Department: Finance
Position Type: Full-Time/Exempt
Location: Sacramento, CA/Hybrid
Travel: Occasional
Salary: $80,000 -$100,000 annuallyWestern Health Advantage is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented
Data & Analytics Analyst to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Data & Analytics Manager, this position plays a critical role in supporting strategic and operational decision-making through data analysis, reporting, business intelligence, and performance monitoring.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with business acumen and enjoys transforming complex data into actionable insights. This role will partner with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Clinical Services, IT, and Compliance to develop reporting solutions, analyze trends, and support organizational objectives.
A successful candidate will have hands-on experience with
SQL, Power BI, and Cognos, along with the ability to create impactful dashboards, perform financial and operational analyses, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
What You'll Do:
You'll play a critical role in supporting strategic initiatives through:
- Analyze financial, clinical, and operational data to identify trends, opportunities, and business insights.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance reports, dashboards, and performance scorecards that support organizational decision-making.
- Design and promote self-service reporting capabilities through interactive business intelligence tools.
- Utilize SQL to extract, manipulate, and analyze data from multiple enterprise systems.
- Partner closely with IT and Compliance teams to manage data access controls and ensure data governance standards are maintained.
- Validate data integrity, troubleshoot reporting issues, and ensure accuracy across reporting environments.
- Clean, transform, and prepare data for analysis by resolving inconsistencies, missing values, and outliers.
- Create clear visualizations and presentations for leadership and stakeholders.
- Support budget variance analysis, forecasting activities, and financial performance monitoring.
- Perform detailed analyses to uncover correlations and actionable insights across business units.
- Assist with predictive analytics and machine learning initiatives to address business challenges.
- Monitor key performance indicators and identify opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiency.
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and business objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven solutions that support strategic goals.
- Prepare executive-level reports and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Document processes and create tools that standardize data usage and interpretation across the organization.
What You'll Bring:- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Minimum two (2) years of experience in database reporting, analytics, statistics, business intelligence, financial analysis, or related business functions.
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
- Experience with financial modeling and data visualization tools, including Microsoft Power BI and IBM Cognos Analytics.
- Experience developing, maintaining, and analyzing dashboards, reports, and business intelligence solutions using Power BI and Cognos.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other business productivity applications.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience working in healthcare, managed care, or health plan environments.
- Exposure to predictive analytics, machine learning, or advanced statistical modeling.
- Knowledge of healthcare financial and operational metrics.
