Analyst, Value Engineering

Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S.

Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience.

The Role

We are looking for team members to help transform how we articulate, assess, and improve value holistically across our expanding product suite. The impact of this team on our business is immense.  Cedar is taking a new approach at tailoring bespoke projections and expanded metrics to prospective clients as well as more proactive financial health diagnoses and interventions on deteriorating value for our current clients.

This individual will be responsible for conducting data analysis utilizing internal and external healthcare and market data sources and contributing to larger Value Engineering deliverables. This role will work closely with other members of Value Engineering and teams across Cedar to execute on value strategy. This is an individual contributor role with opportunity to learn from more senior team members and gain client-facing experience. The Analyst, Value Engineering reports to the Senior Director of Value Engineering. 

Responsibilities

• Data analysis including but not limited to: baselining and measuring client performance across our holistic product suite, conducting ad-hoc value analysis, building comprehensive and customized ROI models for prospective clients, performing root cause metric analysis
• Collaborate with Sales to create customized ROI analyses for prospective clients, showcasing the specific financial benefits they can achieve through our solutions and develop compelling business cases that demonstrate the impact of our software on key performance indicators and financial metrics relevant to each prospect
• Collaborate with Client Management to maintain an ongoing dialogue with clients, ensuring they are realizing the expected financial outcomes from our solutions as well as diagnosing drivers of financial underperformance and monitoring performance metrics to identify opportunities for enhancement or additional value realization.
• Facilitate regular collaboration with Product, Data Science, Client Management, Sales, Engineering and Marketing stakeholders to gain insights and execute on deliverables that reinforce Value Engineering strategy
• Enable the delivery of client value stories by creating client facing materials, maintaining playbooks and client-specific documentation, and contributing to marketing collateral

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree; a minimum 2 years work experience in a client-facing or client-adjacent role preferred 
• Prior experience in healthcare with knowledge of revenue cycle metrics and analytics
• Experience conducting custom data analysis and utilizing healthcare data sets 
• Excellent listening and communication skills (verbal and written) 
• Strong analytical skill set, attention to detail, and passion for problem solving
• Demonstrates a self-starter mentality and ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, cross-collaborative environment
• Experience working with several internal partners in a cross functional capacity
• Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets

Compensation Range and Benefits

• Salary Range*: $85,000 - $100,000
• This role is equity eligible
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package

*Subject to location, experience, and education

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What do we offer to the ideal candidate?

• A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
• Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
• For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of PTO per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedaria