Health Data Analyst (Remote)

Easy Recruiter; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare consulting firm is seeking a Remote Health Data Analyst to provide critical insights and analytics for pharmacy benefits. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Mathematics or Finance and 2 years of relevant experience in pharmacy benefits management. Proficiency in advanced Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Alteryx is essential. This role involves analyzing data trends, creating queries, and developing analytic methodologies to enhance benefit performance.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in pharmacy benefits management, reporting & analytics, benefits consulting, healthcare, financial services or related field.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret client pharmacy benefit data, trends, and reports.
• Create new queries using Alteryx including multiple table joins and detailed formulas.
• Participate in development of analytic methodologies, models, reports, and new products.

Skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Strong PBM industry knowledge

Ability to communicate effectively

Intermediate troubleshooting skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Finance, or related field

Tools

Alteryx

Job description

About the job Health Data Analyst (Remote)

The Health Data Analyst provides information, analyses, and consultation to internal and external stakeholders. This position assesses the performance of pharmacy benefits and/or networks and develops recommendations for improvements or enhancement to support departmental and organizational objectives. This position will participate in the development of new reports, analytical models, and products/benefit programs that align with strategic imperatives.

Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility for moderately complex analytic and consultative work such as analyzing and interpreting client pharmacy benefit data, trends and reports and partnering with analytics team to deliver recommendations or project status updates to internal and external stakeholders; investigates follow up items or questions regarding project and/or request scope
• Investigates key drivers of benefit performance
• Create new queries using Alteryx including multiple table joins, understanding of table structures, creation of detailed formulas
• Participates in development of analytic methodologies, models, reports and new products
• May be responsible for Centers for Medicaid/Medicare Services reporting and analysis, including the management of directories and bid support
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mathematics, Finance, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and/or relevant work experience; HS diploma or GED is required
• 2 years of experience in pharmacy benefits management, reporting & analytics, benefits consulting, healthcare, financial services or related field
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Additional Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills ability to create complete formulas and efficient data manipulation.
• Intermediate troubleshooting skills, including in-depth client data research, which may involve research and drivers of utilization; understands resources needed and steps/processes on how to complete the problem; able to understand when an issue arises how-to navigate to a resolution
• Strong PBM industry knowledge; able to articulate the industry trends to clients and the impact of trends and changes to client financials
• Ability to establish rapport and effectively influence at all levels within an organization
• Ability to communicate effectively and present complex data to a wide variety of audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Management) industry and PBM data; understands key PBM metrics (such as PMPM, generic utilization)
• Experience working with large sets of pharmacy, claims, medical, and/or financial data
• Previous experience in a client facing or consultative role
• Extensive experience using analytic tools; familiarity with Alteryx

Minimum Physical Job Requirements

• Constantly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, talk and hear
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, and crouch
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus