Lead Decision Scientist: Financial Forecasting & Validation

CVS Health; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity target in compensation

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director of Decision Science to guide forecasting accuracy and validation for financial products within underwriting. You will shape enterprise analytics standards, drive P&L forecasting validation, and partner with finance to ensure accurate, reliable results across complex datasets.

The role emphasizes building a high-performing team, implementing self-service analytics, and presenting insights to executives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in analytics, decision science, business intelligence, financial analysis, quality assurance, or data validation.
• 5+ years of experience leading large analytical teams and developing people leaders.
• Expertise in analytical validation, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, business impact assessment, and financial validation.
• Strong ability to analyze and synthesize both quantitative and qualitative data to generate insights and explain business outcomes.
• Experience developing self-service reporting solutions and communicating insights from reports and dashboards.
• Proven experience validating business outcomes and financial results using large-scale datasets.
• Advanced SQL and data analysis skills.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the enterprise strategy and framework for analytical validation across the underwriting ecosystem.
• Validate business outcomes and financial impacts resulting from data, logic, configuration, and application changes.
• Lead P&L validation, forecasting validation, and financial impact assessments to ensure confidence in analytical outputs.
• Partner with business and finance stakeholders to investigate variances and performance shifts.
• Develop self-service reporting solutions that provide timely access to insights and performance metrics.
• Translate complex findings into actionable recommendations for executives.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Data analysis

Analytical validation

Anomaly detection

Root cause analysis

Financial validation

Business impact analysis

Self-service reporting

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Leadership

Education

Advanced degree in Analytics/Statistics/Finance

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director of Decision Science to guide forecasting accuracy and validation for financial products within underwriting. You will shape enterprise analytics standards, drive P&L forecasting validation, and partner with finance to ensure accurate, reliable results across complex datasets.

The role emphasizes building a high-performing team, implementing self-service analytics, and presenting insights to executives.