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Senior Healthcare Analyst

Address: 104 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05121-01104-2

Job ID 1658336BR

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Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and multidisciplinary professional with deep expertise in health analytics. This role is ideal for someone passionate about transforming complex healthcare data into actionable insights and scalable solutions. In this role, you will develop, test, and maintain robust data processing pipelines that integrate structured and unstructured data from diverse sources.
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Job Responsibilities:

Acts as subject matter expert and advisor on topic of assigned analytical tools, enterprise data systems and/or analytical methodologies for the team
Utilizes innovative data visual presentation strategies to ensure data is conveyed in meaningful and interpretive formats for all audience levels.
Uses analytical and/or statistical methodologies and supporting tools for evaluating Company processes, business problems, and/or ROI of products and services.
Collaborates with the account teams and contracting to identify and isolate variances resulting from over/under payment practices and factoring these into actual-to-expected results.
Leads the utilization of all models and tools used to compare executed contract terms and conditions to parameters included in internal and external data sources. Identifies data source deficiencies among company data and suggests path to resolve.
Performs specific tasks identified in the compliance monitoring program to include evaluation of definitions, price increase maintenance and network identification.
Recommends improvements to standard model assumptions and multifaceted business problems within the organization. Updates processes, using findings from performance monitoring (For example, adding order logic steps to improve on data matching).
Works cross functionally with peers in Sales, Finance, Law, Contract Development, and Contract Operations

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and at least 1 year of experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Business, Actuarial Science, or Computer Science OR High School Diploma / GED and at least 4 years of experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Business, Actuarial Science, or Computer Science.
Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop strategies and project plans that meet department goals within budget and established timelines.
Experience establishing and maintaining key relationships with internal (peers, business partners and leadership) and external (business community, clients and vendors) within a matrix organization to ensure quality standards for service.
Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending upon oneself to resolve issues to ensure completed objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.
Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
Experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).
Advanced level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: changing picture styles, customizing animation and/or setting automatic slide timings).
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: adding developer tab, creating a macro, formatting table style, inserting comments and/or creating a mail merge).
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience -OR- Master's degree credential with at least 3 years of experience. Experience should be in healthcare related research or analytics. Degree should be in a healthcare or analytics related field such as computer science, statistics, epidemiology, mathematics. social sciences, or comparable field.
Utilize advanced analytical tools and programming languages such as SQL, SAS, Python, R, or similar, across varied data environments such as Azure/Databricks.
Design, implement, and support scalable, fault-tolerant clinical data products, including performant data access interfaces.
Experience presenting and reporting on analytical results to appropriate internal stakeholders including senior management
Lead the design and execution of intermediate to complex analytic studies, evaluations, predictive models, reports, dashboards, and data-driven solutions.
Effectively communicate analytical findings and insights to internal stakeholders, clients, and external vendors.