Business Analyst - San Antonio, Texas

Opportunities at WellMed, part of the Optum family of businesses. We believe all patients are entitled to the highest level of medical care. Here, you will join a team who shares your passion for helping people achieve better health. With opportunities for physicians, clinical staff and non-patient-facing roles, you can make a difference with us as you discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Business Analyst will work collaboratively with the regional project team, market leadership, and other matrixed team to: collect data from a variety of sources; the creation, development, and maintenance of tools and reports; requirements gathering and documentation; and analyzing results in support of organizational objectives.

If you are located in San Antonio, TX you will have the flexibility to work from home and the office in this hybrid role* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Researches, retrieves, designs and delivers organized analytics and reporting to create repeatable and scalable models
• Analyzes benchmarking data, reports, processes, and measurements
• Forecasts operational trends against strategy
• Develops and documents complex business, analysis and reporting requirements
• Evaluates and prioritizes data changes and enhancements
• Reviews the analytics and reporting of others within the department
• Provides data for leadership to make decisions of considerable impact and consequences
• Interprets data, facts and/or trends independently and makes business recommendations to management
• Coordinates a variety of projects/requests simultaneously and ensures timely completion in accordance with business initiatives
• Develops and recommends innovative approaches to achieve deliverables
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 1+ years of progressive business experience in aggregation and analysis of multiple sets of data
• Intermediate or more experience with Microsoft Excel, Visio, Power BI, SharePoint, PowerPoint with intermediate knowledge of SQL

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Solid interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to influence others
• Solid communication and presentation skills, written and verbal
• Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and drive results
• Desire to make an impact, demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, and shift priorities quickly
• Proven ability to interact effectively to include presenting work product, facilitating meetings, and capturing business requirements with different business departments, team members, and matrixed teams at all levels

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

The hourly range for this role is $28.61 to $56.06 per hour based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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