Highmark Health
Highmark Health
Highmark Health is a healthcare organization focused on improving how people experience and access care. Its work spans clinical services, technology, finance, marketing, and other functions that support the delivery of healthcare. As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the company brings together a broad range of professionals to help evolve the healthcare system. Highmark Health also highlights diversity, equity, and inclusion, with recognition for disability inclusion and military-friendly employment.

Senior Decision Support Analyst (Remote, US)

Analyze healthcare financial, operational, and clinical performance for Allegheny Health Network. Provide executive insights, variance analysis, and recommendations while coaching junior analysts.

Description

  • Analyze volume, revenue, costs, and profitability to explain financial results and inform business decisions.
  • Prepare ad hoc analyses in response to business trends and requests from Highmark, AHN, or Finance leadership.
  • Assess results against budgets, forecasts, prior-year figures, and other benchmarks.
  • Combine financial analysis with operational and clinical data to develop a broader view of performance.
  • Use rate and volume calculations to measure the effects of patient, procedure, and payer mix changes and other business shifts.
  • Prepare and present executive summaries with findings, recommendations, and insights.
  • Work with hospital and physician organization stakeholders to provide financial and analytical support.
  • Analyze detailed general ledger, patient account, and procedure-level data.
  • Guide and coach junior analysts.
  • Carry out other assigned duties.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, statistics, or a related field; alternatively, six years of progressive related experience may substitute for the degree.
  • Three years of experience in decision support and data analysis.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to analyze and interpret financial results, operational metrics, clinical outcomes, and other datasets.
  • Ability to work with large volumes of detailed data and draw strategic insights.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to build partnerships across the organization.
  • Self-directed approach and ability to make progress with minimal supervision.
  • Compliance with HIPAA, data security guidance, company policies, the code of business conduct, applicable laws and regulations, and required training.

Benefits

  • Remote work arrangement.
  • Opportunities to mentor and coach others.
  • Equal employment opportunity protections.
  • Company privacy and information security policy protections.

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