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Role - Business Systems Analyst
Location: Philadelphia, PA (Hybrid)
Contract role
Summary:
Seeking a Senior Data / Business Systems Analyst with strong techno‑functional experience in the healthcare payer domain to lead and support data‑driven initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in payer data, including claims, population health, and industry data standards. You will work closely across business and technology teams, analyzing data files for ingestion, writing functional requirements, and supporting the SDLC/Agile lifecycle from initiation → design → testing → deployment. A strong analytical background and prior experience in the healthcare insurance industry is required.
Duties:
Leadership & Strategy:
- Assess, identify, and articulate business needs for data and technical solutions
- Establish data quality SLAs, metrics, and dashboards for critical datasets
- Assist in managing large‑scale projects, determining requirements, resources, and deliverables
- Ensure successful implementations aligned with AmeriHealth standards
- Data Analysis & Delivery:
- Create documentation such as Functional Specifications and Source‑to‑Target (S2T) mappings
- Perform advanced SQL‑based data analysis and profiling
- Validate payer datasets (claims, membership, provider, clinical)
- Collaborate with engineering teams working on Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Snowflake
- Provide in‑depth functional understanding of ETL technologies
- Partner with data governance and business teams to resolve data quality issues
- Participate in estimating scope and defining IS team deliverables
- Contribute to change management, leading as needed
- Resolve conflicting business requirements across teams
- Manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously; strong written and verbal communication required
Required:
- At least Eight (8) years of experience in a business environment with business/ data analysis, project management, and process re-engineering concentration.
- At least five (5 ) years of experience in healthcare industry (Medicaid, Medicare) preferred.
- Prior experience in EDI data transactions and/ or Care Management data standards
- Strong expertise in Azure Databricks (Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog).
- Strong SQL skills with ability to create and build queries.
- Knowledge of data governance, PII compliance, and data quality frameworks.
- Strong communication and leadership abilities for cross-functional teamwork.
- Possess strong understanding in Healthcare Systems like FACETS
- Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) to validate reporting layer data
- Understanding of data governance platforms (e.g., Collibra)