Healthcare Business Analyst- Remote

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

TheBusiness Analystfor the Arkansas AME DSS Project will be responsible understanding and analyzing all aspects of the services and deliverables for the project. The individual in this role will be a business specialist and subject matter expert, analyzing and solutioning requirements with colleagues and business clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with stakeholders to develop requirement and specification documents
• Serve as a key resource in decomposing and solutioning complex analytic requirements
• Recognize, gather, correlate, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, devise solutions and alternatives, and make appropriate recommendations
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, and present information and findings to client, leadership, and other stakeholders groups
• Translate business requirements into test plans
• Track and understand changes/defects/issues/risks; own the process through to finalization and resolution
• Provide input into project planning, estimation, and task prioritization
• Continuously improve the quality of business processes and steward for the highest quality standards
• Monitor industry and program standards, laws, policies, procedures, etc.
• Use range of tools including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Project, Purview, and Visio
• Balance multiple projects and priorities

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of business analysis in the healthcare industry
• 3+ years of experience gathering and documenting requirements
• Experience analyzing business processes/workflows, and providing evaluations, benchmarks and/or process improvement recommendations
• Experience communicating data analysis results, including trends and opportunities, both verbally and in written form, to clients and colleagues
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Proven excellent problem solving skills, including managing multiple priorities, and researching conflicting and/or inaccurate data

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medicaid data and programs experience
• Data analysis experience using one or more of the following BI Tools: Power BI or Cognos
• Experience working with CMS and HEDIS
• Knowledge of state federal reporting requirements for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Solid working knowledge of data quality and master data management concepts
• Solid working knowledge of change, incident, and project management procedures and best practices
• Local to Little Rock, AR with the ability to work in the office a couple days a week

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.