What are the responsibilities and job description for the Information Analyst 3 (Technical) position at Northwest Permanente?
Overview:
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This position assists the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by designing and executing quantitative and qualitative analysis for business areas and providing recommendations for decision making under uncertainty and provides analytical expertise to identifying opportunities for sustained business improvement. This position may serve as a lead providing oversight accountability for a team.
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Northwest Permanente is a self-governed, physician-led, multi-specialty group of 1,500 physicians, surgeons, and clinicians, caring for 630,000 members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's preeminent health care systems, a benchmark for comprehensive, integrated, value-based, and high-quality care.
Responsibilities:
Major Accountabilities
- In collaboration with business clients and data teams, provide information analysis and analytical modeling support through the following:
- Participate in operationalizing conceptually defined variables and translating specific business issues and questions into appropriate functional and analytic designs
- Participate in designing and interpreting analyses of data, providing recommendations in support of critical business decisions
- Prepare presentations that communicate complex analysis and findings in a simple, concise and interpretable manner
- Supports strategic management decision-making
- Identify information gaps, provide recommendations and initiate appropriate activity or escalation
- Regularly use SAS, PC-based spreadsheet, database, and statistical software to produce quantitative analyses and reports
- Actively contribute to multiple analytical efforts by collaborating through project documentation, data extraction from various data repositories and subsequent data summarization, manipulation, display, and presentation preparation
- Work independently with client and other contractor staff at an advanced professional level and is expected to be articulate, prepared, and knowledgeable in these encounters
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Data management and analytic responsibilities require linkage of multiple large databases and the development and maintenance of moderate to very large-sized research databases for use in data analysis and tracking
- Produce graphs and tables for reports, presentations and publication
- Carefully document all programs, data sets and analysis
- Report analyst duties, e.g., design and develop automated actionable reports to inform managers in a timely fashion
- Data analyst duties, e.g., assist in the research, analysis, and remediation of moderately complex data issues that directly impacts reporting and analysis
- Business systems analyst duties, e.g., help define business rules applicable to the development and/or use of the application
- Perform other duties as requested
Minimum Qualifications
- BS/BA degree in a quantitative or technical discipline, or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Expert knowledge with BI and analytical tools such as SAS, Power BI, and Tableau
- Proven skills in project management, including the following attributes: efficient, collaborative, candid, open, and results-oriented
- Establish clear performance contracts and project workplans
- Strong working knowledge in the use of current SQL software, including SAS/SQL, Oracle and Teradata, and Microsoft Office
- Proven ability to conduct, interpret and present quantitative/qualitative analysis
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (1:1, peer, multi-disciplinary group, presentations, written).
- Be assertive, objective and be able to confront clients with difficult issues
Minimum Required Experience
- Five years of analytical experience
- Two years health care or insurance experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in a quantitative or technical discipline
- Specific and broad knowledge of KPNW operations, KP applications, and KP HealthConnect, including Hyperspace, Clarity and Chronicles
Preferred Experience
- Five years of analytical experience
- Two years health care or insurance experience
- Expertise in multiple business units (service delivery, insurance, finance)
Equal opportunity employer
At Northwest Permanente, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Northwest Permanente believes that equity, inclusion, and diversity among our employees are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
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