Data Reporting and Analytics Consultant IV - Medicare, ACA

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Data Reporting and Analytics Consultant to enhance decision-making through advanced analytics and reporting frameworks. The role involves technical coding, data analytic approaches, and requires strong problem-solving capabilities. Ideal candidates have a solid background in mathematics or statistics, showcasing their ability to transform complex data into actionable insights in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year experience in a leadership role.
• Minimum five years experience in data analytics.
• Experience in project management is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement analytical models for informed business decisions.
• Create and automate reporting solutions to drive data-informed decisions.
• Gather and analyze data to support strategic initiatives.

Skills

Data Visualization

Negotiation

Data Extraction

Data Mining

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering

Tools

Statistical Programming Language

Relational Database Management

Job description

Remote from any KP location in CA, OR, CO, WA, GA, MD, VA, HI or D.C. Only.
** PLEASE NOTE: Salary ranges are geographically based and the posted range reflects the Northen CA region. Lower salary ranges will apply for other labor markets outside of NCAL

Overview:

The Prospective Risk Adjustment Operations team is seeking a Data Reporting and Analytics Consultant to support scoping, deploying, and reporting out on projects to support prospective risk adjustment projects. This pivotal role will support the development of foundational reporting and analytical frameworks crucial for identifying and prioritizing prospective risk initiatives, developing and supporting comprehensive reporting and insightful visualization of opportunities and outcomes, and directly supporting strategic decision-making and operational excellence. Ideal candidates will possess robust analytical skills and a proven ability to translate complex data into actionable business intelligence within a dynamic healthcare environment. This position offers a significant opportunity to contribute to the organization's continued success in risk adjustment.

This role requires a background in technical coding (i.e SQL, Python, R etc.) or other statistical modeling programs. Familiarity with data science disciplines (i.e machine learning, predictive analytics, data visualization etc.), data modeling is preferred.

Job Summary:

This individual contributor is primarily responsible for driving strategic data-informed decisions, gathering data and information on targeted variables in an established systematic fashion, preparing data for analytic efforts, and interpreting data analyses. This position executes creative data analytic approaches leading to actionable outcomes, develops, implements, and automates business and reporting solutions, and develops analytical and/or statistical models enabling informed business decisions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.


• Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.


• Executes creative data analytic approaches leading to actionable outcomes by defining and calculating metrics to be analyzed; defining, calculating, and validating algorithms; and conducting analyses, including descriptive, correlational, inferential, and/or predictive statistics.


• Develops, implements, and automates business and reporting solutions by working with stakeholders in their design, planning, and implementation while ensuring consistency and coherency; evaluating and summarizing data and results; creating summary statistics; developing data reports, visualizations, and/or interactive Business Intelligence (BI) reports; reporting to stakeholders on key findings; identifying needs for the development and implementation of additional reporting solutions; and preparing documentation as appropriate.


• Interprets data analyses by applying findings to contextual settings; and developing insights, reports, and presentations telling a compelling story to stakeholders to enable and influence decision making; and providing context related to data interpretations and/or limitations as appropriate.


• Drives strategic data-informed decisions by consulting with clients to identify and clarify key business needs; developing outcomes and process measures; translating business requirements; determining data/information needs and data collection methods; developing analysis plans; measuring the impact of business decisions on clients, customers, and/or members; working with clients and staff to identify opportunities and methods to improve efficiencies with analysis; supporting and training end-users; and documenting processes and deliverables.


• Gathers data and information on targeted variables in an established systematic fashion by validating data sources; querying, merging, and extracting data across sources; completing routine data refresh and update; developing and/or delivering tools for electronic data collection; and providing user training, support, and documentation.


• Develops analytical and/or statistical models enabling informed business decisions by determining data and analytical requirements; creating models leading to actionable insights; and testing, refining, and validating models.


• Prepares data for analytic efforts by integrating and consolidating data; ensuring data quality and accuracy; profiling data inaccuracies and recommending process improvements or system changes to enhance overall quality of the data; and cleaning and creating final data set(s) for analysis.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) year experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.


• Bachelors degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Social/Physical/Life Science, Business, or related field and Minimum five (5) years experience in data analytics or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Negotiation; Business Planning; Written Communication; Data Extraction; Data Mining; Data Visualization Tools; Statistical Programming Language; Relational Database Management; Vendor Management; Project Management