Financial Analysis Lead Analyst - Express Scripts - Hybrid - St. Louis, MO

This is a hybrid role and will require the ability to work in-person at our St.

Louis, Missouri office.

The Financial Analysis Lead Analyst works within the Retail Network Pricing and Guarantees support team embedded within the Supply Chain organization.

The lead analyst will perform all financial modeling and analysis for retail pharmacy network negotiations.

Responsible for managing all aspects of pharmacy contractual guarantees.

Analyst will conduct routine analysis on guarantee performance and make pharmacy pricing recommendations to management in order to meet the guarantees.

Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required.

Work closely with the financial analysis senior manager on the team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS


* Perform financial modeling for all chain and independent pharmacy retail network contract negotiations


* Communicate modeling results to business partners and respond to questions


* Provide pricing and analytical support for new contracting initiatives


* Monitor contracted and forecasted retail payable rates in alignment with enterprise financial goals


* Manage pharmacy pricing in order to meet contractual guarantees


* Review pharmacy contracts and ensuring that all guarantees are accounted for


* Monitor and adjust pricing and reporting of pharmacy guarantee performance


* Enter and maintain provider rates in adjudication system


* Analyze and identify performance trends and/or variances


* Cross Functional support of internal business partners through ad hoc projects

QUALIFICATIONS


* Bachelor's degree strongly desired (preferably in mathematics, business, accounting or finance)


* 2+ years of business analysis, modeling, pricing or data management experience preferred


* Analytical, highly organized, able to work with little supervision, motivated to successfully meet deadlines, attention to detail and ability to multi-task


* Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.


* Good understanding of other Microsoft office products.


* Data extraction and analysis skills in SQL and Teradata are a plus


* Capability to prepare and present concepts and proposals to all levels of management


* Excellent Communication skills, oral and written

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality.

We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people.

Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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