Consulting Research Analyst Or Consulting Research Associate II

About the role

Cambia is seeking a Consulting Research Associate II or Consulting Research Analyst for a hybrid role (3 days/week in office). Candidates must reside within commutable distance of the Portland, Medford, Fargo, Burlington, Vancouver, Renton, Boise, Lewiston, or Salt Lake City office locations. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization focused on improving health care experiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation on the design, testing, and enhancement of corporate programs.
• Achieve actionable insights and solutions using analytical and statistical methods.
• Evaluate programs and outcomes to assess performance against stated objectives.
• Document and communicate recommendations and solutions to business partners.
• Develop meaningful dashboards and presentations to inform and influence business activities and strategies.
• Apply knowledge of state and federal regulatory policies and procedures to program analysis and recommended actions.
• Extract, sort, cleanse, aggregate, and process data from multiple sources, developing queries and reports based on business requirements.
• Work independently and as part of a larger team supporting various internal customer groups on identifying business challenges and evaluating solutions to achieve objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop business cases, identify business problems, and understand desired business outcomes.
• Complete analysis and apply judgment to derive recommendations for complex challenges and initiatives.
• Ensure the appropriate identification of root causes through effective use of data analysis tools and techniques.
• Prepare and present standard and ad-hoc analysis to business partners that help guide decisions and support results.

Qualifications

• Consulting Research Associate II: BA/BS in social science, public health, economics, statistics, actuarial science or equivalent related field with a minimum of 3 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree preferred.
• Consulting Research Analyst: BA/BS in social science, public health, economics, statistics, actuarial science or equivalent related field with a minimum of 5 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree or PhD preferred.

Skills and Attributes

• Perform complex analyses on programs and initiatives and create visual representations and summary reports of findings.
• Create meaningful dashboards and presentations that use information to inform and influence business activities and strategies.
• Apply knowledge of state and federal regulatory policies and procedures to program analysis and recommended actions.
• Extract, sort, cleanse, aggregate, and process data from multiple sources, developing queries and reports based on business requirements.
• Work both independently and as part of a larger team supporting various internal customer groups on identifying business challenges and evaluating solutions to achieve objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop business cases, identify business problems, and understand desired business outcomes.
• Complete analysis and apply judgment to derive recommendations for complex challenges and initiatives.
• Ensure the appropriate identification of root causes through effective use of data analysis tools and techniques.
• Prepare and present standard and ad-hoc analysis to business partners that help guide decisions and support results.

Additional Skills and Attributes

• For Consulting Research Analyst: Perform responsibilities above with an increased degree of independence and self-direction. Provide higher level consultation on findings and recommendations. Work and interact across the organization with a variety of business units.

What You Will Do At Cambia

• Experience with analytical/statistical programming tools for data extraction and summarization, statistics, visualization, and analysis (Alteryx, SAS, SQL, R, Tableau, etc.).
• Ability to develop and modify queries to extract large amounts of data for standard and ad-hoc data requests.
• Experience or coursework in advanced analytics such as analytic discovery, descriptive statistics, forecasting, experimental design, statistical inference, or predictive models.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data, independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to synthesize analytic insights with business questions, literature, judgment, and policy knowledge to develop options, action plans, and solutions for internal business partners.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills to effectively interface and communicate with customers.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate or coordinate activities or projects, including the ability to identify business requirements, resolve issues, and build consensus among groups of diverse stakeholders.
• Assists with training and staff development activities.
• Applies knowledge of healthcare and interventions to improve member experience and achieve cost containment and other corporate objectives.
• Designs, develops, or oversees acceptance testing of new reports, programs, and models.
• Reviews reports and other deliverables with end customers in mind to ensure outputs meet expectations prior to being put into production.

Work Environment

Work primarily performed in corporate and home office environment. Travel may be required, locally or out of state. May be required to work outside of normal hours.

Compensation

• Consulting Research Associate II: Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $76,500.00 – $103,500.00, the full salary range is $72,000.00 – $117,000.00 and the bonus target is 10%. North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $81,679.05-$110,506.95, the full salary range is $72,523-$119,663.
• Consulting Research Analyst: Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $92,700.00 – $125,400.00, depending on skills, the current full salary range for this role is $87,000.00 – $142,000.00 and the bonus target is 15%. North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $90,906.65-$122,991.35, the full salary range is $80,716-$133,182.

About Cambia

Cambia is a purpose-driven organization dedicated to making health care easier and lives better. Our team of Consulting Research Associates and Analysts provides critical insights and solutions to help achieve our mission of creating a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where every team member can thrive.