Senior Analytics & Insights Associate

Location: Chicago, IL 60607, Irving, TX 75062 Vizient Corporate HQ, Centennial, CO 80111

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary:

 

In this role, you will leverage advanced analytics and healthcare data to generate actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making, performance improvement, and continuum of care initiatives. You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to analyze complex healthcare, operational, clinical, utilization, and financial data; develop performance measurement and benchmarking methodologies; and deliver recommendations that support client objectives and organizational growth.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Analyze large, complex, and disparate healthcare datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and actionable insights that support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Develop, refine, and validate performance measures, benchmarking methodologies, and analytical models that support healthcare quality, operational effectiveness, and financial performance.
• Design and deliver reports, dashboards, presentations, visualizations, and stakeholder-ready narratives that communicate analytical findings and recommendations.
• Validate, reconcile, and monitor data across multiple sources to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency.
• Execute custom analyses that address client needs, support strategic initiatives, and inform business decisions.
• Evaluate clinical, operational, utilization, workforce, and financial data to identify opportunities for performance improvement, cost optimization, and organizational growth.
• Synthesize financial indicators, reimbursement data, productivity metrics, service line economics, budget performance, and operational measures into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver data-driven solutions that support organizational objectives.
• Automate and standardize analytical workflows, reporting processes, and data management practices to improve efficiency, scalability, and continuous improvement.

 

Qualifications:

 

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in healthcare analytics, decision support, consulting, or a related analytical discipline, including analysis of large, complex, and disparate healthcare datasets.
• Experience developing performance measures, benchmarking methodologies, analytical models, and reporting solutions preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint required.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex findings into clear, stakeholder-focused recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting analytical insights to technical and business audiences.
• Experience with Databricks, Python, SAS, and business intelligence or data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau preferred.
• Experience automating analytical workflows and reporting processes, and working with healthcare data sources including claims, EHR, operational, quality, utilization, and financial data preferred.
• Understanding of healthcare financial performance, including budget performance, service line economics, productivity metrics, reimbursement, margin analysis, and the relationships among volume, quality, access, workforce, and financial outcomes within healthcare organizations.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $88,900.00 to $155,500.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.