Summary/Objective:
The Data Analyst plays a critical role in advancing NorthStar’s revenue strategy by delivering high-quality analytics, performance insights, and data-driven recommendations that directly influence revenue realization. The analyst will serve as the technical and analytical counterpart to a revenue cycle Project Manager—building datasets, validating information, producing insights, and enabling high-confidence reporting and decision support.
This position can be performed from anywhere within the United States. Candidates must have reliable internet access and be able to work effectively in a virtual environment. Work site attendance may be required from time to time in accordance with business conditions.
Essential Functions:
- Understand drivers of business performance: analyze complex data sets using tools like Power BI, Excel and SQL to identify performance trends and deliver actionable insights to decision makers.
- Build and maintain Power BI dashboards to track KPIs in line with guidance from management and key stakeholders.
- Respond to recurring and ad-hoc analytical requests from leadership, the Project Manager, and other key stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain dynamic models to forecast business performance, incorporating data from multiple sources.
- Identify workflow and reporting improvements to enhance automation, insight generation, and data visibility.
- Provide analytics that support executive reporting and vendor oversight, highlighting SLA and workflow performance trends.
- Maintain data validation protocols and document business rules and reporting logic to ensure accuracy, consistency, and transparency in reporting and dashboards.
- Manage concurrent and competing priorities with support from management to deliver high quality and timely work product.
- Remote: This position works remotely; work site attendance may be required from time to time in accordance with business conditions.
- Promote NorthStar Anesthesia’s Core Values.
- Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS in a field that emphasizes data analysis and visualization (e.g., computer science, social sciences, physical sciences, math, engineering, or statistics), or equivalent work experience
- 1-3 years of experience in data analytics, financial analytics, or revenue cycle operations
- Healthcare revenue cycle experience preferred
- Familiarity with regulatory healthcare operations environments, including the No Surprises Act and Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR), is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated project and people management skills
- Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
- Ability to process and analyze data sets, interpreting them for making business decisions
- Strong analytical reasoning, pattern-recognition, and problem-solving ability
- Experience with data management, specifically with validating and auditing data and reports from multiple systems
- Strong collaboration skills, especially in a dual-ownership model with an operational project manager
- Ability to balance team and individual responsibilities
- Knowledge of revenue cycle data, operations and KPIs
- Proficiency in SQL and Microsoft Excel is required
- Proficiency in Power BI is preferred