Lead Healthcare Economics Analyst; Network/Provider Contract Analysis Job Buffalo area,New York USA,Finance & Banking

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Position: Lead Healthcare Economics Analyst (Network/Provider Contract Analysis)

Provide guidance to a team of financial analysts who provide timely, accurate, actionable data and analysis supporting the department, other business areas, and corporate key initiatives.
Proactively initiate and develop analytics for strategic and operating decisions and provide recommendations to senior management.
Design and lead development of data-driven analysis for decision making on how Emblem Health purchases, manages, and influences the cost of care for current and prospective members.
Analyze, and interpret data to produce insights related to cost drivers, opportunities to impact costs, and impact of health cost containment initiatives.
Provide consultative support to aligned business areas to demonstrate analytics rooted in data.

REMOTE Summary Of Position

Provide guidance to a team of financial analysts who provide timely, accurate, actionable data and analysis supporting the department, other business areas, and corporate key initiatives.
Proactively initiate and develop analytics for strategic and operating decisions and provide recommendations to senior management.
Design and lead development of data-driven analysis for decision making on how Emblem Health purchases, manages, and influences the cost of care for current and prospective members.
Analyze, and interpret data to produce insights related to cost drivers, opportunities to impact costs, and impact of health cost containment initiatives.
Provide consultative support to aligned business areas to demonstrate analytics rooted in data.

Principal Accountabilities

Design and lead execution of analytics and reporting to measure or estimate financial impact of health plan business problems and potential or actual solutions.
Provide leadership across all functions within Healthcare Economics including monitoring of specific corporate and health cost containment initiatives.
May lead/mentor less experienced staff.
Research and analyze financial data to draw conclusions and provide consultation to internal and external partners for use in administering specific programs and processes related to medical expense and utilization.
Provide guidance and subject matter expertise to perform complex analyses; serve as point of escalation to resolve the most complex issues.
Present analytical findings to internal and external business partners.
Plan, conduct and direct work on complex projects/programs related to financial experience of the health plan, particularly related to how care is purchased, managed, or other factors influencing cost of care.
Advise management in long-range planning for areas of specialization.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications Education, Training, Licenses, Certifications

BA/BS Required in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Healthcare or other related discipline required;
Master’s preferred.

Relevant Work Experience, Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

5 – 8+ years of relevant, professional work experience. (Required)
Experience working in a healthcare setting (within a provider health system or health insurance company). (Preferred)
Experience working with healthcare data including but not limited to claims, testing results and pharmacy data. (Required)
High level of proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.), with an emphasis on Excel. (Required)
Strong communication skills (verbal, written, presentation, interpersonal). (Required)
Experience preparing/presenting dashboards and data using a data visualization tool such as Tableau. (Preferred)
Ability to query, summarize, and manipulate data using SQL or Python. (Required)

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