Data Analyst 3 - Albany, United States - Health, Department of

Health, Department of

Verified Company

Albany, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Minimum Qualifications:

Non-competitive: one year of permanent service as a Data Analyst 2 OR bachelor's degree in data or computer science, informatics, economics, statistics, mathematics, or a related field, and five years of experience* in data visualization, and statistical models and data mining tools.

Substitution: A master's degree in the above fields may substitute for one year of the specialized experience. A Ph.

D. in the above fields may substitute for two years of the specialized experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
Critical thinking skills, analytical skills with Microsoft Excel, ability to solve problems independently. Professional work experience and/or education in accounting and and trend analyses.

Duties Description

This incumbent will function as a financial team lead within the Division of Finance and Rate Setting, within the Bureau of Financially Distressed Hospitals (FDH).

The Bureau of Financially Distressed Hospitals Bureau's goal is to promote financial sustainability for healthcare providers, thereby improving health service quality, preserving access, and decreasing statewide provider reliance on State aid to fund operations.

In addition, this Bureau works directly with hospitals on their cash flow, hospital needs, and various payment mechanisms, including Directed Payment Templates (DPT), Vital Access Program (VAP) funding, and Vital Access Provider Assurance Program (VAPAP) awards.

Duties Include:

Organize hospital data to determine hospital financial allocation plans and develop funding options; Establish hospital metrics for demonstrating improvement, and monitoring data reported against those metrics; Manage a distressed hospital dashboard to ensure an accurate and complete view of hospital submitted data elements.

Build automated reports in Tableau that organize FDH information (cash flows, revenues, expenses, utilization, etc.) to translate data into meaningful reports that can assist stakeholders in transformation planning purposes; Coordinates the distressed hospital analysis of trends in data sources and the assessment of hospital data structures.

Reviews hospital data sources and reports produced by lower-level staff for accuracy; Conducts the most difficult analysis of hospital data.

Meets with other agencies and stakeholders to discuss the development of the agency strategy for analytics solution; Oversees the drafting of informational documents on financially distressed hospital analytics solutions; Reviews and suggests improvements to current or planned financial systems and processes; Supervises a Team of two Units consisting of Data Analysts 1 and 2.

Additional Comments
We offer a work-life balance and a generous benefits package, worth 65% of salary, including:

Holiday & Paid Time Off
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Pension from New York State Employees' Retirement System
Shift & Geographic pay differentials
Affordable Health Care options
Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost
NYS Deferred Compensation plan
Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds
And many more...

For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position.

Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations and negotiated union contracts.