The posting
Job Description
As a Health Analytics Analyst, you will support employer clients by analyzing healthcare, pharmacy, and other health and benefits data to identify the factors driving cost, utilization, and population health outcomes. You will work alongside experienced Health Analytics colleagues to transform complex data into clear insights and client-ready deliverables that help employers make informed decisions about their health and benefit programs.
This early-career role is designed for someone with strong analytical aptitude, intellectual curiosity, and an interest in healthcare who wants to build expertise in health benefits analytics, data visualization, and consulting.
The Role
As a Health Analytics Analyst, you will:
- Support multiple client teams by performing analyses and contributing to Health Analytics client deliverables under the guidance of experienced team members.
- Analyze medical, pharmacy, eligibility, and other health and benefits data to help identify drivers of cost, utilization, and population health outcomes.
- Support analyses including cost and utilization trends, high-cost claimants, clinical conditions, pharmacy utilization, cohort analyses, and vendor or program evaluations.
- Develop working knowledge of healthcare claims data and data structures, including the relationships among medical, pharmacy, eligibility, and other data sources.
- Use WTW Health Analytics solutions and healthcare data warehouse tools to perform analyses and produce client deliverables.
- Review analytical results for accuracy and reasonableness, investigate unexpected findings, and support quality-control processes.
- Translate analytical results into clear tables, charts, dashboards, presentations, and other client-ready materials.
- Help identify key observations and develop the analytical story behind the data to support client decision-making.
- Support recurring reporting, custom analytics, data warehouse implementations, data validation, and related activities as needed.
- Take ownership of assigned tasks, manage competing priorities, communicate progress or risks, and meet established deadlines.
- Draft responses to basic client questions and partner with more senior colleagues on complex analytical issues.
- Collaborate with Health Analytics colleagues, Client Service Teams, and other WTW specialty teams.
- Develop knowledge of employer-sponsored benefit programs, including healthcare, pharmacy, wellbeing, life, disability, and voluntary benefits.
- Build knowledge of WTW methodologies, analytical solutions, service offerings, and data warehouse partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative, analytical, healthcare, business, or related field, such as statistics, mathematics, economics, actuarial science, data science, public health/epidemiology, finance, or business analytics.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with curiosity about why an observed result occurred and what it means for the client.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft suite (Excel, Power Point, Word etc.) and comfort working with large or complex datasets.
- Ability to critically evaluate analytical results for accuracy and reasonableness.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize analytical findings clearly.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
- Interest in learning about employer-sponsored healthcare, employee benefits, and healthcare analytics.
Preferred Qualifications
- Internship, coursework, or work experience in healthcare, employee benefits, insurance, actuarial science, consulting, or analytics.
- Experience analyzing healthcare claims, pharmacy, eligibility, or other health-related data.
- Experience with data visualization or business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
- Experience with SQL, Python, or other analytical or programming languages.
- Familiarity with healthcare data warehouses or analytics platforms (Truven/Merative, Cedar Gate, Artemis etc).
What Success Looks Like Successful candidates will demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a desire to move beyond producing analytical results to understanding what is driving those results and what they mean for the client. Over time, the Analyst will progress from executing analyses with guidance to interpreting findings, developing the analytical story, and communicating insights to colleagues and clients.
Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.
This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until a sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.
Company Benefits WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
- Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
- Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off (only included for Washington roles)
- Retirement Benefits: Qualified contributory pension plan (if eligible) and 401(k) plan with annual nonelective company contribution. Non-qualified retirement plans available to senior level colleagues who satisfy the plans’ eligibility requirements.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location-based arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.
EOE, including disability/vets
