Decision Support Analyst

Company Description

About Valley Medical Center & Clinics

Founded in 1947, Valley Medical Center & Clinics (VMCC) is the oldest and largest public hospital district in Washington state and the largest nonprofit healthcare provider in South King County. Valley serves more than 600,000 residents through a comprehensive network of more than 50 primary, urgent, and specialty care clinics across South King County, and a 341-bed acute care hospital located in Renton. As a Level III Trauma Center, Valley provides advanced emergency, medical, surgical, and specialty care, including cancer treatment, heart and vascular services, neurosciences, orthopedics, stroke and spine care, childbirth and neonatal services, and critical care. Guided by our mission of caring for our community like family, Valley is committed to improving the health and well-being of the vibrant communities we serve through accessible, compassionate, high-quality care. Learn more at valleymed.org.

Job Description

The Decision Support Analyst supports organizational decision-making by collecting, validating, analyzing, and interpreting healthcare, finance, cost accounting, and operational data. This role partners with senior analysts, Finance, operational leaders, Information Technology to develop reports, conduct analyses, maintain data systems, develop pro-forma income statements, and support cost accounting methodologies that inform hospital operations, patient care, service line performance, and financial planning. The Analyst works with moderately complex datasets and contributes to routine and ad hoc reporting, cost model validation, overhead and indirect cost allocation, service line and procedure-level cost analysis, and documentation of decision support and cost accounting processes while continuing to build expertise in healthcare analytics and decision support systems. 

Qualifications

Prerequisites

1. Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, data analytics, or a related field required.
2. Minimum of five years of experience in healthcare analytics, financial analysis, decision support, cost accounting, or a related field required. 
3. Experience working with healthcare, financial, operational, or cost accounting data, including reporting, analysis, and reconciliation activities required.
4. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required; experience with SQL, data query tools (Power BI ,Tableau ,Epic Reporting), reporting systems, or business intelligence applications preferred.
5. Understanding of financial concepts, cost accounting principles, cost structures, allocation methodologies, and data analysis techniques, including familiarity with healthcare operations, billing, clinical, budget, or general ledger systems.
6. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organization, process documentation, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
7. Understanding of cost accounting fundamentals, including direct and indirect costing, overhead allocation, allocation drivers, cost center structures, service line profitability, and chart of account relationships.
8. Ability to validate and reconcile data, apply basic statistical concepts, analyze trends, investigate variances, and explain differences between cost models, allocation outputs, and actual financial results.

General Qualifications

1. Working knowledge of healthcare financial, clinical, operational, billing, decision support, general ledger, budget, data warehouse, and cost accounting systems.
2. Ability to create pro-forma income statements and support service line, contribution margin, profitability, and financial performance analyses.
3. Ability to develop, maintain, validate, and document allocation methodologies, assumptions, cost drivers, process controls, and related cost accounting procedures.
4. Experience evaluating expense classifications, cost center mappings, and chart of account relationships preferred.
5. Strong organizational, teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to learn new systems, tools, and processes quickly.

Additional Information

Build your future with Valley Medical Center & Clinics! Join a team that values its people and offers excellent benefits and opportunities to grow.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee wellness and assistance programs

Equal Employment Opportunity

Valley Medical Center & Clinics is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and nondiscrimination in all aspects of employment and participation in its programs. 

We do not provide sponsorship opportunities at this time.

• Valley Medical Center & Clinics participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.