Business Applications Analyst (Actuarial & Data Focus)

Job Description Join a team where technology meets strategy. As a Business Applications Analyst, you will play a crucial role in assisting with delivering technical data support and innovative solutions for Actuarial financial data systems and Marts. You’ll Identify simple to moderate business requirements and solutions related to the support of the specific business area/function. Additionally, you will assist in preparing trend and financial data analyses to support various Plan divisions. What You’ll Do • Assist in developing decision support solutions; including Medical/Pharmacy claim financial data builds, data extracts, reports, data mart tables, views and/or analysis. • Provide support for multiple data application areas, including data definitions, usage and file structure, technical structure of the SQL code, business rules, and requirements that governs the functionality of the data systems. • Assist in the development, design and testing of data sets delivered thru the Actuarial data marts. • Assist with monthly data refreshes, validations, and quality assurance checks to support financial reporting. • Identify best practices, communicate and implement these practices within the department. • Support in analyzing data, system problems and incidents; develop recommendations and solutions for those problems, implement those solutions, and provide communications on the associated actions, business impacts, and results. • Provide data support to senior team members on at least one business project team and non-project related activities. • Perform unit testing; creating sample data sets to validate that SQL code/logic is developed to perform as intended. • Provide analytical and ad hoc support for departmental, divisional and corporate projects as needed to accomplish business goals and to ensure the business needs are met. • Documentation – writing system/technical specifications to ensure solution supports functional requirements. What You Bring • Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required) • 3+ years of experience in related field. • In lieu of degree, 5+ years of experience in related field. Bonus Points • 3+ Years of SQL Analysis/ Development experience – Highly Preferred • Experience with Medical claims, Pharmacy and/or medical rebate data. • Healthcare data analytics experience, including experience with Government and Commercial lines of business. • Experience with Snowflake, AWS cloud environments. What You’ll Get • The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that’s deeply invested in the community. • Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work. • Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs. • Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance. • Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education. • 401k match including an annual company contribution Salary Range At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs. • Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance. $73,698.00 - $117,917.00 Skills Business Requirements Analysis, Critical Thinking, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Data Cleansing, Data Mart, Data Validation, Data Wrangling, Problem Solving, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Structured Query Language (SQL), Structured Query Language (SQL) Development, System Testing, Technical Requirements, Unit Testing Apply tot his job