"Senior Data Analyst"

Senior Data Analyst

The Senior Data Analyst for UCR School of Medicine's Finance and Administration team supports the strategic growth and operational effectiveness of UCR Health by developing, maintaining, and optimizing business intelligence (BI) and data analytics solutions. Reporting to the Director of Data Analytics, this position serves as the technical expert in data extraction, transformation, and visualization-primarily using Epic Clarity, MS-SQL, Power BI, and related tools. The role is responsible for designing and implementing advanced dashboards and reports that provide actionable insights into clinical and administrative performance, enabling data-driven decision-making across departments.

The incumbent collaborates closely with UCR Health leadership, campus IT, and key stakeholders to assess data needs, ensure data integrity, and develop efficient BI processes that align with organizational goals. This position plays a critical role in supporting financial planning, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance through accurate data analysis, reporting, and forecasting.

The salary range for the Senior Data Analyst is $84,100 to $154,700 annually. However, the expected pay scale for this position is up to $119,400 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Requirements

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Required
• Related degrees include computer science, information systems, engineering or related field. Preferred
• Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems. Preferred

Experience Requirements

• 4 - 7 years of related experience. Required
• Experience with dimensional data modeling and relational databases for Healthcare. Required
• Five (5) years of experience designing, developing, testing, and implementing secure, scalable and high-performance BI and analytic solutions. Required
• Experience with BI, Databases, and analytic tools such as Power BI, Looker, Tableau, Cognos, SSRS, SAS, MS-SQL, Fabric, BigQuery, Excel, R, and Python. Required
• Proficient in developing technical specifications, presentations, training materials, user documentation, and technical documentation. Demonstrated success with overseeing software development lifecycle for enterprise-wide BI projects Required
• Experience designing, creating, and maintaining database schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, and other database objects. Preferred
• Experience designing healthcare quality metrics for internal clinical outcome measures and for external regulatory/accreditation agencies. Preferred

Certification Requirements

• Epic Certification or Accreditation in Cogito, Caboodle, Clarity, Access, Revenue, and/or Clinical Data Models Preferred

Minimum Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of business intelligence functions, analytics, industry standards and best practices.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant internal databases, BI applications and tools. Ability to produce high-quality reports and documentation.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage complex information, assess problems, and develop and effective solutions.
• Detail oriented, with ability to manage time and organize competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information in a clear, concise manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with a broad range of professional and technical staff.
• Proven ability to serve as a technical resource providing advice and counsel on business intelligence issues.
• Strong leadership, influencing, collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Translate user or business requirements into functional designs for complex reporting solutions.
• Proactively identify problems and seek solutions, using past experience and research to work through discovered challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to train staff at a variety of technical skill levels. Experience in developing technical staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducts on-going analyses of data sources and data sets. Identifies issues and collaborates on developing solutions to data management challenges. 20%
• Serve as the technical lead for BI solutions across UCR Health clinical operation. Manage and maintain BI reporting servers to ensure that data is up-to-date, available, and performant. Develop and maintain ETL processes, implement automation and validation procedures. Develop, test, and implement robust and standardized clinical reports using primarily MS-SQL, Power BI, and/or Python. 20%
• Consults with end users to gather and clarify data and reporting needs for complex business intelligence solutions and analytics. Writes queries, develops report templates, and dashboards.