalability and consistency of client deliverables.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Healthcare, Business, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics or related Field with 5-8 years of relevant work experience
• Strong business and organizational skills
• Strong written/verbal communication
• Must be able to explain complex terms in simple ways
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
• Must be proficient in querying and analyzing data from complex databases using SQL, Python, and other programming languages
• Must be proficient with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau)
• Must be proficient in modeling, trending and forecasting skills
• Knowledge of PBM or Healthcare industry preferred but not essential

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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