Senior Research Specialist — Policy & Data Analytics

Your Texas Benefits; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Paid time off

Career advancement

Telework eligible

Job summary

Your Texas Benefits in Austin, TX is seeking a Research Specialist V to analyze Medicaid, HTW and CSHCN policy and related claims, develop fiscal notes, and support policy decisions with data-driven analyses. The RS V will assist in fiscal impact studies and contribute to benefit development with rigorous analytics.

The role emphasizes large-scale data analysis, reports, and collaboration with the DAP-BMR team. Telework is eligible; day shift with travel up to 5% may be required.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college with major coursework in a related field such as Financing, Accounting, Economics, Public Administration, or a closely related discipline is required.
• A master’s degree or higher is preferred.
• Experience in health and human services programs, including data analysis, claims processing, or financial analysis, is preferred.
• College level education and work experience may substitute for each other, for up to four years.

Responsibilities

• Support ongoing projects using available information in support of policy and program development under the guidance and supervision of the DAP-BMR Manager.
• Initiates, plans, coordinates, and participates in research and special projects.
• Collects or manipulates data related to relevant topics, applies fiscal and budgetary procedures for data analyses using specialized software, spreadsheets and/or databases.
• Designs and writes reports that include appropriate professional quality.
• Responsibilities include managing team-based research and special projects to completion, delegating tasks to team members and providing appropriate assistance, evaluation, and feedback to team members.
• Propose, research, and evaluate policy changes in Medicaid, HTW and CSHCN; conducts fiscal impact analyses.
• Locates data from existing sources using Business Objects and compiles results for distribution.
• Performs analyses using large and complex databases including Medicaid, HTW and CSHCN, disseminates results through reports and presentations.

Skills

Medicaid knowledge

HTW knowledge

CSHCN knowledge

Data analysis

Fiscal impact analysis

Policy research

Report writing

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Public Administration, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Business Objects

Excel

Statistical software

Job description

Your Texas Benefits in Austin, TX is seeking a Research Specialist V to analyze Medicaid, HTW and CSHCN policy and related claims, develop fiscal notes, and support policy decisions with data-driven analyses. The RS V will assist in fiscal impact studies and contribute to benefit development with rigorous analytics.

The role emphasizes large-scale data analysis, reports, and collaboration with the DAP-BMR team. Telework is eligible; day shift with travel up to 5% may be required.