20130807 - Data Production & Analysis I

Data Production & Analysis I
San Diego, California

Data Production & Analysis I( 195443)   No matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well-being of the millions of men, women, and children who turn to us for care. That’s because all of us—from our financial professionals, to our IT team members, to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care—are committed to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.   Description  The Data Analyst is responsible for supporting the business community needs for data collection, analysis, and reporting from a variety of sources including mainframe files, data warehouse reports, and vendor extracts. The Data Analyst will collect, organize, and analyze data for easy use by CSC Finance Accountants and internal business partners, and serve as an expert on data availability and quality.  Essential Functions: • Collects and organizes data from mainframe files, data warehouse reports, vendor extracts, departmental spreadsheets and databases, and internet/intranet sites for easy use by internal business and analytical clients. • Ensure the integrity of all data for the purposes of maintaining regulatory compliance, communicating all data problems to applicable internal staff, as well as internal auditing and reporting. • Create and maintain databases as a tool for delivering data to internal clients. • Translate customer business requirements needs into a final product. • Troubleshoots and resolves escalated job failures and anomalies. • Development and maintenance of desktop procedures. • Responsibilities impact the achievement of team or department objectives. • Contributions are usually limited to task-related activities. • Generally involves following established procedures, instructions, and/or manuals. • Requires occasional judgment to select from apparent alternatives. • Requires minimal decision-making. • Develops solutions to routine problems, following established policies and procedures. • Most problems are clearly defined and solutions are readily available. • Provides routine fact-based information. • Follows specific, outlined, and detailed procedures. • Work is closely supervised. • Exercises limited discretion within defined boundaries. • Does not have formal supervisory responsibilities. Qualifications  Basic Qualifications: • Minimum of two (2) to five (5) years of comparable experience required. • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in healthcare, accounting,  finance, information systems or a related area or equivalent experience. • Basic knowledge of PC-based query and report writing tools such as MS Access or Crystal Reports. • Intermediate knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs, particularly Microsoft Excel and Access. • Understanding of relational database and data integrity; familiarity with SQL and Visual Basic preferred. • Requires strong communication skills, ability to keep up with technological changes, techniques and improvements, and apply those to current environment, strong customer service focus, and organizational and time management skills. • Exposure to reporting from large databases or data warehouses and some understanding of the data relationships within these. • Knowledge of internet, intranet, mainframe, and PC environments. • Proven ability to work with customers to understand business requirements and translate those needs into a final product. • Requires an understanding of data available in the company, an understanding of the business requirements, and the creativity to develop workable solutions for a wide range of customers. Primary Location: California-San Diego-California Service Center - Rio S.D. 8954 Rio San Scheduled Hours (1-40): 40 Shift: Day Working Days: Monday - Friday Working Hours Start: 8:00 AM Working Hours End: 5:00 PM Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group: Salaried Employees Job Level: Individual Contributor Job: Information Technology Public Department Name: CSC Finance Travel: No Job Eligible for Benefits:  Sign-on Bonus   External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.