Healthcare Analytics Consultant Senior

Job Description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

UNC Health Alliance is UNC Health's statewide clinically integrated network and population health services organization. The mission of this team is to transform healthcare delivery on behalf of more than 7,200 physicians by offering patient-centered solutions to populations covered under alternative payment models. Joining this team means you will work closely with physicians, practices, payers, business leaders, and community partners to improve the quality and accessibility of care while lowering the cost of care for patients, payers, and businesses. We are a growing team looking for top talent to help us with creative solutions that improve patient care and help make healthcare more affordable. The successful applicant will be a key member of the finance team and will be charged with identifying medical expenditure trends within value populations, partnering with teams across Health Alliance to design and pilot strategies to reduce costs, and evaluate the financial impact of the changes. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary:

The Sr. Business Analytics Consultant is responsible for operational efficiencies, and financial oversight for UNC Health Alliance. May also assist with strategic planning and performance improvement initiatives. Develop and present complex financial models along with forecasting of established business plans. Leverage data to drive decisions regarding business operations, ongoing projects, departmental strategic planning, and making financial recommendations by gathering data from multiple sources, assessing the value of information, and determining the best method for decision-making. A major focus of this role will be to manage cost of care and utilization performance across value-based contracts.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead (or work as a team member) cross-functional program team(s) for strategic projects across a large complex organization.

2. Provide complex business analytics, advice, and support to senior management in making programmatic decisions related to the preparation and monitoring of the annual budget.

3. Responsible for departmental development of business plans from the concept/ forecasting phase through program launch. Assess existing programs based on actual outcomes and value.

4. Work closely with and advise senior management or physician leadership in both clinical and non-clinical service areas to facilitate profitable growth while maximizing operational efficiencies. 5. Data, Dashboard, & Report Assets: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create accurate and meaningful reoccurring dashboards that provide visualization of the data in a way that communicates existing trends and patterns.

5. Prepare monthly review of KPIs driving cost of care performance for value-based care contracts with Commercial, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage payers. Analyze trends and propose solutions to lower the total cost of care, leveraging analytical tools.

6. Cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Business Development & Performance Management, Analytics, Population Health, Health Economics, and actuarial partners to improve cost and utilization performance.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

Requires Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements:

If Bachelors, four (4) years of experience. If a Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field (i.e. Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Analytics, etc.), then two (2) years of experience is required

If Masters degree, two (2) years year of experience in business analysis, financial management or financial analysis

If Associates degree, eight (8) years of experience in business analysis, financial management or financial analysis

If high school/GED, twelve (12) years of experience in business analysis, financial management or financial analysis

If PhD, no years of experience is required

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Business Objects (or comparable data querying tool) intermediate proficiency required.

Performance management analysis or Business plan analysis or Pro Forma development intermediate proficiency required (committee to define before finalizing tracks).

Excellent Project Management skills (committee to define before finalizing tracks).

Excellent Customer/ Executive relationship management (fulfilling analytics requests; providing analytics insights to answer operational questions; presenting to and supporting executives) - expert proficiency required.

Provide visual analysis of data in most effective mode of presentation expert proficiency required.

Data Governance Stewardship role commitments, potential.

Exemplifies UNC Health System Values.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Health Alliance

Organization Unit: HA Central Administration

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $44.56 - $64.06 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Hybrid

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.