Remote Senior Financial Data Analyst

Centene Corp.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off plus holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Centene Corp. is seeking a highly skilled financial data analyst to lead the organization’s financial data analytics initiatives.

The role will leverage financial and data analysis tools to generate, analyze, report, and interpret financial and other data used across the organization, while leading various data analysis projects. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of statistical or data analysis experience, strong knowledge of SQL and Microsoft Applications, and a background in month-end close,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of statistical or data analysis experience.
• Experience with financial analysis focused on month end close, government reporting, and financial forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated expense analyses, projections, reports, and presentations.
• Prepare and maintain monthly estimates of inpatient incurred but not reported (IP IBNR) expenses.
• Collaborate with the Utilization Management team to review inpatient authorization data and establish a recurring validation process that ensures data accuracy, completeness, and reliability.
• Develop and maintain standardized review processes and reporting for inpatient spend, including analyses of key drivers contributing to budget and forecast variances.
• Perform monthly reconciliation to forecast and support finance team with variance explanations.
• Identify trends and developments in competitive environments and presents findings to senior management; strong process documentation skillset preferred.
• Evaluate financial forecasting and reconciliation.
• Support business initiatives through data analysis, identification of implementation barriers and user acceptance testing of various systems.
• Diagnose problems and identify opportunities for process redesign and improvement.

Skills

Financial data analysis

Statistical / data analysis

SQL

Microsoft Office

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

SQL

Job description

Centene Corp. is seeking a highly skilled financial data analyst to lead the organization’s financial data analytics initiatives.

The role will leverage financial and data analysis tools to generate, analyze, report, and interpret financial and other data used across the organization, while leading various data analysis projects. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of statistical or data analysis experience, strong knowledge of SQL and Microsoft Applications, and a background in month-end close,