Network Strategy Analyst

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

Network Strategy Analyst

CVS Health is positioned as the nation’s premier health innovation company. Through our health services, insurance plans and community pharmacists, we’re pioneering a bold new approach to total health. As a CVS Health colleague, you’ll be at the center of it all!

Position Summary:

The Analyst – Manager, Networks Strategy will be responsible for analyzing, building, and maintaining financial and operational tools to support organizational understanding of the network value and its flow into underwriting modeling. The motivated and detail-oriented manager will deploy capabilities to increase both automation and data accuracy.

A candidate on this team will perform a variety of ad-hoc analyses in response to specific business questions and will have the opportunity to present to and work in collaboration with internal business partners, such as Network Development, Pricing/Underwriting, Operations, and Finance.

The Manager, Network Strategy will:

• Create and maintain SAS/SQL processes to integrate with master claims tables to fit the needs of cost of goods modeling.  Create standard data summary outputs that will help understand trends.
• Develop and support Excel and Tableau based financial impact reports or dashboards that assist in leadership decision making and strategy.
• Recurring data mart management duties including cost of goods upload process execution and documentation, version control, assumption tracking, and enterprise communication.
• Build Excel models for reporting and tracking purposes.
• Other ad hoc financial modeling and duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of analytical experience in network, contracting, pricing, finance and/or market
• 3+ years experience in Specialty Pharmacy, PBM, or related healthcare field
• Experience utilizing Excel, including formulas, VLOOKUP's, pivot tables
• Experience with EG SAS/SQL, or Tableau/Data Visualization

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Pharmaceutical Manufacturer data management
• 3+ Excel knowledge including filtering, manipulating data, and grouping/sorting
• 3+ Advanced Excel knowledge including formulas, VLOOKUP's, pivot tables
• 3+ Experience with EG SAS/SQL, Tableau/Data Visualization
• 3+ Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office Suite Products (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and manage competing demands
• Experience working cross-functionally in an organization.
• Reporting and data analytics experience

Educational Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience required

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$66,330.00 - $145,860.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401