Senior Business Process Analyst - National Remote
Optum · Minnetonka, MN · 1 mo ago
Management$73k–$130k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary SME bridging business, audit, and technical teams by guiding offshore resources through development, deployment, validation, and production support.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned to business priorities.
- Own end-to-end delivery of analytics & reporting solutions, designing, developing, and delivering dashboards, reports, and analytical outputs that support audit execution, client requests, and performance tracking across Onsite, Desk, Investigative, and RTA audits.
- Drive model monitoring, validation, and continuous improvement, supporting model performance tracking, quality control (QC), and refinement efforts, including incorporating audit outcomes and feedback into ongoing enhancements.
- Ensure compliance with PHI/PII and regulatory requirements, acting as an authorized onshore resource to handle sensitive claim-level data, ensuring adherence to federal/state regulations and client-specific restrictions.
- Support audit operations and performance guarantees (PGs), partnering with auditors and leadership to generate insights, track audit outcomes, and ensure delivery against recovery targets and PG commitments.
- Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) and production support, overseeing testing, validation, and release of new tools and enhancements; providing first-level support and coordinating with IT as needed.
- Translate business needs into technical execution, defining requirements, prioritizing initiatives, and ensuring proper implementation across systems, workflows, and automation pipelines.
- Communicate insights and influence decision-making, developing and presenting findings, recommendations, and performance updates to leadership and clients.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in analytics, data engineering, or business process optimization in a data-driven environment.
- 4+ years of experience working with large, complex datasets (healthcare or claims data strongly preferred).
- 2+ years of experience with Power BI (or similar BI tools) for dashboard development and data visualization.
- Advanced level of proficiency in SQL (writing, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex queries on large datasets).
- Intermediate level of proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and workflow development.
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage priorities across multiple stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced level of proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and workflow development.
- Strong understanding of data pipelines, validation, and quality control processes.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business needs into actionable solutions.
- Experience with process automation frameworks and workflow optimization.
- Experience in pharmacy or healthcare claims analytics, including audit or FWA-related work.
- Experience working in regulated environments requiring data governance and compliance.
- Experience supporting or working with AI/ML models (monitoring, validation, or refinement).
- Experience leading or mentoring onshore/offshore team delivery models.
- Experience supporting Performance Guarantees (PGs) or similar contractual metrics.