Business Analyst, Senior Middle Markets and Small Business

Job Title

The Strategic Planning & Performance team develops long-term strategies, annual plans, and performance reporting for Middle Markets and Small Business lines of business. The Business Analyst, Senior Middle Markets and Small Business will report to the Senior Manager, Strategic Planning & Performance. In this role you will be managing sales data and developing comprehensive reports to provide actionable insights that will enhance sales performance and drive growth.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Provide complex analytical support through the analysis and interpretation of data in support of cross-functional business operations
• Develop annual operating plans, capital budgets and forecasts, and build business cases for new business initiatives (cost/benefit analysis)
• Develop, prepare, and analyze reports with complex analysis and data for management review, and present to various levels of management
• Define business requirements and provide analysis to increase operational efficiency
• Provide analytical support for multiple, complex cross-functional projects simultaneously; establish work plans and timelines
• Partner with key enterprise partners to formulate data-driven business opportunities that support operational initiatives
• Be passionate about anticipating unrealized problems or dependencies and recommend solutions that solve business problems and keeping user perspective in focus
• Identify opportunities for improvements in performance and notify management of issues and problems that require immediate attention
• Support users in adoption of sales tools and processes in group or individual settings

Qualifications

Your knowledge and experience:

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires experience in querying and managing data in Excel
• Requires health plan experience with knowledge
• Requires strong organizational skills with attention to details
• Knowledge of key domains, including sales, claims/encounter data, cost of healthcare, and financial performance preferred
• Experience in CRM or Salesforce preferred

About Us

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities join us!

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

Job Info

Job Identification 20260014

Job Category Business and Data Analysis

Posting Date 01/12/2026, 06:54 PM

Job Schedule Full time

Locations El Dorado Hills, CA, United States Long Beach, CA, United States Oakland, CA, United States San Diego, CA, United States Woodland Hills, CA, United States

Pay Range for California $82000.00 to $122900.00

Pay Range for Bay Area $92400.00 to $138500.00

Note Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship No