Job Title : Business Analyst with SAS and Health Care Experience
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Duration: 3 month- RIGHT TO HIRE
Max Rate: $45 1099 / C2C (All Inclusive)

Position Description/Responsibilities:
Responsible for derivation, compilation, analysis and presentation of customer utilization data. Focus of effort is customers whose enrollment exceeds 250 contracts. Scope of responsibility includes reporting for PPO, CMM, Traditional, Drug, HMO and POS lines of business. Write and/or execute SAS programs to derive utilization data from the appropriate data base. Verify derived data by reconciling to applicable Finance division reports. Compile utilization data into customer reports offering comparisons by product, time period, type of service, organizational division. Analyze report results to identify trends and anomalies and determine their cause. Prepare an executive summary for customer explaining utilization report results. Conduct a formal presentation of utilization report at customer's site. Perform related accountabilities, including but not limited to operational performance guarantee reporting, lag reporting, and stop reporting.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
5 years experience in data extraction, analysis and reporting - preferably in the healthcare industry. Master's degree preferred.
Proficiency in SAS programming, Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Power Point and Word), formal report writing, and formal presentations
(both small and large group settings) required. Proficiency in Web Focus or similar BI tool preferred. Knowledge of health care services,
IBC/KHPE/AH benefit designs, and medical management programs is preferred.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
This position requires a hybrid of technical and marketing skills. The ability to talk comfortably and confidently in front of large, interactive groups is a must. Excellent written and verbal skills as well as good grammar and a professional appearance are required. Candidate must have excellent people skills with both internal associates as well as external customers.
Similarly, the ability to consult creatively with Sales is necessary. This includes the ability to assist Sales in structuring priorities and setting realistic expectations for both Sales and the customer.
Candidate must have the ability to generalize knowledge from one setting to another. For example, coding skills used for one report should be able to be generalized to other reports or questions that arise in one setting should be able to be answered in other settings.
Candidate must be able to multi-task and keep track of multiple projects to ensure that assignments are discharged quickly and accurately.