Health Data Analyst

We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with us.

Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.

Position Purpose

The Health Data Analyst supports the use, storage, integration, and analysis of prescription drug and healthcare data. This role assists in delivering reporting and analytical insights to support pharmacy operations, program performance monitoring, and business decision-making under the guidance of senior team members.

How You Contribute to the Company’s Mission in This Role

• Supports pharmacy business processes by assisting with data reporting, analysis, and data management activities
• Develops and maintains reports and analyses related to prescription drug utilization, operational performance, and financial outcomes
• Writes and executes data queries and prepares datasets for reporting and analytical use
• Performs data validation, quality checks, and testing to ensure accuracy and completeness of data and reporting outputs
• Assists with data integration, conversion, and transmission activities to support business needs
• Assists with departmental financial modeling, budgeting, compliance, regulatory reporting, and audit tasks
• Collaborates with internal teams (e.g., Pharmacy, Health Analytics, IT, EDW) to fulfill data and reporting requests and to support issue resolution

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Accounting, Information Management Systems or related field. Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in operational, data, statistical, and/or financial reporting
• Minimum 2 years experience working with large data sets in a DBMS, such as SQL, SAS, Teradata, etc. (Computer programming experience can be used in lieu of DBMS experience.)
• Strong analytical, research, data validation, and report development skills with attention to detail
• Basic understanding of data structures, data analysis, and reporting concepts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to summarize findings clearly

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating queries, performing data manipulation, and executing ad hoc reporting
• Experience working with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, Teradata), familiarity with SQL programming, and experience with applications for advanced statistical work, data visualization, and/or reporting such as SAS, Tableau, Power BI, and Databricks
• Experience in the health insurance or prescription drug industry
• Experience with Microsoft applications (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, SQL Server Management Studio),   
• Experience using programming or scripting languages for data extraction and analysis
• Familiarity with insurance claims, provider charge practices, and billing methodologies
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, and datasets under guidance from senior analysts

The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.
• Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels.
• Work is predominately done while standing or sitting.
• The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Additional Information

Please be sure to monitor your email frequently for communications you may receive during the recruiting process. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those most qualified will be contacted. To monitor the status of your application, please visit the "My Applications" section in the Candidate Home section of your Workday account. 

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, please contact [email protected] for assistance.

In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, we encourage the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free. 

We perform background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.

Additionally, we are a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.