Senior Data Analyst - Payment Integrity Operations - Remote

Unitedhealth Group Inc
Eden Prairie, MN, United States
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Excel Data Analysis Data Validation Data Governance SQL Databases Technical Data Management Systems Sql Optimization

Job description

Experteer Overview In this Senior Data Analyst role, you will strengthen Payment Integrity operations through advanced data analysis, delivering reliable reporting and actionable insights. You’ll translate stakeholder needs into analytical solutions, ensure data quality, and support performance improvements across programs and markets. You’ll act as a subject-matter expert for complex issues and may lead data-focused workstreams. The role emphasizes data governance, cross-functional collaboration, and impact at scale within a mission-driven health care organization. Compensation / Benefits * Analyze large structured healthcare datasets using SQL to identify trends and opportunities for Payment Integrity * Design and maintain production queries, data extracts, reports, dashboards, and KPI frameworks * Conduct root-cause analyses on escalated issues and provide actionable recommendations * Gather requirements from business stakeholders and translate them into analytical solutions * Support operational initiatives via exploratory data analysis to identify risks and improvement opportunities * Collaborate with internal/external partners on data sourcing, validation, integration, and delivery of analytics programs * Develop understanding of healthcare operations, payment integrity programs, and regulatory requirements to ensure accurate reporting * Monitor data quality, algorithm performance, and market outcomes, offering insights for quality improvement * Communicate findings and strategic recommendations to diverse audiences through executive-ready reporting * Support implementation, adoption, and change management with ongoing analytics expertise and stakeholder education * Work independently to prioritize initiatives and deliver timely insights across multiple lines of business * Collaborate with technical teams to understand data models and ensure outputs are scalable and sustainable Tasks * 5+ years of experience in analyzing healthcare claims, payment, and performance data in healthcare or managed care * 5+ years of business and technical data analysis experience supporting strategic decisions * Experience with Payment Integrity, claims payment accuracy, provider reimbursement, or related initiatives * Experience with data validation, reconciliation, reporting, dashboards, KPI measurement, and large-scale healthcare data analysis * Advanced SQL skills for developing and optimizing complex queries across multi-source datasets * Advanced Excel proficiency for data analysis, modeling, validation, and reporting * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities with root-cause analysis * Proven ability to translate business needs into analytical solutions and drive investigations independently * Effective collaboration and communication with diverse stakeholders including presenting findings to non-technical audiences Key requirements * comprehensive benefits package * incentive and recognition programs * equity stock purchase * 401(k) contribution * telecommuter policy * career development opportunities

Requirements

data in healthcare or managed care * 5+ years of business and technical data analysis experience supporting strategic decisions * Experience with Payment Integrity, claims payment accuracy, provider reimbursement, or related initiatives * Experience with data validation, reconciliation, reporting, dashboards, KPI measurement, and large-scale healthcare data analysis * Advanced SQL skills for developing and optimizing complex queries across multi-source datasets * Advanced Excel proficiency for data analysis, modeling, validation, and reporting * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities with root-cause analysis * Proven ability to translate business needs into analytical solutions and drive investigations independently * Effective collaboration and communication with diverse stakeholders including presenting findings to non-technical audiences Key requirements * comprehensive benefits package * incentive and recognition programs * equity stock purchase * 401(k) contribution * telecommuter policy * career development opportunities

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