Senior Healthcare Data Analyst

August 2024

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Senior Healthcare Data Analyst, Grade 23

Full Time Salary: $80,026 - $91,122 (Albany Location)

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the full-time position of Senior Healthcare Data Analyst to be headquartered in Albany, NY, at the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). The selected candidate will work in the Bureau of Medicaid Financial Data Analytics within the Strategic Finance Group. Focusing on Behavior Health financial and utilization analytics, the selected candidate will work in conjunction with OMH staff to access, design, implement, maintain, and perform data analysis on data marts containing NYS Medicaid data integrated with multiple related Behavior Health data sources.

FUNCTION AND SCOPE

The Senior Healthcare Data Analyst will be responsible to work with database specialists to implement data marts that are necessary to support OMH initiatives. He/she will also be responsible to manage and implement data reporting projects that will support recurring and ad-hoc reporting requirements. The Senior Healthcare Data Analyst will need to serve as a liaison between business and technical subject matter experts, manage, train, and mentor other analysts, and work with internal and external stakeholders. He/she will need to manage and be a part of various data related project teams composed of consultants, State employees, and external data analysts, implementing Behavior Health data solutions, and identifying and helping to resolve technical issues.

The successful candidate will possess advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong financial modeling and forecasting skills. Knowledge of the NYS Behavior Health System and experience with other OMH data sources is an asset.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Designing and implementation of data analyses and prepare actionable data for a wide range of customers.


• Working with the OMH Strategic Finance and Managed Care Group, other OMH bureaus, and other State agencies on multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic, team environment


• Lead and manage projects for the Medicaid Financial Data Analytics Bureau within OMH Central Office


• Communicating clearly with business subject matter experts to determine needs and requirements, and to develop these into technical specifications for data analytics.


• Providing technical assistance to IT staff and other data analysts to help complete projects.


• Developing innovative ways to visualize healthcare data, to always be working towards solutions for the next generation of OMH data needs.


• Performing ad-hoc analysis and reporting on multiple data sets for a wide variety of customers


• Working effectively with multiple teams, combining leadership, project management, and soft skills with technical expertise

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree or higher from an accredited college in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field


• Three years of data analysis experience using SQL in a relational database environment


• Three years of healthcare data analytic experience

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS (one or more years in one or more of the following areas)

• Tabular dataset modeling and analysis using tools such as SSAS.


• DAX, MDX, M-Code programming


• Experience with very large datasets.


• Experience with NYS Medicaid claims and encounters data analysis.


• Experience working with the NYS Medicaid program.


• Experience with multiple programing languages such as SQL, Python, MS Visual Basic, C++, .NET

Work Location: 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, New York 12229

Salary: Based on experience.

: Submit an application on our website at http://corporate.rfmh.org. Click on Employment Opportunities. Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.