Sr. Data Analyst

Job Title: Sr. Data Analyst (SAS, data warehouse) | REMOTE

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Remote Work 100%

Responsibilities

• Perform various system development life cycle functions including; project planning, requirements analysis, program specifications, coding, testing, and implementation.

• Work with SAS for large volume databases developing and maintaining production reports.

• Front-end data warehouse or similar processing which includes extracting data for large files from various sources, cleansing data, and preparing the data for loading into a data warehouse.

• TOP 3 REQUIREMENTS:

• Five (5) years' experience as an analyst-programmer performing various system development life cycle functions including; project planning, requirements analysis, program specifications, coding, testing, and implementation.

• Five (5) years' experience working with statistical reporting data tools such as SAS for large volume databases developing and maintaining production reports.

• Five (5) years' experience with front-end data warehouse or similar processing which includes extracting data for large files from various sources, cleansing data, and preparing the data for loading into a data warehouse.

• Other Requirements:

• Experience with paid and denied claims (diagnosis codes, procedure codes, etc.) and data standards (Protected Health Information, privacy standards, HIPAA data elements, and code sets.).

• Experience with Medicaid, Social Security Administration (SSA), or other welfare programs specific to state and federal policies and procedures.

• Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Office Suite of tools and VISIO in facilitating written communication such as developing status reports, creating/updating technical and procedure documentation, and communication with team members, end users and stakeholders.

• Experience in oral communication in a variety of situations such as interacting with the user community (e.g. State staff, vendors, and Data Center staff), making presentations, facilitating meetings and walkthroughs, and user training.

• Experience transitioning program changes into production.

• Ideal Background: Candidate will have extensive technical expertise in SAS environment and analytic experience through database querying with healthcare data.

• Experience that will set candidates apart: Extensive SAS knowledge in healthcare environment.