Veterinary Taxonomy Analyst

Covetrus, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) savings & company match

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

Pet insurance

Job summary

Covetrus, Inc. is looking for a Taxonomy Analyst to translate veterinary clinic data into insights. The role requires close collaboration with software engineers and veterinarians, focusing on creating dashboards and analyzing data to drive outcomes for clients.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience in data analysis, proficiency in SQL, and strong communication skills. Benefits include a 401(k) plan, health insurance, and paid time off among others.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a data analyst, business intelligence, or related role.
• Ability to write complex SQL queries with aggregation and joins.
• Exceptional communication skills for translating technical data concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards supporting product insights.
• Analyze large datasets using SQL from veterinary practice management systems.
• Identify trends in hospital performance data and communicate findings.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data analysis

Communication skills

Data visualization

Problem-solving

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Python

ETL tools

Job description

Summary

We are looking for a curious, detail-oriented Taxonomy Analyst to join our team and help translate complex veterinary clinic data into actionable insights. This role collaborates with business intelligence and data engineering, making it ideal for someone with a passion for both animals and analytics. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, veterinary SMEs, and business stakeholders to surface insights that drive better outcomes for our hospital partners, clients, and patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and reports that support product insights, data quality, and financial performance.
• Query, clean, and analyze large datasets from veterinary practice management systems using SQL.
• Build and understand taxonomy development and consumption through various data pipelines.
• Perform data mapping using various product and patient demographic taxonomies.
• Partner with software engineers to translate clinical workflows into data requirements.
• Identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities in hospital performance data and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support data integrity initiatives, including data validation, reconciliation, and documentation of data pipelines.
• Develop a deep understanding of the veterinary business ecosystem, including how hospital data flows through scheduling, invoicing, medical records, and client communications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on ad‑hoc analytical requests from operations, finance, product, and leadership teams.
• Advance AI tooling initiatives by providing QA for machine learning and normalization model outputs.
• Contribute to the development of KPIs, metrics frameworks, and data governance standards.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a data analyst, business intelligence, or related role.
• Proficiency in SQL, comfortable with writing complex queries, joins, subqueries, and aggregations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to explain nuanced veterinary industry concepts to highly technical software engineers and translate technical data constraints back to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver in a fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the veterinary industry, animal health, or related healthcare setting.
• Strong data visualization skills; experience with tools such as Tableau, Power BI, DataBricks Dashboards.
• In-clinic experience, whether as a veterinary technician, practice manager, receptionist, or other patient‑facing role.
• Familiarity with veterinary practice management software (e.g., Pulse, Impromed, AVImark, etc.).
• Understanding of the broader veterinary business ecosystem and how hospital data drives outcomes across analytics, client experience, and financial reporting.
• Experience with Python for data analysis and automation.
• Experience working with ETL pipelines, data warehouses, or cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, DataBricks, dbt).
• Knowledge of healthcare or veterinary data standards and compliance considerations.

Benefits

• 401(k) savings & company match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Maternity leave
• Parental leave
• Military leave
• Other leaves of absence
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Health savings accounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life & disability benefits
• Identity theft protection
• Pet insurance
• Short‑term incentive plan eligibility for certain positions

Covetrus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.