Analytics Business Analyst

Here at Savista, we enable our clients to navigate the biggest challenges in healthcare: quality clinical care with positive patient experiences and optimal financial results. We partner with healthcare organizations to problem solve and deliver revenue cycle improvement services that enable their success, support their patients, and nurture their communities, all while living our values of Commitment, Authenticity, Respect and Excellence (CARE).

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Business Analyst to join our Analytics team. This role will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and the Analytics development team, ensuring that reporting and analytics solutions meet business needs effectively. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and a deep understanding of business processes and data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering & Documentation
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to elicit, define, and document reporting and analytics requirements.
  • Translate business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications for the Analytics development team.
  • Ensure requirements are clearly communicated and aligned with business objectives.
  • Ensure all details of projects are documented and communicated accordingly in the team’s backlog for the developers to complete tasks. Any questions/concerns should be addressed timely in order to remove impediments. AGILE/SCRUM practices should be leveraged.
• Development & Testing Support
  • Act as a translator/liaison between non-technical customers and the developers to ensure products meet the expectations/requirements of customers but also ensure any necessary technical details behind the product are communicated and understood by the customers.
  • Work closely with Analytics developers to ensure solutions are designed and developed in accordance with business needs.
  • Participate in the validation and testing of analytics packages and reports, ensuring data accuracy and usability.
  • Facilitate iterative feedback loops between business users and developers to refine solutions.
  • Ad hoc Analysis/Reporting/Debugging: In urgent cases, write basic queries and leverage existing packages to compile ad hoc reports. Also able to trace and investigate bugs with existing processes.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Coordinate and execute user acceptance testing with business requestors to validate the accuracy and effectiveness of analytics solutions.
  • Document test cases, track defects, and ensure all issues are resolved before deployment.
  • Provide end-user training and support to drive adoption and effective use of reports and analytics tools.
• Continuous Improvement & Collaboration
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements in analytics workflows.
  • Act as a liaison between technical teams and business units, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
  • Maintain documentation for analytics solutions, including data definitions, report specifications, and user guides.
  • Support the Implementation Teams with the onboarding of new customers for the components requiring data and reporting.

Qualifications & Skills

• Education & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in a business analysis role, preferably within an analytics or data-focused environment.
• Technical & Analytical Skills
  • Strong understanding of data structures, reporting tools, and analytics platforms.
  • Experience working with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar.
  • Proficiency in SQL or other data querying languages is required
• Soft Skills
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong problem-solving ability with a keen attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred Requirements & Competencies:

• Experience with Agile/Scrum
• Knowledge of various segments of the hospital revenue cycle (Billing, Coding, Self Pay/Bad Debt, Denials/Appeals, etc.)
• Experience working in various Hospital Host/PAS Systems (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, etc.)

Savista is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The annual range for this role is from $70,000 - $85,000. However, specific compensation for the role will vary within the above range based on many factors including but not limited to geographic location, candidate experience, applicable certifications, and skills.

SAVISTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, age, veteran status, disability, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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