About the Role
Data Insight Analyst
Finance / Accounting
Remote
ID: 2015439
Full-Time/Regular
It’s an exciting time to join the WellSense Health Plan, a growing regional health insurance company with a 25-year history of providing health insurance that works for our members, no matter their circumstances.
Job Summary:
WellSense Health Plan is seeking a dedicated and experienced Data Insights Analystto join our analytics team on a full-time, regular basis. The role of a Data Insights Analyst is crucial in shaping an organization’s future direction and ensuring that decisions are grounded in data and aligned with strategic goals. This position requires a blend of analytical expertise, strategic thinking, and effective communication to drive positive outcomes for the organization supporting Service and Operations division.The ideal candidate will have a strong background in basic healthcare knowledge, data analysis, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly to stakeholders.
Our Investment in You:
· Full-time remote work
· Competitive salaries
· Excellent benefits
Key Functions/Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Senior Director of Clinical, Operational, and Payment Analytics to develop, maintain, and leverage a best-in-class analytics infrastructure to support the Plan’s Service and Operational strategy.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and ensure the accuracy and integrity of data analysis.
- Develop and execute data-driven strategies that align with the company’s mission and goals.
- Provide guidance on long-term and short-term strategic planning initiatives.
- Interpret and analyze complex data sets, utilizing various statistical methods to identify patterns, trends, and actionable insights.
- Present findings and insights to internal stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their data needs, identify key metrics, and define data requirements for various projects and initiatives.
- Design and develop data models, data flows, and data integration processes to ensure accurate and efficient data collection, storage, and retrieval.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, data scientists, and developers, to identify opportunities for process improvement and develop data-driven solutions.
- Develop, maintain, and manage advanced reporting, analytics, dashboards and other BI solutions.
- Work to ensure continuous improvement and adoption of data management best practices and to ensure compliance with data governance and privacy policies.
- Perform detailed data analysis to determine the structure, content, and quality of data through examination of source systems and data samples.
- Deliver reports and interpret results from our data to various business units, supporting both regular reporting requirements and ad-hoc queries.
- Develop risk mitigation plans to ensure successful strategy implementation.
- Resolve issues or escalate risk to next level of management as necessary. Issues may relate to any of the phases during the project life-cycle including user requirements, development, testing, implementation, integration, training or ongoing support.
Supervision Exercised:
- No supervision
Supervision Received:
- General supervision is received weekly. Expected to work independently with support from immediate supervisor and colleagues across Analytics community.
Qualifications:
Education Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, or nearing graduation from such a program.
Education Preferred:
- Master’s Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, or nearing graduation from such a program.
Experience Required:
- 2-3 years of experience in data analysis or related roles especially in Service and Operations business areas
- Three or more years conducting advanced analytics using SAS and/or SQL.
- Must have deep understanding and hands-on experience with Tableau.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Self-motivated, takes initiative to identify opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations for improvement.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to communicate customers about data needs and explaining report methodologies.
- Working knowledge of utilizing Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Ability to think out-of-the-box to handle any challenging and complex request.
- Experience managing multiple initiatives or projects at a given time
- Ability to foster teamwork and positive attitude
Competencies, Skills, and Attributes:
- Advanced SQL programming skills.
- Proficient in Tableau (Desktop and Server)
- Some knowledge of Python scripting
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Ability to use all relevant data to support decision making.
- Enjoy analytical challenges in a fast-paced environment with strong ability for managing multiple projects simultaneously and meeting deadlines.
Working Conditions and Physical Effort:
- Ability to work East Coast business hours.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of the position.
- Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
- No or very limited physical effort required. No or very limited exposure to physical risk.