Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey hiring Analytics Analyst III - ICS - NovaWell in Newark, NJ | LinkedIn (2024)

Job Description SummaryThe Analytics Analyst III will partner with multiple customers to provide more complex resolutions to analytics/data problems (i.e. linear models, pattern analysis, directional modeling, etc.) that require a more detailed and deeper study of situational factors, gathering information from several sources, and providing reporting analysis deliverables (i.e. tables, visual analytics, graphs, models or forecasts, etc.) in a highly consultative fashion. The incumbent will face off to more senior level internal and external stakeholders (i.e. Managers, Directors, etc.) The incumbent will also confirm understanding of recommendation with customer, and determine deliverables, based upon customer's requirements following the consultative analytics workflow.

Responsibilities

• Review business requirements and define parameters of more complex analytic projects (i.e. linear models, Tableau visualizations) for customers across the enterprise. The analyst will settle deliverables and deadlines with the customer, beginning to use negotiation and creativity in consultation with management wherever necessary.
• Research and investigate key business problems through quantitative analyses of healthcare cost and quality data. Manage all aspects of data preparation, analysis, and interpretation in order to meet customer deliverable. Translates highly complex concepts and conclusions in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences.
• Compiles complex data sets and simplify/tailor according to audience delivering analyses to. Evaluates and processes raw data for user friendly and provides actionable insight (visual and otherwise) to end users.
• Recommends to leadership advanced analytic models and/or research that financially impact pricing, cost containment, quality, marketing and risk management functions.
• Develops large, complex advanced analytic models and performs data mining functions to identify trends in the data and/or opportunities for improved outcomes, as appropriate.
• Demonstrates keen judgment on involved and complex assignments; devises methods and procedures to meet unusual conditions and makes original contributions to the solution of very difficult problems.
• Provides consultation, complex performance analysis, and coaching expertise to team member around methods of continuous quality improvement.
• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement that includes the use of performance data to understand health care cost and utilization trends, clinical and condition management analysis, health care cost containment, data quality measurement, and predictive modeling.
• Improves visual analytics throughout the organization.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.

Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of experience using statistical concepts and tools. Ability to create, develop/validate models independently.
• Demonstrates advanced statistical capabilities, data mining, forecasting and predictive modeling skills, and/or actuarial techniques.
• Demonstrated skills in quality principles especially root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Demonstrated business and technical problem-solving skills.
• Advanced analytic software programming proficiency required.
• Extensive experience in analytic tools required (i.e. SAS, Tableau, or others).

Special Licensing Or Certifications

• Experience required in any of the following market leading data & analytic tools but not limited to: SAS, Snowflake, Python, R, Alation, Informatica or similar.

Knowledge

• Candidates with general health care knowledge preferred.
• Requires proficiency with large data sets and software/coding.
• Requires the ability to understand and apply job skills with interpretation.
• Requires proficiency in MS Office (particularly Excel including formulas, calculations and graphs)

Skills And Abilities

• Requires analytical thinking ability for broader array of business problems.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Ability to express analytic thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing (to various audiences) is required.
• Requires customer-oriented focus.
• Technical professional/knowledge.
• Applied learning building strategic working relationships.
• Formal presentation
• Facilitating changes
• Ability to conduct full project life cycle.
• Independent decision making experience is required.
• Require ability to make decisions to analytic/data problems that synthesize information from several sources into concrete actions/recommendations for higher-level audience.

Employment Type: Full Time

Years Experience: 5 - 10 years

Salary: $106,400 - $145,215 Annual

Bonus/Commission: Yes