Medical Economics Analytics Lead

Highmark Health; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own the financial reporting for a strategic cost of care savings program. The role involves gathering data from multiple partners, performing quality checks, and delivering executive-ready reports with actionable insights.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in healthcare analytics or actuarial services, strong SAS/SQL/R skills, and a track record of developing dashboards (Tableau/Power BI).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or related area.
• 5 years of Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics and/or Actuarial Services in the health care payer sector.
• Master's degree in related area preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends and present analytics to executives.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Coordinate savings projections and post-implementation savings measurements and improve business case modeling.
• Develop dashboards and reports showing total program impact to the health plan.

Skills

Analytical skills

SAS/SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own the financial reporting for a strategic cost of care savings program. The role involves gathering data from multiple partners, performing quality checks, and delivering executive-ready reports with actionable insights.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in healthcare analytics or actuarial services, strong SAS/SQL/R skills, and a track record of developing dashboards (Tableau/Power BI).