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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Golden Valley, MN
Golden Valley, Minnesota

About this job

You believe data can help reshape the future, and you find yourself loving the thrill of diving into challenging analysis. At UnitedHealth Group, you'll find an organization that will recognize those talents and have lots of growth potential. Here, you will be empowered, supported and encouraged to use your analysis expertise to help change the future of health care. Does the challenge intrigue you?


  


 



As a key member of the Analyst team, you will be part of UnitedHealth Group's mission of helping people live healthier lives. As a Healthcare Data Analyst, you will grow and develop as you conduct and manage outcomes of various studies.You will be challenged to analyze, review, and forecast data for operational and business planning.  As part of this elite team, you will be empowered to impact the health care system through the analysis and interpretation of data, and presenting recommendations for business solutions. Join us! There's never been a better time to do your life's best work(sm)


 


 


 


Primary Responsibilities:


 



  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet non-negotiable deadlines

  • Anticipate customer needs and proactively develops solutions to meet them

  • Produce standard and non-standard reports and ad-hoc analyses

  • Review work performed by others and provides recommendations for enhancements

  • Solve complex problems and develops innovative solutions

  • Ability to define and document processes, including quality assurance measures, and adherence to processes

  • Actively contribute and participate in team meetings and project specific discussions

  • Motivate and inspire other team members

 

 

This position preferably located in Golden Valley, MN

(moving to Eden Prairie, MN in 2015)                             

Requirements

Required Qualifications:


  • Bachelors' degree

  • 2+ years of SAS experience which includes the ability to:


    • Interpret requests and ask appropriate clarifying questions prior to beginning work

    • Ability to convert existing processes (Excel, Access) to run in SAS

    • Write and understand complex code

    • Interpret output and troubleshoot code

    • Code and understand complex joins using multiple tables and various join types (left, right, inner, outer)

    • Manipulate large datasets efficiently

  • 2+ years of experience integrating data from large relational databases

  • 2+ years of experience in analyzing health insurance claims, health assessment, or similar types of clinical, program or employer data

  • Excellent verbal and written communication, time/project management, problem solving, organizational, and analytical skills
    Intermediate level of proficiency with PC based software programs and automated database management systems (Excel, Access)

 

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:


  • Ability to write/understand complex SQL queries involving advanced unions, joins, aggregations and groups is a plus

  • Knowledge of SAS Grid environment is a plus

 


 


 


Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work(sm)




Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.




UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.


 


 


 


Job keywords: Data Analyst, SAS, Access, Excel, health insurance claims, health assessment, ad-hoc analyses, quality assurance, Eden Prairie, MN