Business Analyst - Technical - Senior

61000 SelectHealth Inc; Murray (UT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health in Murray, Utah is seeking a Business Analyst to sustain and improve healthcare data systems and processes. The role centers on BPM, data reporting, and vendor interactions, with responsibilities spanning requirements gathering, testing, and post-implementation support.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to map business rules, develop complex queries, and turn data into actionable insights for performance improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and four years of experience in health care, health insurance, business analysis or information systems.
• Or eight years of experience in health care, health insurance, business analysis or information systems.
• Demonstrated advanced skills with spreadsheets, word processing, and database applications.
• Demonstrated ability to design and run complex queries and reports.

Responsibilities

• Participates in BPM (BPMN) modeling, process implementation and assessment.
• Interprets and monitors contractual compliance of government requirements (CMS, HIPAA, ACA).
• Provides project guidance and training to less experienced users/analysts.
• Maintains understanding of SDLC methodologies for large projects.
• Acts as SME for project teams and vendors on assigned projects, including research, planning, analysis, risk assessment, QA, and deployment.
• Provides project management for large projects and post-implementation support.
• Develops and tests user acceptance scenarios and testing protocols.
• Gathers and documents business requirements and functional mappings for system enhancements.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Business Acumen

Technological Nomenclature

Communication

Data Interpretation

Data Reporting

Mentoring

Coaching

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Cost Analysis

Facilitation

Continuous Improvement

Work Prioritization

Quality Assurance

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree and four years of experience in health care, health insurance, business analysis or information systems

Or eight years of experience in health care, health insurance, business analysis or information systems

Tools

SQL

GitHub

Job description

Job Description: Working under general direction, this position is responsible for sustaining business processes and processes impacted by data and systems. The business analyst serves as the central point for interface changes for systems and data. This position is also responsible for developing and executing process improvements, reporting and quality monitoring of processes, vendor relationships, and trading partner exchanges.

Essential Functions

• Participates in Business Process Management (BPM) including modeling processes using various notations (i.e., BPMN), creating components, implementing processes, and assessing the results.
• Regularly interprets and monitors departmental contractual compliance of government requirements (e.g., CMS, HIPAA, ACA) including determining the business impact and managing the collection and submission of required performance metrics and data reporting requirements.
• Actively participates on national and local standards committees.
• Provides project guidance and training to less experienced users/analysts to increase department and systems knowledge and understanding.
• Maintains an in-depth understanding of current project management application development methodologies, tools, and techniques (SDLC) for large sized projects.
• Responsible as a subject matter expert for project team and vendor activities for assigned projects; applications including business and technical research, planning, analysis, risk assessment, quality assurance, documentation, communication and deployment.
• Provides project management for large sized projects, initiatives and applications.
• Provides support as projects and applications move through the process and post implementation.
• Includes: interface trouble shooting, vendor relations, issue tracking, communication to customers and opening incident tickets with developers for problem resolution.
• Oversees accuracy of department processes and policies by facilitating the development and execution of user acceptance scenarios and scripts for testing of system changes and enhancements, including the development and implementation of testing protocols and procedures.
• Gathers/develops and documents business requirements and functional mapping documents to support system enhancements.
• Evaluates and provides assistance and guidance to process owners and internal stakeholders in the planning and execution of process improvement activities including identifying suitable strategies, methodologies, and interventions necessary to achieve desired outcomes.
• As a standalone or in collaboration with others, develops, publishes, and maintains complex queries and reports for daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly use by extracting data from multiple sources.
• Provides business intelligence solutions by turning data into useful and meaningful information so stakeholders can make timely and informed decisions.
• Collects, manipulates, and analyzes data from system to system, assessing trends to be used for performance improvement initiatives and to solve business or system related problems (troubleshooting).
• Participates in cost analysis and design for projects and applications.
• May be responsible for staff supervision, payroll, hiring, employee relations, and staff mentoring.
• May represent department in manager absence.

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Technological Nomenclature
• Communication
• Data Interpretation
• Data Reporting
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Cost Analysis
• Facilitation
• Continuous Improvement
• Work Prioritization
• Quality Assurance
• Documentation

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and four years of experience in health care, health insurance, business analysis or information systems. Degree must be obtained through an accredited institution. Education is verified.
• Or eight years of experience in health care, health insurance, business analysis or information systems.
• Demonstrated advanced skills with spreadsheets, word processing, and database applications.
• Demonstrated ability to design and run complex queries and reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working as a business analyst within pharmacy, pharmacy benefits, PBM, or a related healthcare environment.
• Moderate to advanced SQL skills, including experience developing queries to analyze, validate, and troubleshoot data across multiple data sources.
• Experience with GitHub or similar source‑control platforms for managing code, queries, documentation, and development changes.
• Understanding of and experience working with API integrations, including the ability to interpret technical documentation and support data exchanges between systems.
• Experience working within the healthcare or health insurance industry, with an understanding of healthcare business processes and data.
• Understanding of how healthcare data is produced, consumed, transformed, validated, and exchanged between internal systems, vendors, and external partners.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting regulatory, compliance, and technical documentation and translating requirements into business rules, system requirements, reporting specifications, or operational processes.
• Experience designing, developing, and validating reports based on regulatory and compliance requirements, including translating written requirements into data elements, business logic, calculations, and report outputs.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and complex problem‑solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues across business processes, systems, and data.
• Ability to translate and communicate complex business and technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Knowledge of healthcare products and services, contractual requirements, health insurance regulations, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, developers, compliance teams, operational teams, vendors, and other technical resources to develop and implement solutions.

Physical Requirements

Interact with others requiring the employee to communicate information. Operate computers and other IT equipment requiring the ability to move fingers and hands. See and read computer monitors and documents. Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.

Location: SelectHealth - Murray Work City: Murray Work State: Utah Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $39.97 - $62.91

We care about your well‑being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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