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This position designs, develops, implements and maintains business solutions. The incumbent works directly with stakeholders to identify requirements and manage end-to-end projects. The Business Analyst role supports the department in the evaluation and implementation of methods to improve efficiency, streamline processes, and keep projects and tasks on schedule. This position is not responsible for providing care to patients.
Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.
We encourage candidates to submit resumes that accurately reflect their own skills, experience, and accomplishments. The information provided during the application process must be truthful and authentic, as qualifications may be verified during the hiring process.
ResponsibilitiesEssential Functions- Leverage data in order to conduct comprehensive analyses, data mine, identify benchmarks and trends.
- Collects project requirements to develop detailed functional specifications and project plans.
- Provides suggestions and guidance during development stage in order to meet business needs.
- Meets regularly with the team to facilitate and prioritize multiple projects.
- Conduct analyses of information to produce results and identify solutions to complex problems.
- Identify trends and performance levels for integrations metrics based on established benchmarks or design and create tables, graphs, charts and diagrams to support analytics and develop a platform for change.
- Analyze information to produce results and identify solutions to complex problems.
- Report status on projects and timelines for analytics.
- Works with large and complex data sets and run scenarios using analytic tools.
- May review contracts to prevent potential disputes and financial risks.
- May analyze contract clauses, stipulations, obligations and liabilities.
- May recommend and draft contract provisions and amendments.
- May review contract terms and conditions.
- May ensure contract terms comply with legal requirements and policies.
- May advise internal departments on contract compliance.
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once.
- Ability to analyze and document complex business processes.
- Ability to think analytically and offer guidance to the team regarding business solutions.
- Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and information.
- Ability to prepare written and verbal communications for projects.
- Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
- Demonstrated organizational skills.
- Experience with Word and Excel (ability to create pivot charts, v-lookups, diagrams, graphs etc.) needed.
- Demonstrated analytical skills.
- Ability to document processes and maintain files.
- Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency.
- Experience with data visualization and operational reporting including Tableau and Power BI.
- Strong SQL server coding and SSIS package development skills.
Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.
- This is a sedentary position in an office setting that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, including pivot charts, VLOOKUPs, diagrams, and graphs
- Experience with data visualization and operational reporting using Tableau and Power BI
- Strong SQL Server coding and SSIS package development skills
University of Utah Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about University of Utah and has not been reviewed or approved by University of Utah.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement contributions on both the academic campus and U of U Health are notably strong, with automatic contributions and additional voluntary savings options. This emphasis makes long-term financial benefits a distinctive part of the total compensation offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, robust mental-health support through the Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs create a comprehensive health offering. Network options and wellness incentives further enhance coverage quality.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave policies provide options for fully paid periods or extended partial-pay leave for staff, with parallel provisions at U of U Health. Separate frameworks for faculty include modified duties and leave arrangements during family transitions.
University of Utah Insights
What We Do
The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders. The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011. Technology and Commercialization The University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information. Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/ Healthcare University of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores. See more about University of Utah Health Care at http://healthcare.utah.edu/index.php




