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What Data Analytics contributes to Cardinal Health:

The Data & Analytics Function oversees the analytics life-cycle in order to identify, analyze and present relevant insights that drive business decisions and anticipate opportunities to achieve a competitive advantage. This function manages analytic data platforms, the access, design and implementation of reporting/business intelligence solutions, and the application of advanced quantitative modeling.

Data Analytics applies business process knowledge and data analytics to develop, recommend and communicate timely, accurate, relevant and actionable insights to support business decisions and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise‑level evaluation of finance systems and operational processes to identify inefficiencies and drive scalable, measurable improvements. Leverage strong finance/accounting knowledge to translate ambiguous business needs into structured problem statements and actionable recommendations.

• Apply SAP expertise to interpret financial data, validate requirements and ensure alignment between business processes, source systems and reporting outputs.

• Lead major analytics initiatives that deliver measurable ROI, leveraging tools such as Looker, Tableau, and foundational knowledge of GCP BigQuery to build scalable reporting solutions.

• Applies deep expertise in concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to independently manage and lead a diverse portfolio of high‑impact, cross‑functional projects.

• Independently defines methodologies, frameworks, and analytical approaches for new and ambiguous projects, ensuring clarity, structure, and rigor from inception through execution.

• Requirements elicitation – ability to take ownership and drive the business in requirements gathering

• Independently drive end-to-end requirements elicitation, pre-execution activities, engaging and aligning stakeholders, clarifying business needs, defining scope and owning requirements through analysis, design, development support and unit/UAT testing.

• Continuously expand domain expertise—actively learning new business processes, technologies, tools, and data platforms to strengthen solution quality and accelerate delivery.

• Communicate complex findings through clear storytelling tailored to diverse audiences, proactively highlighting risks, trends, and strategic insights for business and finance leaders.

• Partner with business and technology teams to strengthen relationships, build trust, and ensure solutions meet functional needs while maintaining technical accuracy and audit readiness.

• Perform advanced exploratory data analysis using strong SQL skills, validating hypotheses, uncovering root causes, and synthesizing complex insights that influence business decision‑making.

• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to design conceptual and logical data models, ensuring consistency in metric definitions and enabling standardized enterprise reporting.

• Demonstrate accountability for the end‑to‑end solution—including understanding code logic, validating functionality, and ensuring outputs meet requirements and business expectations.

• Contributes to and influences the creation, refinement, and adoption of policies, standards, and procedures that advance organizational goals and drive operational excellence.

• Identifies opportunities for improvement and recommends new practices, scalable processes, KPIs, and analytical models that enhance decision-making and business performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience preferred

• 8-12 years of experience preferred

• Experience analyzing data leveraging SQL, Python for data models in GCP (BigQuery, BigTable, AtScale), while producing concepts in data visualization tools preferred

• Experience writing basic SQL queries, stored procedures, etc. preferred

• Experience in data visualization tools such as Tableau and Looker preferred

• Healthcare and Finance analytics experience preferred

• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills preferred

• Experience in Agile methodologies preferred

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects

• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals

• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models

• Works on, and may lead, complex projects of large scope

• Provides solutions which may set precedent. Understands and shares short-term and long-term impact.

• Independently determines method for completion of new projects

• Understands overall project objectives

• Acts as a mentor to internal and external partners

Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $150,100

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 05/05/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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