UCLA Health

Decision Support Analyst

UCLA Health  •  $95k - $208k/yr  •  Remote  •  2 months ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Posted Date
03/24/2026
Salary Range $95400 - 208300 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29493


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Take on a high-visibility role in a world-class health organization.Help ensure the consistent delivery of the highest quality of care within California’s #1 hospital.Take your professional expertise to the next level.UCan do all this and more at UCLA Health.

As a financial advisor and subject matter expert, you will analyze complex problems using patient-level financial and clinical data to support strategic hospital decision-making.Role will involve defining and executing a wide variety of analytical projects, anticipate client needs, establish project scope, identify data sources, translate data into polished deliverables, formulate business strategies, and present recommendations to executives.This position requires you to maintain a high degree of knowledge in healthcare, finance, and operations, including staying current on evolving industry trends.You will:

  • Interface with executive and physician leadership
  • Collaborate with professional and technical teams to pinpoint issues, achieve objectives and improve performance.
  • Audit multiple systems and data for reasonableness and investigate variances
  • Benchmark business operations relative to established best practices and internal business objectives
  • Apply innovative problem-solving in a dynamic and complex environment

Salary Range:$95,400 to $208,300 annually


Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a self-motivated, creative, goal-driven professional with:

  • Related bachelor’s degree required
  • MBA or MPH preferred
  • Five or more years of experience in hospital, insurance, or related healthcare finance preferred
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Tableau highly desired
  • Knowledge of hospital decision support and EMR systems, EPSi / Strata and Epic preferred
  • Understanding of healthcare coding systems (ICD-10-CM/PCS, UB-04, HCPCS, MS DRG, CPT, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid reimbursement
  • Ability to write SQL and other coding languages a plus
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Ability to translate clinical needs into financial terms and explain results to a non-financial audience
  • Ability to anticipate and respond to rapid changes and industry shifts
  • Strong commitment to high-quality deliverables, professional collaboration, and skill development

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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