**Summary:** The Global Data & Analytics unit offers innovative solutions that provide actionable insights to internal and external business partners and customers that help reduce health costs, improve outcomes, provide financial security and measure/forecast business performance. The National Affordability Initiatives Team drives affordability strategies and measurement of our solutions. This role will provide data and analytics that will enable the team to communicate program results for large national contracts/segments. Person will be responsible for aggregating program results and creating data tools that will enable a business process that provides timely results and reports to key internal and external partners. Initial key focus will be Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy with expanding areas of focus as the role progresses. **Responsibilities:** + Support national provider contract negotiations and monitor performance and shifts in trend + Identify/develop targets and related strategies to improve our competitive position + Collaborate with Contracting and local market teams to ensure competitive positioning within the marketplace + Integrate data from multiple sources and supports/performs complex statistical data analysis to find root causes/opportunities + Able to think critically and improve processes to optimize results + Function well in a fast-paced environment; Learns quickly and is open to change + Communicate contract performance and opportunities as needed to business partners including National Contracting, Clinical, Local Market, other Network Analytics, etc. **Qualifications:** + 2+ years of financial analysis and planning experience with demonstrated ability to perform financial analysis at macro and micro levels + Proficiency with Excel, SAS, SQL, Tableau and Databricks to pull and analyze data + Strong technical data skills and strong knowledge of systems, processes and methodologies + Strong communication skills including being comfortable discussing program/segment dynamics and impacts of our national contracts with a wide array of technical and non-technical business partners + Ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities + Ability to think critically and develop creative solutions/analytics to address complex problems + Familiarity with concepts in provider reimbursement, fee schedules & contract modeling or the ability to quickly learn + Experience in healthcare analytics is preferred + This position can be performed anywhere in the US, however if you are located near a Cigna office, you will be required to work in the office 2/3 days a week. 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 The Cigna Group** Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives. _Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws._ _If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email:_ _SeeYourself@cigna.com_ _for support. Do not email_ _SeeYourself@cigna.com_ _for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response._ _The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State._ _Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner_ _consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances._