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Data Analyst / USC or GC only / Healthcare exp.

Location: Remote EST Timezone

Healthcare/Clinical background preferred

Senior Data Analyst 5+ years of experience/ Masters degree is helpful not required.

This team is doing Clinical Analytics

Skills he is looking for in a resume

Excel (databricks)

Python (pyspark specifically)

Azure

SQL

Some of the tasks this candidate will be doing

1 Looking at the reporting they currently have, analyzing, making suggestions for standardization

2 Reviewing for redundancy so someone with some statistical knowledge will be helpful

3 Retrospective analysis

4 Product Analysis will be very helpful in this role

Looking for someone who is proactive, assertive, someone who will give insights and recommendations from the data analysis work they are doing.

Typical Data Analyst responsibilities

Senior Data Analyst develops clear and well-structured analytical plans and analyzes large data-sets and this will include, analyzing administrative data, insurance, billing claims, and other data-sets and statistical analysis of a mildly urgent/sensitive nature. The Senior Data Analyst also plays a part in shaping the business’s data infrastructure, inclusive of data-warehousing, reporting, and analytics platforms. Identifies, communicates, and endeavors to resolve data gaps that impact the fulfillment of the business’s functional requirements. The Senior Data Analyst also identifies, evaluates, and documents potential data sources in support of project requirements within the assigned departments in the business. It is also his responsibility to build and operationalize processes that ensure timely data-loading and maintain accuracy and relevance of data used within the data department.

Senior Data Analyst plays a supporting role in the business where he develops logical and conceptual data flows that are in support of departmental project requirements and guides various business departments in appropriate and effective use of data. The Senior Data Analyst supports and executes change management activities with regard to data analysis across business departments.

He also mines the business’s database in search of critical business insights and communicates his findings to the relevant departments and the business at large. He additionally identifies and communicates risks and issues in projects/programs initiated by the assigned departments and communicates this information to the relevant leadership. The Senior Data Analyst uses data to guide assigned business departments through all programs and initiatives, enabling continuous improvement in data quality, departmental performance, and overall business performance.

Collaboration: The role of the Senior Data Analyst is also a highly collaborative role. The Senior Data Analyst works within and across the business in order to understand the business’s functional and data requirements. He works with senior data department management in ensuring constant compliance with standards and to effect change where merited. In his collaborative capacity, the Senior Data Analyst further works with the business’s departmental heads, management, and key stakeholders, in developing detailed business requirements, conducting gap analyses, creating functional designs, and guiding the business’s leadership through analytical data processing when needed.

Analytics: The Senior Data Analyst proactively plays an analytical role where he is responsible for developing KPIs within the business for the purpose of identifying trends and evaluating the success of the business’s initiatives. The Senior Data Analyst additionally develops models and ad hoc reports, sharing observations and recommendations with senior data management, executives, and stakeholders for further consideration.