Decision Support Analyst

Decision Support Analyst

Location: Avera Downtown Building-Sioux Falls

Worker Type: Regular

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range: $58,240.00 - $87,360.00

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview The Decision Support Analyst maintains decision support and financial reporting systems while delivering accurate, timely analytics that support operational and financial decision-making. This role ensures data integrity, consistency, and reliability across reporting outputs by loading, validating, reconciling, and maintaining data within cost accounting and financial systems. Working within established methodologies and analytical frameworks, the analyst produces recurring reports and dashboards, supports month-end, budgeting, and forecasting processes, and writes basic SQL queries for data extraction. The position also assists senior analysts with ad hoc analyses and maintains documentation of data processes and reporting logic to ensure transparency and continuity.

What You Will Do

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with other team members both in Data & Analytics and Finance to understand their data needs within the ecosystem.
• Process Optimization: Identify opportunities for process improvement within healthcare operations and internal processes by utilizing automation and optimizing workflows.
• Data Integrity Assurance: Take a proactive role in ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of the datasets in partnership with key stakeholders and the data engineering team. The data utilized must be clean, validated, and maintain the level of consistency required for robust analytics and reporting.
• Communication and Teamwork: Strong attention to detail and ability to follow standard department process, frameworks, and practices as a technical subject matter expert. Ability to troubleshoot and investigate any validation issues encountered and develop a solution. Document and maintain clear and organized record for data sources, process, etc.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with other functions within the Data & Analytics organization to integrate data sources, share expertise, and collectively generate comprehensive insights that contribute to the overall strategic objectives of the organization.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Willingness to learn and develop skills.

Essential Qualifications The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

• Bachelor's in finance, accounting or related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• Two to three years of relevant experience.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Knowledge of healthcare finance.
• Basic Power BI/dashboard exposure.
• Basic SQL proficiency.

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org.