Ascend Overview
Ascend is a socially impactful, mission driven technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems . Formed by the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association and three major hospital networks (Premier Health, Kettering Health, and Dayton Children's), Ascend is positioned to serve all communities to address their most complex health problems. Our clients range from hospitals and hospices, county- and state-level public health departments, to private entities looking to make a positive impact in their communities. Data Analysts serve a primary role of advancing the analytical and business intelligence needs of Ascend, and its clients. They do this by linking data insights to actionable organizational insights and can use storytelling techniques to communicate these insights to relevant stakeholders.
❤ What We Value
Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community. A great fit for our company will exhibit these characteristics in action on a daily basis.
- We aspire to be better
- We grow through challenge
- We are open and honest
- We have each other's back
- We are better together
☕ Perks
- Flexible Time Off
- 3 months fully paid parental leave
- Work Remotely or Hybrid
Job Summary
The Data Analyst is responsible for engaging with clients and contributing to data analysis projects that provide actionable insights and recommendations to clients and decision-makers. Moreover, they can translate the ambitions of managers and executives into concrete, data-driven initiatives, and specific actions. Specific areas of focus will include problem understanding, data preparation, data mining and analysis, data visualization, while also developing strategic roadmaps, project outlines and detailed action plans. Data Analysts will also participate in project data discovery efforts, host interviews, brainstorming sessions and workshops with client teams and executives on data-related efforts. Clear and concise communication, both written and verbal, is critical to the success of this position and requires that all data and data analytics be treated as a key strategic asset.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain leading-edge analytic solutions to solve problems for clients of Ascend Innovations
- Work directly with senior technical staff, management, and clients to identify the business need, gather requirements, design a solution, provide updates, and deploy analysis.
- Identify potential opportunities for growth through analysis of complex data sets and relationships with clients.
- Support Ascend's clients in making tactical decisions through rapid reporting and ad hoc statistical data analysis.
- Evaluate internal systems for efficiency, problems, and inaccuracies, developing and maintaining protocols for handling, processing, and cleaning data.
- Identify new data sources and methods to improve data collection, analysis, and visualization
Qualifications
- Proven analytic skills, including mining, evaluation, analysis, and visualization
- Prefer a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, or field related to healthcare or public health. Experience with a proven track record of analytical skills can be substituted for degree requirements.
- 3+ years' experience mining data as a data analyst. Strong SQL experience with the desire and ability to learn other data mining tools
- 3+ years' experience with Microsoft Power BI and Tableau
- Practical experience in statistical analysis using statistical packages within Excel, Python, R, or SAS
- Willingness to learn or adopt new tools and processes as the team grows and evolves
- Ability to effectively communicate with software engineers, data scientists, and product designers about project requirements
- Ability to manage projects in a hybrid setting, including engaging with the business to understand business objectives and gather requirements for a potential solution
- Technical writing and presentation experience in relevant areas, including reports to clients, technical documentation, and public presentation
Where You'll Be
- We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
- We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
- Our primary office is in Dayton , Ohio (EST Timezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
- For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States
✨ Benefits Highlight
- Competitive salary
- Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
- 85% coverage of medical premiums
- 100% coverage of dental premiums
- 50% coverage of vision premiums
- Automatic 4% 401K employer contribution
- Health Savings Account with employer upfront bonus and match
- Flexible working style
- in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US