Healthcare Business Analyst - remote

Scripta Insights
Posted 2 months ago
We Work Remotely
Scripta insights is a high-growth, venture-backed healthcare IT company focused on lowering pharmacy benefit costs for payers (health plans, self-insured employers, and their employees). We used sophisticated data analytics to identify savings opportunities making prescription drugs more affordable to our clients, and their employees, helping to improve quality of life and quality of outcome. 

The Healthcare Analyst will be an integral part of the Business Operations team and focused on data ingestion and the QC of data against our proprietary software dataset. The HA will develop insights into the pharmaceutical spend for clients and prospects. Additionally, the HA will leverage data and technology to identify trends in pharmacy spend, changes in drug pricing, and to identify client opportunities for reducing waste and abuse. The HA will utilize our Scripta software and Tableau for support and reporting for internal and external stakeholders. 

We are looking for someone with a comprehensive analytical toolkit and the ability to dive in and help drive Business Operations and analytics. In this role, the Healthcare Analyst will have the opportunity to partner with cross-functional team members and leaders in areas such as Sales, Product Management, Member Engagement, and Data Engineering. You will develop analytical frameworks and insights to support strategic decisions throughout all levels of the organizations. This position is 100% remote and requires minimal travel. 

Responsibilities 
  • Perform detailed quality assurance checks for each data file load on a per client basis each month.
  • Identify any data or software issues that may result in errors in our opportunity engine and work with 
    the Prod/Dev team to resolve. 
  • Use statistical methods to analyze data and generate useful business insights 
  • Create models to identify trends and track changes across time 
  • Identify, source, and support cleansing new data sources improving our ability to decrease costs and 
    improve care for individuals and groups 
  • Collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Member Engagement, and Clinical Insights to create 
    actionable insights for prospective clients. 
  • Utilize Excel or other BI tools to gather and organize raw data, conduct analysis and set up recurring 
    and ad hoc reports 
  • Provide quality control of all data outputs prior to client release. 
  • All other duties and projects as assigned
Qualifications 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Math, Business/Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare, or similar field. 
  • Or a Certified Analytics Professional with 3+ years experience in an analytical role. 
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative skills 
  • Tableau knowledge strongly preferred 
  • Must be self-motivated and able to function in a remote work setting with little day-to -day oversight. 
  • Expertise in Excel and Power Point and practical application ability with remaining Microsoft Office 
    Suite Business Operations. 
  • Exceptional written, oral, and presentation skills 
  • Ability to multi-task and shift priorities quickly
  • Exceptional attention to detail 
  • Out of the box thinker with ability to find ways to leverage data to identify waste and abuse or to 
    maximize savings opportunities. 
  • Demonstrated success in team environments 
  • Strong and proven understanding of data cleanup challenges, data management strategies, logical 
    database design, databases (e.g., MySQL), and SQL 
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) skills a plus 
  • Business intelligence / analytics experience at another technology firm a plus 
  • Data visualization skills strongly preferred 
  • Preferred experience in the healthcare industry, but not required
Disclaimer: Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Scripta Insights is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Independent contractors have no specified contract term and can be terminated at will.