Data Science Analyst III

About the role

The Data Science Analyst III is a senior role, collaborating with stakeholders from across the organization to develop sophisticated analytics to provide information, insights and BI (Business Intelligence) solutions that contribute to sound strategic planning, decision-making, goal setting, and effective performance measurement.

Responsibilities

Analyzes data requests using information technology, enrollment, claims, pharmacy, clinical, contract, medical management, financial, administrative and other corporate data from both modeled and disparate internal and external sources.

Works with departmental staff to identify requirements for reporting and / or business intelligence tools, identifies necessary data, data sources and methodologies, collects, organizes, integrates, analyzes and interprets data.

Leverages advanced statistical analysis methods to create insightful recommendations and conclusions that may be communicated to the stakeholder, identifies and addresses expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions.

Works to improve data quality where possible within created analytical models, feeds data quality issues back to IT or identified data stewards to facilitate creation of high quality metrics.

Develops and may present reports, analyses and findings to senior management and others as scheduled or requested, responsible for one or more of the following stakeholder groups: Contracting and Commercialization, Care Management, Medical Directors, Quality and Documentation, and I.T. / High Performance Computing.

Takes a proactive role as liaison/analyst for internal stakeholders, understands their needs and translates them into reporting and analytic solutions, effectively communicates with stakeholders and customers and ensures all requests are properly triaged, recorded and tracked.

Adheres to corporate standards for performance metrics, data collection, data integrity, query design, and reporting format to ensure high quality, meaningful analytic output, helps identify and understand data from internal and external sources for competitive, scenario and performance analyses, and financial modeling to gain member/provider insight into new and existing processes and business opportunities.

Works closely with IT on the ongoing improvement of Mount Sinai's integrated data warehouse, driven by strategic and business needs, and designed to ensure data and reporting consistency throughout the organization, develops and maintains project work plans, including critical tasks, milestones, timelines, interdependencies and contingencies.

Tracks and reports progress, keeps stakeholders apprised of project status and implications for completion, provides a high degree of technical support to data analytics functions as they relate to varied business units, and technical expertise on the selection, development and implementation of various reporting and BI tools tied to business unit reporting requirements.

Creates new BI reports and interactive dashboards as required, prepares clear, well-organized project-specific documentation, including, at a minimum, analytic methods used, key decision points and caveats, with sufficient detail to support comprehension and replication.

Ensures customers are adequately trained to use self-service BI tools and dashboards, mentors level I and II Analysts, and teaches others within the organization on how to define meaningful process and performance measures, develop BI queries, and generate and use management reports effectively.

Shares development and process knowledge with other analysts in order to assure redundancy and continuously builds a core of analytical strength within the organization, demonstrates advanced level proficiency with the principles and methodologies of process improvement, applies these in the execution of responsibilities in support of a process focused approach.

Qualifications

BA or BS degree required, in a relevant field of study; Masters degree preferred, 7 years minimum, higher preferred, in analytics development expertise, preferably in health care, or for a health provider, health plan or accountable care organization.

• Working knowledge of a health care EMR such as Epic/Clarity, aCW, etc.
• Knowledge of the New York State Medicaid and CMS Medicare regulations and related reporting requirements, such as STARS,QARR, MMCOR, MEDS, RAPS and HEDIS is a strong plus.
• Experience working in a health plan or consulting actuarial, financial reporting or medical economics departments highly valuable.
• Experience as a nurse informaticist highly valuable.
• Experience working in healthcare provider analytics related to revenue modeling, managed care contracting, population management, case management, clinical or financial decision report.
• PhD, MD or DO program may be substituted for three years of experience.

Benefits

The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence, we share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care, and we encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.

Pay

The salary range for the role is $106,108 - $174,720.09 Annually, actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need, the salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.