Data Analyst Quality Department Flexible Location

The pay for this position is between $90000 and $105000 annually.

Data Analyst

Position Overview

The Data Analyst is a cross functional role responsible for translating organizational clinical compliance and financial questions into clearly defined data requirements and usable analytical outputs. This role sits at the intersection of Quality Finance Operations Clinical Leadership and IT and ensures that data is consistent trusted well documented and aligned with business intent.

This position is foundational to improving reporting accuracy reducing rework strengthening compliance confidence and enabling leadership to make informed decisions based on shared well understood metrics.

The Data Analyst does not replace data engineering or reporting development functions. Instead this role ensures that what is built is the right thing built with shared definitions and validated before it is relied upon.

Core Responsibilities

Business and Compliance Translation
Work closely with leadership to define compliance measures outcome metrics and reporting requirements
Translate regulatory contractual QI and program level requirements into clear structured data specifications
Partner with Finance to ensure measures reconcile to source systems and align with financial reporting standards

• Collaborates with Quality and Clinical leadership to identify and synthesize data and data trends into actionable operational frameworks
  Works in collaboration with quality and training team members as a translator between non-technical stakeholders and technical teams

Data Definition and Governance
Own and maintain shared definitions for key organizational metrics
Establish and document calculation logic assumptions exclusions and limitations
Ensure consistent interpretation of metrics across departments and reports
Support the development of basic data governance practices including documentation and validation standards

Reporting and Analysis Support
Support recurring operational compliance and leadership reporting
Conduct ad hoc analysis to answer emerging business and program questions
Validate data outputs prior to distribution to ensure accuracy and intent alignment
Identify data quality issues and work with IT and source system owners to resolve them

Collaboration and Enablement
Serve as a central point of contact for data related questions across the organization
Collaborate with data engineering and IT teams to ensure analytical readiness
Improve intake processes for data requests to reduce ambiguity and rework
Educate stakeholders on data availability limitations and appropriate use

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors preferably Masters degree in data analytics information systems statistics public health or related field
  Demonstrated experience working with complex multi-source datasets
  Strong SQL skills and experience querying relational databases
  Extensive experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI
  Strong ability to communicate technical concepts in clear plain language
  Experience in healthcare behavioral health human services or regulated environments preferred
• Experience working in matrixed or cross functional environments
  Exposure to data governance or data quality frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting compliance or regulatory reporting
Familiarity with EMR or EHR systems and healthcare data structures

Required Experience:

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