Business Analytics Senior Advisor at Cigna in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

The Cigna Medicare Strategic Analytics Team (MSAT) offers solutions which provide actionable insights to internal and external business partners and customers to help reduce health costs, improve outcomes, provide financial security and measure and forecast business performance. This position is a hands-on role responsible for providing requirements to develop business reporting objects and for validating of the accuracy of those objects. The team member will use deep professional knowledge and acumen to determine needs, facilitate requirements, design data layers, and design and develop reports to support decision making and execution within supported functional areas. This position will perform advanced analysis of data and draws conclusions out of the data to help make informed decisions. The team member may support and provide direction to more junior professionals, being considered as an internal subject matter expert.

Responsibilities Include:

• Exercises considerable creativity, foresight, and judgement in conceiving, planning, and delivering initiatives


• Elicits business requirements and specifications from operations and other partners.


• Utilizes a consultative approach with stakeholders, fostering clear and effective communication to ensure mutual understanding and alignment of goals.


• Collects and organizes data and information from a variety of sources and has a deep understanding of data normalization and creating reporting layers.


• Extracts and writes queries to underlying Microsoft SQL, Teradata SQL, and PostgreSQL servers and databases.


• Designs, develops and deploys dynamic & interactive dashboards, operational scorecards, ad hoc and canned reports based on requirements and using Business Intelligence tools and solutions.


• Maintain responsibility for the accuracy, quality, and integrity of data in all produced reports, serving as a subject matter expert adept at navigating ambiguity and resolving complex data issues.


• Design and execute analytical studies to measure effectiveness and help optimize our affordability programs.

Qualifications:

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with SQL is required.


• B.A./B.S. degree is preferred or equivalent in mathematics, statistics, data science, business, MIS, actuarial science, finance, or equivalent work experience


• Experience in Tableau development and adept at effective data visualization.


• Experience with DBT, AtScale, and/or Databricks is a plus


• Experience with leading projects and mentoring other team members is a plus


• Familiarity of standard concepts, best practices, and procedures within a data warehousing and business intelligence environment.


• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships across the organization.


• Ability to communicate the results of the analysis to non-technical and technical audiences.


• Ability to quickly learn and apply domain expertise across business operations (i.e. Claim Ops, Enrollment, Provider Ops, Finance, etc.)


• Must be strong at problem solving and demonstrate an analytical mindset.


• Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills. Must be able to convey information in a clear, focused, and concise manner


• Ability to convey complex data via visual techniques to succinctly communicate for decision-making and storytelling

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.

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.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

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.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.