Associate Business Analyst

Your analytics career, with a purpose behind every query.

The Associate Business Analyst role at Elm & Oak Health is where entry-level talent turns into real expertise. You'll work alongside senior analysts, developers, and department leaders to gather requirements, validate reports and data, and support the systems that power our care management work — building toward greater ownership and independence with every project. It's the kind of foundational, mentored experience that turns a first job into a career.

Elm & Oak Health has spent over 50 years improving access to quality healthcare for individuals and families served by government-sponsored insurance programs. As a leading not-for-profit Care Management Agency, we're known for compassionate, empowered, and collaborative work — and for a culture that supports our people as much as the members we serve. Come grow with a team that values accuracy, curiosity, and steady progress, backed by flexible work arrangements, competitive pay, and superior benefits.

Health Systems Analyst
Grade 209
This is a full time position, working from home.
The minimum and maximum annual salary that Elm & Oak Health believes in good faith to be accurate for this position at the time of this posting are $67,604 - 82,628. In addition to your salary, Elm & Oak offers a comprehensive benefits package (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements) and non-monetary perks. The company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

The Associate Business Analyst is an entry-level position supporting analytics, reporting, and application development activities across the organization. Working under the direction of senior analysts, developers, and department leadership, this role gathers and documents business requirements, validates reports and data, supports testing of new and modified systems, and helps translate operational needs into clear specifications the technical team can act on.

This position is structured as a development role. The Associate Business Analyst is expected to begin with well-defined assignments and close guidance, and to progressively build proficiency in data analysis, query writing, requirements documentation, and the healthcare programs the organization supports. Success in this role is measured by accuracy, thoroughness, responsiveness, and steady growth in independence. This position operates within a HIPAA-regulated environment and is accountable for handling member and client data appropriately.

25%

• Meet with internal stakeholders and end users to collect and record business needs, current processes, and desired outcomes.
• Draft requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, and specifications for review by senior staff.
• Ask clarifying questions to resolve gaps, ambiguities, and conflicting information before work is handed to developers or analysts.
• Document data definitions, business rules, calculation logic, and report specifications.
• Confirm completed work against documented requirements and communicate discrepancies.

20%

• Review reports, dashboards, and data extracts for accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness prior to release.
• Compare output against source data and expected results and document any variances found.
• Execute test plans and test cases for new and modified reports, applications, and data processes.
• Coordinate and support user acceptance testing, including preparing test scenarios and collecting stakeholder feedback.
• Log defects with clear reproduction steps and track them through resolution and retest.

15%

• Fulfill ad hoc data and reporting requests under the direction of senior analysts.
• Write and modify basic SQL queries to retrieve, summarize, and cross-check data.
• Build and maintain recurring reports, trackers, and summary files in Excel and organizational reporting tools.
• Assemble and format data for distribution to internal…