Business Analytics Advisor - National Contracts (Finance)

Summary

Our National Affordability Team offers innovative solutions that provide actionable insights to internal and external business partners and customers that help reduce health costs, improve outcomes, provide financial security and measure/forecast business performance.

We drive affordability strategies and measurement of our solutions. This role will provide data and analytics that will enable the team to communicate program results for large national contracts/segments. Person will be responsible for aggregating program results and creating data tools that will enable a business process that provides timely results and reports to key internal and external partners. Initial key focus will be Therapy, including Acupuncture and Chiropractic and FCR with expanding areas of focus as the role progresses.

Responsibilities

• Support national provider contract negotiations and monitor performance and shifts in trend
• Identify/develop targets and related strategies to improve our competitive position
• Collaborate with Contracting and local market teams to ensure competitive positioning within the marketplace
• Integrate data from multiple sources and supports/performs complex statistical data analysis to find root causes/opportunities
• Able to think critically and improve processes to optimize results
• Function well in a fast paced environment; Learns quickly and is open to change
• Communicate contract performance and opportunities as needed to business partners including National Contracting, Clinical, Local Market, other Network Analytics, etc.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' of financial analysis and planning experience with demonstrated ability to perform financial analysis at macro and micro levels; experience in healthcare analytics is preferred
• Proficiency with Excel, SAS, and Tableau to pull and analyze data. Databricks experience is preferred
• Strong technical data skills and strong knowledge of systems, processes and methodologies
• Familiarity with concepts in provider reimbursement, fee schedules & contract modeling is highly preferred
• Strong communication skills including being comfortable discussing program/segment dynamics and impacts of our national contracts with a wide array of technical and non-technical business partners
• Ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
• Ability to think critically and develop creative solutions/analytics to address complex problems

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 96,000 - 160,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group .

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

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