Healthcare Data Analyst & Insights Coach

Arkansas Blue Cross; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 64,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkansas Blue Cross is seeking a Data Analyst to ensure data quality, validity and confidentiality for decision support and operational efficiency. You will collect, analyze, and summarize diverse data, develop business intelligence, and present insights to leaders while mentoring others in advanced analytics.

The role emphasizes data management, reporting, and visualization across business, medical, operations, and financial domains, with opportunities to influence strategic outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Math, Business, Data Science/Informatics, Actuarial Science, Healthcare Management, or related field; or five years health-data analytics experience in health-insurance/managed care.
• Minimum 3 years' data analytics experience including data extraction, manipulation, and interpretation; or 1 year with a related master’s degree.
• Experience with SAS, SQL, AQT, and MS Windows query tools; familiarity with MS Access, R, S+, SQL, Cognos preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consult with users to identify data sources, elements, and validation standards.
• Integrate data from multiple sources to develop statistics and methodologies for decision making.
• Interpret data to identify trends and root causes and suggest process improvements.
• Manage ad-hoc reports and findings to support reporting processes.
• Serve on special projects.

Job description

Arkansas Blue Cross is seeking a Data Analyst to ensure data quality, validity and confidentiality for decision support and operational efficiency. You will collect, analyze, and summarize diverse data, develop business intelligence, and present insights to leaders while mentoring others in advanced analytics.

The role emphasizes data management, reporting, and visualization across business, medical, operations, and financial domains, with opportunities to influence strategic outcomes.