Business Analyst, Business Intelligence

Business Analyst - Austin, TX

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO), a professional and technology services firm serving 2,500 of the country’s preeminent hospitals and healthcare systems, is rapidly expanding its portfolio of technology solutions to provide hospitals with clearer insight into their financial, operational and clinical businesses. Through Advisory Board Compass Solutions, we aim to empower hospitals to achieve business performance goals through faster, data-driven decision-making.  We currently offer tools covering a variety of content areas including revenue cycle management, surgery, supply chain management, nursing, quality and physician performance.

Our current opportunity is on our Austin-based Crimson team. 

 

Crimson Physician Compass is an ASP that provides Physician Management software to Hospitals.  The Crimson Physician Compass data analysis platform generates detailed physician profiles that encompass quality performance, adherence to pre-defined order sets and resource utilization. Designed to work with a hospital’s existing data, the software automatically creates visually compelling profiles for all physicians, departments and groups at the facility, compares performance levels to severity-adjusted peers and measures compliance to the organization's goals and best practices.

 

 The Business Analyst will report to the Director of Services and will be responsible making sure that our operations are successful on an ongoing basis.  This person will also be responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction, and for implementing the processes and structure that allow the company to scale.  The role is customer facing and will require the Business Analyst to interact with clients on a daily basis. 

 

Major responsibilities include:Defining client objectives in partnership with Advisory Board and hospital-based staff for a group of assigned clientsDesigning and leading custom implementation strategy based on nature and accessibility of client dataWorking with client staff and a third-party partner to extract available data; devising creative solutions to accommodate partial data setsTroubleshooting technical and non-technical challengesAnalyzing client data to identify immediate improvement opportunitiesDeveloping presentation and report deliverables for a group of assigned clientsProviding ongoing technical and business support, including further customizations to the toolset itself

 

Candidate selection is based on a range of attributes:Project and client management experienceAnalytical reasoning and aptitude with quantitative analysis (MS Access and/or Excel experience)Familiarity with IT systems, database design, and data structures Creativity and innovative thinkingStrong written and verbal communication skillsPassion to work in a challenging startup environmentExtreme commitment to qualityHigh GPA and record of achievement Relationship-building skillsHighly organized with the ability to juggle multiple tasksTechnical aptitude for learning new technologiesAttention to detail1-3 years of professional experience preferredTechnical undergraduate degree (e.g. CS, EE, MIS) preferred

 

This position will be based in Austin, TX and require minimal travel – less than 10%

 

How to apply:

For more information, and to be considered for an interview, please visit us at

 

http://corporate-advisory.icims.com/advisory_corporate/jobs/candidate/intro.jsp