Data Analyst – Research & Monitoring – Johannesburg – Up To R1.1Mil Per Annum

An organisation savvy about monitoring the solvency and financial soundness of medical schemes requires a Senior Data Analyst to join their team and conduct research and monitor trends to improve policies and practices through the analysis of the financial and non-financial indicators to inform policy initiatives and recommend interventions.Responsibilities:Monitoring trends evaluation of data, conducting research.Compiling updated rates, and updating industry reports.Provide support in data collection, analysis, creation of data specification, presentation of information and report writing activities.Provide inputs during the design project phase.Co-ordinating the data collection process.Piloting the survey tool as the participant liaison and monitoring responses.Provide inputs and quality assurance to the analysis of utilisation and statistics.Review and monitor trends in utilisation statistics.Provide agreed input to the other CMS functions for improved risk-based regulation.Monitoring trends to improve regulatory policy and practices.Review data specifications, technical guidelines and validations and workshop/pilot with the industry.Coordinate the collection of data and liaise with schemes.Review data submission through data cleaning and intersystem validation.Qualifications and Experience:Postgraduate Diploma/Honours degree in Operations Research or StatisticsA minimum of 7 years working experience, 5 years of which must be in a research environment3 years in a Healthcare environment, data management and analysis at specialist or supervisory levelQualitative and Quantitative research experienceAnalytical skills and proficiency in related tools (e.g. Excel, SAS, STATA or SPSS, SQL)The Reference Number for this position is NG59185 which is a Permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a cost to company of from R900k up to R1.1mil per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at