
Sr. Decision Support Analyst (Cost Accounting)
- New Orleans, LA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serves as a Decision Support subject matter expert in Finance, Operations, Rev Cycle, Quality, Ancillary Services (Lab, Pharmacy, Radiology, Transfers, etc…), Market (ex. adult vs pediatrics), and/or Service Line Group.
- Takes on a broad range of complex descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analyses across service lines, corporate, hospitals, support services, ancillary services, and business units.
- Performs exploratory data analysis to understand the structure and content of data sources for enterprise level data (thousands to millions of rows of data).
- Learns contextual elements (workflows, operational definitions, patient experience) to better understand the meaning of the data.
- Uses a variety of reporting, analytical, visualization and dashboarding tools to explore data and visualize insights (ex. Excel, Tableau, Software specific reports, etc.)
- Creates joins between multiple data sources to produce new data sources and enriched subsets of data for case specific projects or deep insights.
- Performs two-way reconciliation to established sources of truth.
- May serve as a point of contact for technical assistance.
- Uses “manage up” or SBAR communication to convey complex problems in a simple way to accelerate conceptual onboarding and decision making.
- Summarizes findings and presents them to all levels of leadership.
- Assists in center of excellence initiatives including documentation, data governance, data literacy, “at-the-elbow” technical assistance, proactive data improvement initiatives, and other short/long term initiatives.
- Assists decision support administration in the identification, planning and development of data literacy initiatives, content, training, and presentations.
- Stays up to date on industry best practices and trends and presents these to the team as a means of guidance and support.
- Adheres to all policies and procedures around compliance, protected health information (PHI) and HIPAA.
- 3 Years of decision support, financial analysis, operational analysis, or related healthcare experience.
- Track record of successful execution and on-time delivery.
- Tableau, Power BI, VBA, SQL, R, Python or other related coding language.
- Preferred Experience in Stata Cost Accounting
- Required: Bachelor’s Degree
- Preferred: Master’s Degree
- Required: Developer level certification data visualization software such as Tableau, Power BI, Qlickview, etc.
- Preferred: Willing to obtain Certification in Strata
- Knowledge of data processes and ability to apply them in a hospital business setting.
- Solid problem solving and analytical skills.
- Solid understanding of general accounting/financial practices.
- Ability to demonstrate high degree of initiative, attention to detail, follow through, and ability to complete tasks efficiently and effectively.
- Ability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills coupled with strong interpersonal skills.
- Highly developed PC skills and functionality in standard desktop software (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Experience with Hospital Decision Support related applications.
- Experience with report writing tools.
- Project Management experience
- Deliver healthcare with heart.
- Give people a reason to smile.
- Put a little love in your work.
- Be honest and real, but with compassion.
- Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
- Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
- See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
- Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
- Love what makes you, you - because we do