Job description
Are you looking for a career that aligns your passion and values with your purpose? Then we are looking for you!
At Valera Health we are at the forefront of tele-mental health. We are committed to delivering compassionate mental health care that is accessible and affordable to all. To learn more about Valera, check us out HERE.
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About You:
We are looking for a Data Analyst to support our Analytics and Valera team remotely. Join a dedicated team committed to improving mental health care, supported by the latest technology and systems to ensure efficient and effective work.
Essential Functions:
- Work with large data sets and build metrics to provide meaningful insights to leadership around Clinical Outcomes, Revenue Cycle Management, Finance, Business Development, and Marketing.
- Identify key insights to leverage claims and other business measure data further.
- Build and maintain internal-facing, self-service dashboards to support day-to-day decisions for department leads.
- Develop end-to-end processes around the collection, integration, and reporting of data from new and existing vendors and partnerships.
- Partner with department leads to understand and improve current clinical and operational practices and workflows.
- Communicate technical information in an accessible executive and partner-facing manner in both verbal presentations to an organization’s leadership to communicate key findings and updates on business process adjustments.
- Perform technical tasks such as creating business requirements documents, user training manuals and guides, and requirements traceability.
- Conduct in-depth data analysis using SQL, AWS tools, Python, and spreadsheets.
- Periodically review the progress of any recommended and implemented changes to see if they’re still on track, and repeat the above steps as needed to ensure continuous improvement.
- Ad hoc projects as requested by the manager.
Qualifications:
Required (Education/Experiences/Competencies):
- Bachelor in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field
- 1-3 years of Analytics experience at a technology-focused organization, high-growth startup, healthcare company, or similar background
- Hands-on experience working with non-technical end-business users, not limited to crafting requirements, designing dashboards, and communicating technical terms and limitations
- Advanced in SQL (AWS Athena, Presto, PostgreSQL, or other SQL)
- Python experience, specifically relating to external API integrations and simple data processing using AWS Lambda or other serverless cloud platforms
- Proficient in Excel (data manipulation, VLOOKUP, index match)
- Experience building impactful BI dashboards (Quicksight, Tableau, Looker, Excel, etc.)
- Experience working in full end-to-end analytics cycle - data management, cleaning/processing, analysis, visualization
Preferred“Nice to haves” but not essential:
- Experience working with EHR, claims, and marketing data from both tabular and JSON data structures
- Familiarity with clinical coding (ICD-10, CPT), medication (NDC, RxNorm), and health insurance components
- Prior experience or eagerness to learn Amazon Web Service tools (S3, Athena, Lambda, and Cloudwatch, among others)
- Collaborative working style with the ability to work independently in a remote environment
- Interested in exploring and implementing new approaches or tools, and is highly adaptable
- Brings a forward-thinking, self-service, and automation-first mindset to improve reporting capabilities
- Strong organizational skills, a keen eye for detail, and innate problem-solving skills
- Understanding of version control processes using GitHub in a shared codebase
- Interest in developing & implementing advanced analytical models
- Experience working with Google Ads
- Familiarity with Atlassian services (Confluence, JIRA) and/or Agile-based methods
Fair work deserves fair wages. At Valera, we value this role at between 90k-100k with the potential for an annual performance bonus.
Benefits include but not limited to:
- Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
- 401k through the Standard
- Paid Time Off
- Short Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Office Equipment
- Many more
Be part of our mission!
We are very proud of the work that we do and it takes a great team to make it happen! If you are interested in one of our open positions, we’d love to start the conversation.
We hire people from all backgrounds because that’s what it takes to build a team that can reach and support those in need of high-quality behavioral healthcare. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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