Business analyst Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Job Description

Join a team where technology meets strategy. As a Principal Business Applications Analyst, you will play a crucial role in delivering technical data support and innovative solutions for Actuarial financial data systems and Marts. You'll Lead and coordinate work related to the identification of business requirements and solutions to support business areas / functions for implementation of accurate financial data. Additionally, you will lead in the preparation and development of complex trend and financial analyses for Plan divisions.

What You'll Do

Develops complex decision support data applications, data extracts, files, reports, data marts, and / or analysis. Responsible for entire development life cycle.

Manages the Maintenance and optimization of the Actuarial Systems Data Marts.

Establishes vendor and interdepartmental relationships to ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial data.

Serve as the lead for multiple application areas, including data definitions, usage and file structure, technical structure of the code and the business rules, and structure of requirements that governs the functionality of the system.

Leads in developing data applications, extracts, reports, or analysis by providing input to the business requirements and functional specifications, reviewing technical specs (to make sure all business requirements are met), participating in the user acceptance testing process, and attend all meetings required to support the project effort.

Independently analyze business problems or opportunities; develop recommendations and solutions, implement those solutions, and provide communications on the associated actions, business impacts, and results.

Performs monthly data refreshes, validations and quality assurance checks to support executive financial reporting's.

Ensures Financial granular detail data is appropriately auditable, snapshotted and stored for quarterly and year end audits.

Provide analytical support for departmental, divisional and corporate projects as needed to accomplish their business goals and to ensure the business needs are met.

Coordinate work and provide direction, assistance and training to peers and junior staff members

Keeps abreast of changes in the company and with our external vendor; data that affect the departmental processes & systems, make recommendations of actions needed and implement changes to the applicable Actuarial Systems and processes where needed.

Provide technical leadership and application expertise to business project teams and non-project related activities for the full understanding and execution of all types of assignments.

Plan and serve as a key liaison with business areas during development and implementation.

Provide detailed configuration expertise to customers and business partners. This includes verbal, written, and electronic communication, and delivering presentations when needed.

What You Bring

Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)

8+ years of experience in related field.

In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field.

Bonus Points

5+ years of SQL Development / Analysis experience. - Highly preferred

5+ years' experience with medical claims, Pharmacy / medical rebate data - Highly preferred

Facets experience a plus

Experience leading project teams.

Experience with Snowflake, AWS cloud environments.

What You'll Get

The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that's deeply invested in the community.

Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work.

Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs.

Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance.

Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education.

401k match including an annual company contribution

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Salary Range

At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus

• , 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.
• Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.

$118,691.00 - $189,906.00

Skills

Application Implementation, Best Practices Development, Business Process Improvements, Business Requirements, Business Requirements Analysis, Information Technology (IT) Projects, Information Technology Project Management, Requirements Gathering, Requirements Management, Technical Architecture

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