Data and Financial Analyst

 About Us:

Our purpose is to help clients exceed their financial health goals. Across the reimbursement cycle, our scalable solutions and clinical expertise help solve programmatic needs. Enabling our teams with leading technology allows analytics to guide our solutions and keeps us accountable achieving goals. 

We build long-term careers by investing in YOU. We seek to create an environment that cultivates your professional development and personal growth, as we believe your success is our success.  

JOB SUMMARY:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Note: The essential duties and responsibilities below are intended to describe the general duties and responsibilities of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. This position may perform all or most of the primary duties listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the Team Member’s performance objectives as outlined by the Team Member’s immediate Leadership Team Member.

Job Summary:

The Data and Financial Analyst loads data into databases that support our web tool and consulting services provided to clients. This position is responsible for receiving data from clients, loading data into databases using SQL and validating the results for accuracy and completeness. Primary duties also include answering client and internal questions, managing tasks, and follow-ups. Secondary functions may include producing reports to support pricing projects and retrieving and loading data from government websites.

Essential Functions:

Note: The essential duties and primary accountabilities below are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the primary accountabilities listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the incumbent’s performance objectives as outlined by the incumbent’s immediate supervisor or manager.

• Provide data support for the successful delivery of services to clients including data acquisition, validation, sorting and analysis, and day-to-day operational functions.

• Import client data into databases using SQL and proprietary tools.

• Validates and tests to ensure accuracy and quality of data.

• Use SQL to maintain and update databases that support our web tool and services.

• Prepare professional and accurate spreadsheets and Word documents.

• Tracks client projects and tasks

• Build relationships with staff and clients to ensure client expectations and deliverables are accurate and timely.

• Work with the Financial Analytics team to collect data and develop materials for client presentations and analysis.

• Retrieves data from CMS and imports it into SQL databases.

• Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• High School diploma or equivalent

• Minimum of one (1) year experience working in a healthcare setting working with chargemasters and healthcare data

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• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, HIT, or related field, preferred

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• Experience executing SQL commands and writing basic queries

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• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

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• Experience and knowledge with healthcare data, specifically chargemasters, financials, and patient accounting data

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• Knowledge of hospital operations and hospital chargemaster data elements (revenue codes, CPT/HCPCS codes, Bill Types, etc.)

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• Experience with electronic health record systems (Cerner, Meditech, EPIC and others)

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• Critical thinker with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

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• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment to meet deadlines

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• Ability to work independently and also collaborate with cross-functional teams

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• Exceptional customer service and follow-up skills

Physical Requirements and Demands:

Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as described.

Regular eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity is required to operate office equipment. The ability to perform work at a computer terminal for 6-8 hours a day and function in an environment with constant interruptions is required. At times, incumbents are subject to sitting for prolonged periods. Infrequently, incumbent must be able to lift and move material weighing up to 20 lbs. Incumbent may experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.

A job description is only intended as a guideline and is only part of the employee’s function. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that the essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as described. Regular eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity is required to operate office equipment. The ability to perform work at a computer terminal for 6-8 hours a day and function in an environment with constant interruptions is required. At times, Team Members are subject to sitting for prolonged periods. Infrequently, Team Member must be able to lift and move material weighing up to 20 lbs. Team Member may experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.
A job description is only intended as a guideline and is only part of the Team Member’s function. The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that the essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.