Data Analyst I

About the job

Position Purpose: Responsible for analytic data needs of the business unit. This role supports CMS data integrity and external audit activities by assisting with data validation, reconciliation, reporting, and issue investigation efforts. The analyst will collaborate with business, compliance, operational, and technology partners to help ensure the accuracy, completeness, and quality of data used in regulatory and audit-related processes.

Key Details: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT.

Highly Preferred Skills and Experiences : Experience using SQL to query, validate, reconcile, and analyze data. Experience supporting data quality, audit, compliance, regulatory reporting, or operational reporting initiatives. Experience partnering with business stakeholders to investigate issues, validate findings, and support data-driven decision making. Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment. Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory, audit, or compliance experience.

- Manage multiple, variable tasks and data review processes, as well as mass data entry, maintenance, and update projects.

- Complete data audits and evaluations within core systems.

- Identify and resolve complex issues, including mass change updates, reconciliation projects, and the operationalization of data from various sources.

- Analyze and advise management of workflow issues and data integrity problems and offer recommendations on resolution.

- Develop and submit internal and external status reports.

- Create report and data reconciliation through Access, Excel, Business Objects and other reporting tools, to include provider data, claims data, membership data.

Education/Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.

- 0-2 years of statistical analysis or data analysis experience.

- Experience with Business Intelligence and SQL tools preferred.

By applying to this requisition, you acknowledge and understand that you may be considered for other job opportunities for which Centene believes you may be qualified.

Pay Range: $27.02 - $48.55 per hour

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law , including full-time or part-time status.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act