Business Analytics Senior Advisor

Position Summary: The Clinical and Affordability Analytics team’s mission is to improve customer value and affordability across Cigna Medicare. We accomplish this through data-informed analytics, strategic insights, and cross-departmental collaboration with our Cigna matrix partners. The team operates in a highly dynamic environment, partnering across business areas and on a wide variety of Medicare Advantage Total Cost of Care (TCC) reduction initiatives.Reporting to the Affordability Analytics Senior Manager, the Business Analytics Senior Advisor will work in a cross-functional environment, collaborating with initiative owners, other analytics teams, and subject matter experts to move initiatives through multiple stages of the affordability lifecycle.The Senior Advisor will use healthcare claims and enrollment data, clinical outcomes data, and financial data on a regular basis to execute on this role’s main responsibilities. This person will primarily use SQL or another program of choice in conjunction with Excel to share insights with stakeholders on a regular basis. Additional monthly leadership reports, used to communicate the status of affordability initiatives within business areas and across the enterprise, will be developed through Tableau, Adobe Express, Figma, or similar programs.Responsibilities:Calculating the expected savings for an initiative through a detailed understanding of the initiative scope, using SQL or another program of choice, to understand the current financial landscapePresenting expected outcomes for initiatives to a large audience with mixed technical backgrounds, to support the implementation of and investment in new affordability initiativesStandardizing the expected savings in financial documents that will be used by multiple areas of the business, including finance and actuary teamsDeveloping code, using SQL or another program of choice, to measure the performance of initiatives that have been implementedUsing the performance measurement insights to identify opportunities to close any gaps between expected and actual savings, and communicating these recommendations to non-technical leaders to gain buy-in and achieve financial targetsConveying a cohesive affordability “story” to leadership at both the initiative- and enterprise-levelEvaluating multiple years of performance for initiatives to support the identification of new affordability opportunities for the enterpriseManaging multiple affordability initiatives at various stages of the affordability lifecycleClearly documenting processes and procedures in reports, code, and notes for personal and internal team coordination, repeatability, and consistencyQualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Health Information Management, Management Information Systems, Finance, Economics, or related technical fieldMaster’s degree preferred5 years of healthcare-related data/analytics experience, solving business problems with various analytical approachesProficient in SQL/Teradata coding language and query designProficient in Microsoft Excel and SharePointStrong interpersonal communication skillsRobust experience working with large datasets (medical claims, pharmacy claims, clinical data, etc.)Ability to collaborate and problem solve with all levels and technical backgroundsExceptional time management and organization skillsHealthcare experience strongly preferredOur ideal candidate would live near Nashville, TN, Birmingham AL or Houston, TX and work in one of our offices 3 days a week - however we are considering all qualified candidates within the USA.