Patient Funding Alternatives is hiring: Data Analyst (Contract) in Woburn
Patient Funding Alternatives, Woburn, MA, US
Contract Data Analyst (Power BI / SQL) Engagement: 3-4 months (with option to extend) Time Commitment: Full-time preferred (40 hrs/week) Reporting To: Director of Data Analytics Location: Hybrid (Woburn Office-2-3 days per week) Status: 1099 Contractor (no benefits) Assignment Purpose Provide hands-on analytics execution support to the Director of Data Analytics by owning repeatable, lower-complexity analytics tasks and defined projects. This role is tactical, delivery-focused, and tightly scoped-no ownership of data strategy or architecture decisions. Success is defined by on-time delivery, accuracy, and clean handoff of analytics assets. Primary Responsibilities (Scoped for Contractor Work) Data Analysis & Reporting
- Build, maintain, and update Power BI dashboards and reports based on defined business requirements
- Execute SQL queries (joins, views, aggregations) to extract and validate data from MySQL and related sources
- Support recurring operational and executive reporting (weekly/monthly)
- Perform data quality checks and basic reconciliation to ensure accuracy
- Pull and process data from SFTP sources; validate file integrity and completeness
- Support data bridging between source systems and Power BI / Excel models
- Document data definitions, assumptions, and refresh logic for reuse
- Work with healthcare-related datasets (billing, eligibility, enrollment, claims, or Epic extracts)
- Validate healthcare data fields with guidance from the Director
- Support hospital-facing reporting requests under established protocols
- Respond to defined analytics requests from Operations, Finance, and Leadership
- Follow established HIPAA, security, and data access controls
- Track work items and deliverables using assigned project tools
- Define data strategy or analytics roadmap
- Design enterprise data architecture
- Own stakeholder prioritization
- Build advanced ML models or experimentation frameworks
- Manage other analysts
- 3-4 years of hands-on data analyst experience
- Must have PL-300 certification
- Strong Power BI experience (models, DAX basics, visuals, refreshes)
- Strong SQL skills (queries, joins, views; MySQL preferred)
- Advanced Excel skills (formulas, data validation, reconciliation)
- Experience pulling data via SFTP and managing structured data files
- Strong attention to detail and audit-level accuracy
- Ability to work independently with clear instructions and deadlines
- Healthcare analytics experience and/or
- Experience with Epic database extracts or reporting
- Exposure to medical billing, eligibility, or claims data