Senior Insights Analyst

BCBSNC Foundation; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

401k match

Job summary

Blue Cross NC is seeking a Senior Insights Analyst to provide advanced analytical support for ACA risk adjustment. You will collect, validate, and analyze healthcare data, implement RAF scores, and collaborate with Actuarial, regulatory, and operational stakeholders.

You will build robust analytics processes, improve controls, and drive data-driven decisions. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, data reconciliation across platforms, and secure handling of protected health

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required).
• 5+ years of experience in related field.
• In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field.

Responsibilities

• Use analytical and reporting tools, including SQL, Python, to access, investigate, validate, and analyze complex healthcare data.
• Develop, analyze, report, and interpret complex data for ongoing activities with accuracy and timely delivery.
• Support ACA risk adjustment model implementation, testing, validation, and RAF score production.
• Perform trend, variance, and root-cause analysis to explain changes in risk scores and regulatory results.
• Reconcile outputs across systems and coordinate issue resolution with partners.
• Engineer efficient report-generation processes by optimizing data ingestion, manipulation, and validation.

Skills

5+ years experience in healthcare data

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

## Senior Insights AnalystApply: Remote Flex - North Carolina: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 3, 2026 (3 days left to apply): RQ0019433**Job Description**This role is responsible for providing advanced analytical support for ACA risk adjustment, including data collection, model implementation, trending, forecasting, validation, reporting, and financial reconciliation. The Senior Insights Analyst will serve as a primary analytical resource for ACA risk adjustment activities, prepare and interpret complex data for internal and external customers, investigate discrepancies across data sources and systems, and translate findings into clear business insights. The role will partner closely with Actuarial, regulatory submission, value-based program, vendor, and operational stakeholders while helping improve analytical controls, documentation, automation, and recurring processes. Role Focus: Primary analytical ownership for ACA risk adjustment, including model implementation, RAF validation, regulatory analytics, financial reconciliation, discrepancy analysis, and stakeholder support.**What You'll Do*** Use analytical and reporting tools, including SQL, Python, and other approved platforms, to efficiently access, investigate, validate, and analyze complex healthcare data.* Develop, analyze, report, and interpret complex data for ongoing activities and projects while ensuring outputs are accurate, documented, and available within established deadlines.* Support ACA risk adjustment model implementation, testing, validation, and recurring member-level RAF score production.* Perform in-depth trend, variance, and root-cause analysis to explain changes in risk scores, transfer estimates, regulatory submission results, and provider settlement outputs.* Reconcile outputs across analytical processes and source systems, identify discrepancies, and coordinate issue resolution with business, technical, and operational partners.* Support and manage complex analytical applications across multiple platforms and coordinate code migrations and changes between application environments.* Maintain and coordinate existing cross-functional programs and develop new analytical processes, controls, reports, and tools that improve accuracy, repeatability, and transparency.* Engineer efficient report-generation processes by optimizing back-end data ingestion, manipulation, profiling, validation, and documentation.* Work collaboratively with customers to complete effective analyses and provide analytical support and problem-solving assistance to business areas.* Identify complex trends and make actionable recommendations that assist business partners with financial, operational, regulatory, and strategic decision-making.* Present findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including all levels of leadership.* Represent the department on cross-functional project teams and process optimization efforts that require analysis, interviews, procedure design, documentation, and implementation.* Coordinate analytical support for external vendor engagements and validation activities, as assigned.* Ensure appropriate security and privacy for data containing protected health information and resolve identified security or privacy concerns in accordance with company requirements.* Provide ongoing user support for ad hoc reporting, questions, data inquiries, and analytical problem resolution.* Serve as a mentor or coach for less experienced employees and contribute to cross-training and knowledge continuity. **What You Have*** Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)* 5+ years of experience in related field.* In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field. **Bonus Points*** Experience with healthcare analytics, preferably ACA commercial risk adjustment, HHS risk adjustment models, EDGE data or submissions, or related regulatory analytics.* Advanced SQL skills and experience using Python or comparable analytical tools to develop, validate, and maintain complex, repeatable data processes.* Demonstrated ability to validate member-level risk scores or other financially significant outputs, reconcile results across systems, and perform root-cause analysis of discrepancies.* Experience translating complex results into clear insights for Actuarial, Finance, regulatory, operational, or provider-facing stakeholders.* Experience supporting recurring processes with overlapping deadlines and high accuracy requirements, including creating documentation, controls, peer-review routines, and process improvements.* Ability to independently lead analytical work, coordinate across cross-functional teams and external vendors, communicate risks and recommendations, and operate effectively with limited supervision during critical business cycles **What You’ll Get** * The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that’s deeply invested in the community* Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work* Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs* Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance* Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education* 401k match including an annual company contribution* Learn more **Where You’ll Work**Our Hybrid-Flex approach is built on presence with a purpose – giving you flexibility to work remotely with intentional in-person connection – that supports a workplace that’s flexible, connected, and future focused. In a Hybrid-Flex role, you’ll work in the office at least two days a week for collaboration and connection. In a Remote-Flex role, you’ll work virtually, with a few in-office visits each year for meaningful moments that matter. Whether your role is Hybrid-Flex or Remote-Flex depends on the nature of the work and distance from our Durham headquarters. We welcome candidates from outside the local area and in any states listed on this job posting. Onsite expectations will be discussed during the interview process. **Salary Range**At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus\\*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.*\\*Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.*$98,092.00 - $156,947.00