JOB DESCRIPTION

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

UW MEDICINE HAS AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR A SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST TO JOIN THEIR TEAM.

UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals. UW Medicine owns or operates Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine (SoM), Airlift Northwest, and includes other owned, operated or affiliated entities as appropriate. Part of UW Medicine family of organizations, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization that serves as UW Medicine’s cancer program. In addition, UW Medicine also shares in the ownership and governance of Children’s University Medical Group.
The Senior Business Analyst (payroll title: Program Operations Analyst) will play a lead role in the clinical departmental funding process, lead the analytical work within the UW Medicine Faculty Business Planning Office, as well as perform high-level financial analyses for various other UW Medicine projects. This role will serve as a critical resource in supporting, managing, and driving strategic projects and initiatives across the group and UW Medicine. The position will support executive management in executing business/operational strategies.
Under the general direction of the Director of Planning and Analysis, Office of Faculty Business Planning, this position will be responsible for detailed reporting and analysis needs for the UW Medicine Clinical Departmental Funding Process. The Senior Business Analyst position has a wide range of responsibilities such as financial reporting and analysis, preparing complex analyses for special projects, and providing operational assessments. The Senior Business Analyst will work closely with the UW Medicine Faculty Business Planning Officer, UWP President, SoM clinical departments, UW Medicine staff, medical directors and executive leadership.
This position routinely accumulates, analyzes, and integrates complex information to make independent decisions for planning and project proposals within UW Medicine. This position will be required to work independently and collaborate with others in seeking information from a variety of internal UW medicine resources, and external entities for on-going assignments and special projects. The individual in this position must have demonstrated the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with multiple interruptions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field plus five years’ experience working with clinical funds in a health care organization.
  Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong data mining skills.
• Proven experience working with large data sets.
• Flexibility, multi-tasking ability, strong interpersonal skills, detail-oriented, and the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with multiple interruptions.
• Ability to learn new systems and processes; emphasis on visualization systems.
• Strong project management skills.
• High degree of professionalism, integrity and ownership needed; must be customer-committed and results-oriented.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous work in an academic medical center.
• Previous experience leading projects and teams.
• Previous experience with clinical funds.
• Previous experience with implementation of new systems.
• Understanding of compliance issues in healthcare environment.
• Experience working on multiple, complex projects and/or programs demonstrating organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work efforts and work under pressure, while maintaining effectiveness.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, highly matrixed environments, and shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with healthcare operations and patient access.
• Demonstrated experience using MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Able to communicate effectively across various perspectives, experiences and knowledge bases, take initiative, and is proactive in their approach.
• Working knowledge of enterprise-wide relational databases, multi-dimensional cubes, scripting languages, SQL server (including SQL Server Analysis Services), and Business Intelligence reporting tools.
• Working knowledge of Tableau and Alteryx.
• Familiarity with a variety of UW and UWP systems and policies.