SAS Data Analyst/Manager – Healthcare Transactions and Strategy

Description

The Healthcare SAS Data position is a staff consulting position within the Healthcare Transactions and Strategy (HTS) practice. HTS performs regulatory, reimbursement, and data analytics for healthcare providers, healthcare payers and healthcare investors. Analytical deliverables include policy scenarios, market sizing, care and outcomes benchmarking and regional competitive dynamics.  This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with strong analytical ability, solid organizational skills, and a desire to advance within the organization.

• Support client engagements and discrete segments of larger projects.
• Produce analyses, data sets, and reports using Medicare fee-for-service claims data, Medicare Advantage and Part D event data, Medicaid claims data, post-acute care assessment data, Medicare and Medicaid administrative data, and other relevant data sets.
• Collaborate with diligence team to develop specifications for data analysis, including effective communication of obstacles or unexpected results as well as contingency plans.
• Develop quality control procedures to ensure the highest level of accuracy within project deliverable timeframes.
• Generate client deliverables including in Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, and other formats as applicable.
• Demonstrate healthcare policy expertise and healthcare industry expertise.
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools and analytical methods.
• Participate in group practice meetings, contribute to business development initiatives and office functions such as staff training and recruiting.
• Prioritize responsibilities in order to meet goals and deadlines.
• The Managing Consultant and Senior Managing Consultant titles will include heavy people and project management.
• The Senior Managing Consultant role will entail greater management of client deliverables, and an expectation of being to interface with clients to execute and deliver projects.

• A degree (e.g., BS, BBA, MBA, M.A., M.S., PhD) with a focus in healthcare policy and data analysis.
• A minimum of 3 years of work experience with a primary focus on healthcare data analytics is required; A minimum of 5 years of experience is required for the Managing Consultant position;. Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.   
• Prior work experience or academic research using Medicare and Medicaid claims data.
• Proven capability with MS Excel and relational database program(s) (e.g., MS SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle, Teradata) or statistical analysis programs (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata, R). A desire to expand capabilities is required.
• Develop and maintain electronic databases, spreadsheets, and other files as dictated by project needs.
• Perform detailed research and analysis, then put the results into action (e.g., gather, review, and summarize literature and data from the public domain, specialized industry resources, or client, public, and commercial databases).
• Audit own work product and work product of others to assure quality.
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools, analytical methods, and computer models to develop solutions.
• Keen interest in healthcare policy and healthcare industry and research.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Desire to work within a team environment; and
• Thorough and detail-oriented.