University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine) is the region’s largest and most comprehensive multi-specialty physician group practice. Our 4,000 University of Colorado School of Medicine physicians and advanced practice providers bring their unparalleled expertise at the forefront of medicine to deliver trusted, compassionate health care services across hundreds of specialties. CU Medicine also delivers business operations and administrative services to support patients and providers. Our primary and specialty care clinics, along with our partnerships with the top hospitals and facilities in Colorado, provide patients with personalized care in their communities.

The Senior Data Analyst will identify operational revenue cycle performance improvement opportunities through proactive collection, analysis and interpretation of data and communicate this insight to key decision makers. The individual in this position will participate in new initiatives as a partner in the original and continuous discovery of the link between business process improvement and actionable data. The Sr. Analyst will be tasked with researching and developing investigative and root cause tools and strategies that positively impact operational improvement.

Essential Duties

Utilize revenue cycle data and statistical methods to provide diagnostic and predictive insight into operational performance based on knowledge of business objectives while proactively suggesting methods of improving operations and implementing methodologies.

Identify user needs and product requirements for Operational Analytics reporting assets/tools including selection, design, documentation, testing and implementation of products based on these requirements.

Facilitate strategic decisions through optimized reporting, advanced analytics and proactive discovery.

Initiate/participate/influence in relevant meetings or presentations to provide subject matter expertise and guidance to executive leadership.

Support decision makers in using appropriate analytics tools and processes in order to perform advanced data analysis.

Maintain project plan and priority status for all projects to ensure project timelines are met.

Perform other duties and assist with special projects as assigned.

Requires a bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science or business-related field and 7-10 years relevant experience, preferably in a physician billing or hospital environment.

An MBA is highly preferred.

Must have expert level proficiency in report development using SQL Server Management Studio and Microsoft Excel, with strong working experience in the development of spreadsheets, pivot tables and visualizations.

Experience in AthenaIDX is preferred.

Experience in STATA, Python or R (or similar data science tool/language); and visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBI is highly desired.

Epic Clarity Certification (in any Clinical and/or Revenue Cycle modules) is a plus.

The ability to gather information and understand the context from several sources, analyze this information to draw conclusions and make proactive recommendations to high level decision makers is essential to success.

Must have strong project management skills and the ability to ensure project timelines are met.

Experience in Six Sigma or similar methods for process improvement initiatives is preferred.

The ability to work in a team environment working cohesively with others to achieve goals and initiatives is required.

Must be flexible and maintain positive working relationships.