Senior Analyst Business Operations

Cotiviti is seeking a Senior Analyst, Business Operations to support its internal consulting-oriented Business Operations group. The role identifies complex business challenges, conducts advanced analysis and modeling, develops reporting and business tools, and delivers insights that improve operational decision-making, efficiency, and revenue growth.

Responsibilities:

• Leads consultative requirements gathering sessions with internal operational stakeholders to scope analytical support needs and provide solutions that empower data driven decision making and revenue growth
• Conducts sophisticated data analysis, modeling, prescriptive/diagnostic insight generation and data storytelling across all facets of the Retrospective Claims Auditing business
• Leads process optimization exercises to compress the time-to-value in reporting/production and charged with maximizing the utility of individuals across the organization
• Creates simplistic automated business tools, templates, and KPI reporting products that allow departments (operations/yield) to work effectively
• Conducts ROI and opportunity cost evaluations for the reallocation of resources, capital investments, and sizing new business opportunities for account management teams
• Assists management in transformational execution of new business practices and in driving operational accountability
• Develop and leads monthly/quarterly business reviews that benchmarks each departments trending financial performance, evaluates cost, and measures the overall productivity/health of the business
• Works cross functionally to build out solutions and insights for competitive intelligence
• When necessary creates, delivers, and maintains basic client/internal reporting
• Complete all responsibilities as outlined on annual Performance Plan
• Complete all special projects and other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Successful candidates will be self-motivated, intellectually curious, a fast learner, comfortable with ambiguity and working independently, able to focus on details while thinking strategically
• They will have the ability to solve business problems of moderate to complex scope and deliver insights that enable timely and effective operational decision-making
• Bachelor's degree with quantitative focus (Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Accounting) or equivalent experience
• 5+ combined years experience in management consulting, investment banking, business strategy, operational excellence/process improvement, and/or Finance
• Strong analytical, quantitative, written, and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in data storytelling, predictive/prescriptive analysis and in manipulating large quantities of data with strong spreadsheet and database query experience (e.g. SQL)
• Prior experience leading business optimization, ROI analysis, and financial modeling exercises
• Comfort working in fast-paced environment with limited guidance
• Advanced experience in Microsoft office suite (Excel, Power Point, Vizio, and Access)
• Prior experience with BI tools including Microstrategy, Tableau, Power Pivot, and DataMeer
• Extremely well-organized and capable of handling multiple projects and ad-hoc requests simultaneously
• Communicating with others to exchange information
• Problem-solving and thinking critically
• Completing tasks independently
• Interpreting data
• Maintaining focus
• Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
• Handling multiple tasks simultaneous
• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Must be able to provide high-speed internet access / connectivity and office setup and maintenance
• Must be able to provide a dedicated, secure work area
• SQL and database management experience (preferred)
• Lean knowledge/experience to apply lean concepts and principles across respective value streams (preferred)
• Experience in healthcare and/or software industries a plus