Blue Shield Of California

Business Analyst, Senior

Blue Shield Of California$95K — $115K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 4 years additional relevant experience
  • 5 years of relevant experience required
  • Health plan experience (managed care, government payer, academic) necessary
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Access is mandatory
  • Advanced Excel skills essential, including pivot tables and vLookup
  • Experience with large datasets required
  • Experience with SQL or Python preferred
  • Prior exposure to Department of Managed Healthcare is a plus
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are critical
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision is important
  • Detail-oriented with the capacity to handle complexity and shifting priorities
  • Advanced MS Office proficiency required, especially in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Stay informed on large-size network terminations and related meetings across all lines of business
  • Collaborate with business owners to prioritize tasks and execute sprint planning
  • Provide analytical support through data analysis for business operations
  • Identify improvement opportunities and collaborate on business solutions
  • Develop and analyze reports for management review
  • Support multiple complex cross-functional projects, establishing work plans and coordinating resources
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring in-office presence two days per week
  • Flexibility in determining in-office days for employees living over 50 miles from office
  • Collaborative office environment
  • Support for training and development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Your Role

The Network Operations team works across business units to streamline workflows, support compliance, and deliver actionable insights that drive organizational success. The Business Analyst, Senior will report to the Senior Manager of Network Operations. In this role you will support and facilitate seamless mass member moves related to network terminations to ensure timeliness of moves prior to term. This work also includes providing data analytics and project support work across Network Operations to help achieve annual goals and priorities.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:
  • Stay engaged and informed on planned/upcoming large-size network terms and related project meetings across all LOBs.
  • Partner closely with business owners to determine business priority and execute sprint planning
  • Provides analytical support through the analysis and interpretation of data in support of cross-functional business operations.
  • Identifies opportunities for improvement and works cross-functionally to develop business solutions. Provides analytical support to multiple projects, establishing project plans and timelines and coordinating projects with internal and external resources.
  • Develops, prepares, and analyzes reports with complex analysis and data for management review, and presents to various levels of management.
  • Works cross-functionally in analyzing, designing, and developing business solutions. Provides analytical support for multiple, complex cross-functional projects simultaneously, establishes work plans and timelines, coordinates with internal and external resources.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree
  • Requires 5 years of prior relevant experience
  • Requires health plan experience (managed care, government payer, academic)
  • Experience using Microsoft Access required
  • Advanced Excel skills required. Excel skills include, but are not limited to creating/formatting tables, pivot tables, vLookup, conditional formatting and the ability to clean, sort and filter large data sets
  • Experience working with large datasets required
  • SQL or Python experience is preferred
  • Department of Managed Healthcare experience preferred
  • Prior experience with PCP crossover and change management preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem- solving skills are required
  • Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills
  • Works independently under limited supervision
  • Detail oriented and has the ability to deal with complexity, compressed timelines and shifting priorities
  • Advanced proficiency with MS Office products is required, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Visio expertise a plus
  • Advanced knowledge and ability to perform process mapping, root-cause analysis, gap analysis and requirements gathering
  • Practical knowledge of project management is preferred


Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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About Blue Shield Of California

Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health plan provider that has been providing Californians with access to high-quality healthcare for over 80 years. The company offers a range of health insurance products and services to individuals, families, and employers. Blue Shield of California is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of its members and the communities it serves. The company is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
Learn more about Blue Shield Of California
Size
7,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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