Data Analyst - El Segundo, United States - Optum

Optum

Verified Company

El Segundo, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives.

The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best.

Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale.

Join us to start
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Positions in this function are responsible for the management and manipulation of mostly structured data, with a focus on supporting end user data entry needs, coding scripts to process incoming and outgoing data, building and maintaining databases, conducting analysis to distinguish patterns and recognize trends, and performing normalization operations and assuring data quality.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
- from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

Process incoming data to deliver to internal staff; leading extract, transform, and load processes
Develop and maintain data infrastructure to streamline and improve the processing systems
Use statistical tools to interpret data sets, paying particular attention to trends and patterns that could be valuable for improving performance of internal programs
Create data sets, data visualizations and reports to communicate findings to stakeholders
Communicate and present findings, orally and visually in a way that can be easily understood by business counterparts
Implements quality assurance mechanisms that ensure proper data entry then also shares feedback on misaligned data submissions
Serve as a data operations SME with regard to data capture and reporting for new initiatives
Documentation of processes related to core job functions
Assisting with projects on adhoc basis

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

2+ years of health care experience working within a data/analytics role
2+ years experience working with and creating databases and dashboards using all relevant data to make informed decisions
2+ years of SQLbased programming with the ability to perform effective querying
Proven analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with SAS and ability to build/maintain SAS macro programming
Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite of Apps, specifically SharePoint/Teams analytic apps (Lists, Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse)
Experience building and maintaining Tableau dashboards
Experience in SQL Server, Snowflake, Teradata or other enterprise level data system
Solid written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex data analysis results to nontechnical stakeholders
Solid attention to detail with a focus on quality and accuracy
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyoneof every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and incomedeserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission._
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law._