Financial Analysis Lead Analyst - Express Scripts - Hybrid

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Financial Analysis Lead Analyst, Client Analysis & Consultation position at Express Scripts works in conjunction with Sales and Account Management and various departments within the finance organization to provide financial and analytical support to clients. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work directly with account teams and clients to fulfill client requests, maximize upsell opportunity and model the impact of company initiatives

• Proactively identify client performance trends, cost drivers, and savings opportunities

• Develop findings based on research and present to the client

• Manage client guarantee performance, supporting department and company projects, and working to enhance finance team efficiency through the development of improved financial models and best practices

• Query databases to fulfill analytical requests

• Support ad hoc analyses and consultation of Express Scripts clients and industry consultants

• Conduct in-depth analyses to identify client specific trends, explain past program performance, and recommend opportunities for improvement

• Provide clients with plan design consultation and appropriate plan design recommendations through creative modeling and analyses

• On-going management of a client’s contract to ensure compliance with financial terms

• Understand margin and performance drives, and support Senior Leadership in business management

• Participate in department and company projects

• Create content to support client visits to THE LAB at Morris Plains, NJ

• Develop and improve existing best practices for client support

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare, Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related field with 4+ years' relevant experience preferred

• Knowledge of PBM or Healthcare industry preferred

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, advanced ability with Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint

• Create and run queries against Express Scripts database; experience with SQL a plus

• Develop Excel models to analyze and explain cost trends; experience with data visualization a plus, e.g. Tableau; create PowerPoint presentations that detail financial performance

• Strong written/verbal communication, including presentation skills; comfortable discussing and explaining complex concepts to audiences with varying levels of knowledge of the subject

• Entrepreneurial attitude and curiosity; strong understanding of client analytics, financials, and value trade offs; modeling, trending and forecasting skills

• Relationship building and collaboration

• Ability to take ownership and deliver results; take initiative with commitment and ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• Comfortable with up to 10% - 15% travel

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 76,200 - 127,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: [email protected] for support. Do not email [email protected] for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.