What are we looking for in our SDoH Business Analyst/Data Analyst?

Title: SDoH Business Analyst

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Remote)

Duration: 9 Months (CTH)

Pay Range: $40/hr to $45/hr (As per experience)

Summary:

This is a telecommute role, which will support the acquisition of SDOH data, integration of that data into our SDOH platform, and sharing the data with our internal and external partners. This role is responsible for reviewing potential SDOH data sources, partnering with the internal business team, or external vendor team, to define and map data extracts that will transfer SDOH in the approved format to our SDOH repository. They will also need to be able to review files, to ensure they match the expected layout, work with partners to describe what data is needed and in what format they should send it, and make sure our 60 sources of data are accurately loaded to our repository. Other responsibilities include working with the development team to define changes, answer clarifying questions, review test results, and coordinate deployments.
Assisting with project tracking, providing updates to leadership and other teams, documenting processes, data flows, and data definitions, and mapping data sources into a common format. We are a small team, so we all pitch in on the things that need to get done, from fixing files to producing documentation.
Specific Duties:
Responsibilities
• Gather/validate requirements with stakeholders and the project team.
• Translate business requirements into system change requests and follow change through to implementation, including reviewing test results and production checkout.
• Convert roadmap features into business requirements that can be easily split into smaller user stories
• Review user stories to ensure they will meet the desired goal
• Assist with project management for selected projects
• Collaborate with different departmental teams to improve processes
• Review and/or test business processes and recommend improvements
• Write clear and well-structured business requirements/documents
• Identify automation opportunities
• Help to manage and track the flow of files and information through our processes
• Analyze process issues and bottlenecks and to make improvements
• Communicate and validate requirements with relevant stakeholders
• Perform data discovery, analysis and mapping analysis
• Collaborate with product manager on roadmap planning and prioritization
• Discuss issues and questions related to Social Determinants of Health data, analysis, issue documentation; work with business stakeholders to review and resolve these issues.
• Communicate with internal and external partners on data requirements, definitions and detailed file extract requirements and operational flow of SDOH data.
• Map disparate data sources into a common set of standard file layouts and coding categories in support of SDOH efforts.
• Support maintenance of SDOH master definitions for file layouts and codes.
• Work within a larger data team and SDOH business team, supporting the data acquisition, data operations, and data knowledge sharing for other team members to meet their goals.
• Data completeness and adherence validation for initial files and data quality validation for ongoing files.

Must have qualifications/experience: 1. Requirements gathering and documentation using tools such as MS Word. PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel.
2. Data Analysis using tools like MS Excel, MS Access, and SQL required at an intermediate level. Prior SQL experience is a must.
3. Strong communication experience translating business requirements in to technical details for the development team
4. Strong communication experience translating technical requirements into language our business customers/partners and management will understand.
5. Knowledge of data operations related to file definition, secure file transfers and automation.
6. Integration experience is required.
What skills/attributes are nice to have?
a. Oral and written communication skills.
b. Facilitation skills.
c. Analytical thinking and problem solving.
d. Being detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy.
e. Structured Query Language (SQL)
f. Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Teams
g. Presentation Skills.
What are the work hours? (ex. 9am-5pm, day/night shifts, rotating shifts, etc)
Work hours can be somewhat flexible, but ideal candidates can start by 8:00 AM CST. Occasionally needed until 5:00 PM for meetings.