Company DescriptionWhy Wellmark? We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we've built our reputation on over 80 years' worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors-our members. If you're passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today! Learn more about our unique benefit offerings here. Want to know more? You can learn about life at Wellmark here.

Job DescriptionResponsible for building and maintaining complex data assets that allow team of analytics professionals to develop advanced business analytics that drive Wellmark's strategic business decisions. Provide technical support and reporting to Analysts/Scientists, including transforming and mapping data from raw data form into another format with the intent of making it more usable and valuable, identifying efficiencies or automation opportunities and other data enabled improvement recommendations.

QualificationsRequired:

Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, finance, accounting, computer science, engineering or economics.

Less than 1-year hands-on experience or internship in a role pulling reports and analyzing data; experience with data discovery, profiling, cleansing, standardization and data quality managementAbility to quickly learn new data sources and programming languages (e.g. SQL)Basic knowledge or experience with relational databasesDetail oriented, self-motivated, excellent communicator, strong analytical/technical orientationNatural curiosity, and ability to drive business decisions and solutionsProactive self-starter with effective time management skills and the ability to organize and prioritize projects or tasksProficient in Microsoft Excel with a strong emphasis in formulas, pivot tables and data visualizations

Preferred:

Master's DegreeExperience working with large data sets and spreadsheetsExperience gathering and documenting business requirementsExperience of cross functional activity in complex organizations with strong emphasis on influencing and collaborationHands-on data analysis of databases and files using SQL dialects and programming languages (e.g. Python, Scala, Spark etc.)Experience with business intelligence/reporting/analytics platforms such as MS Power BI and Tableau etc.

Proven ability to mine and query data across structured and unstructured data setsAdditional InformationJob Responsibilities a. Wrangle data from a wide variety of data sets and assemble into normalized and enriched data assets that enables new insights, solutions, and visualizations. b. Perform and document data profiling, quality assessment, source consolidation, aggregation and other data manipulation efforts, to understand data formats, source systems, file sizes, etc.c. Develop simple, dependable automated reports and dashboards to surface key metrics that deliver information that is digestible and visually appealing.d. Gather data set requirements from business analytics stakeholders in order to support downstream analysis.e. Acquire, transform, map, and load data into a variety of data models. Responsible for documenting assigned data asset and dashboard architectures.f. Create, update, and maintain documentation and procedures for sourcing, analyzing, and preparing internal reporting and presentations. Ensure the highest quality and integrity of data sources.g. Other duties as assigned.

An Equal Opportunity EmployerThe policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but

IS NOT LIMITED TO

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Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them.