Spark Advisors
Data Analyst II
Job Summary
Spark is seeking a Data Analyst II to support data-driven decision-making through building dashboards, conducting analyses, and partnering with various organizational teams. The role requires proficiency in SQL, data visualization tools, and experience with modern data infrastructure. The candidate will translate business questions into analytical insights, ensuring data quality and communicating findings clearly. The position focuses on enhancing transparency in the Medicare industry by providing actionable business insights.
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Job Description
About Spark Advisors
We’re Spark, a mission-driven company helping independent Medicare brokers build the insurance business of their dreams. The vast majority of beneficiaries select benefits with the help of an independent broker, but technology and support for brokers is woefully antiquated. We provide workflows and services to help brokers achieve transformative growth.
In just five years, we’ve partnered with over 6,000 brokers and enrolled over 140,000 beneficiaries, making us the fastest-growing Medicare brokerage in the country. Brokers love us: during this period of intense growth, we’ve maintained an NPS of 91 and a client retention rate of 93%, and we’ve helped brokers grow on average >100% since partnering with us.
It’s an exciting time to be at Spark. Our diverse, remote-first team comes from leading technology, healthcare, and insurance companies, and has grown from 70 to 90 in the last year. Most recently, we’ve raised a Series B from leading investors who share our ambition.
Join us: we’re always on the lookout for sharp, talented, empathetic teammates.
Summary
Spark is seeking a Data Analyst II to join our data team. Historically, the medicare distribution industry has had a lack of transparency, but Spark is on a mission to change that. You can be a key part of the change by helping Spark build robust analytics that power our business insights and decision-making. In this role, you will be responsible for partnering with stakeholders across the organization to understand their data needs, building dashboards and reports, and conducting analysis that drives product and business decisions.
As a Data Analyst II, you'll focus on translating business questions into analytical solutions, building interactive dashboards, and conducting deep-dive analyses that inform strategic decisions. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and business teams to ensure our analytics capabilities meet both current needs and support future growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders across product, operations, and business teams to understand their analytical needs and translate them into technical requirements
- Design and build interactive dashboards and reports using modern BI tools to support ongoing business operations
- Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for business improvement
- Create and maintain documentation for analytical methodologies, data definitions, and reporting processes
- Collaborate with data engineers and analytics engineers to ensure data quality and pipeline reliability
- Present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences through clear visualizations and storytelling
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- 3+ years of experience in data analysis roles delivering business intelligence
- Advanced proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis
- Strong experience with data analysis and visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, Hex)
- Experience working with modern data infrastructure (BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar)
- Willingness to dive into messy, incomplete, or ambiguous datasets to determine how they might be valuable and leveraged as insights
- Excellent communication skills for presenting complex findings to diverse audiences
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with the ability to deliver quality insights independently and iterate on more complex solutions with a colleague
Nice to Haves
- Experience with dbt for data transformation and modeling
- Knowledge of healthcare or insurance industry data and HIPAA compliance
- Strong organization skills and natural instincts to “bring order to chaos”
- Interest in advanced data techniques, such as fuzzy matching and time series analysis
Compensation
Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Spark. In accordance with New York City, Colorado, California, and other applicable laws, Spark is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is listed below. We expect most candidates to fall in the middle of the range. We also believe that your personal needs and preferences should be taken into consideration, so we allow some choice between equity and cash.
Why you should join our team
By joining Spark, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup where you will have a profound impact on the brokers and beneficiaries we serve. And you'll learn, grow, be challenged, and have fun with your team while doing it.
We strive to help you and your family thrive. We're committed to supporting your happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing a comprehensive benefits program. In addition to your base salary, we also offer:
- Equity compensation
- Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia
- Flexible work location; co-working available
- 401k
- Paid Time Off
- Monthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Up to 14 weeks for birthing parents
- Up to 8 weeks for non-birth parents
- 11 paid holidays
- 2 week sabbatical at 5 years of employment
- Wellbeing Perks through SpringHealth, OneMedical, PerkSpot, and SoFi
Compliance
Spark is a proud participant in E-Verify. As part of our commitment to compliance, we use the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all employees working in the United States. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
Furthermore, for security and compliance requirements, we’re unable to accommodate international remote work. While we fully support travel and time off, all work must be conducted from an approved location within the U.S.
At Spark, we are committed to hiring the best team to serve our clients regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of our problems and the population we serve. We look to hire people from a variety of backgrounds, including, but not limited to, race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status.
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