Business Analyst

Innosoft Corporation•Columbia, SC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for an IT Healthcare Consultant-Business Analyst (BA) with advanced skills to assist with the implementation of small to large projects. The Business Analyst will serve as a liaison between business programs and the IT organization, providing technical solutions to meet user needs. This position requires expertise in the supported business units and an understanding of the IT organization's systems and capabilities. The BA will analyze business partners' operations to identify opportunities for automation, assist in business process redesign and documentation, and conduct requirement gathering sessions. They will translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications, educate the IT organization on business direction, and negotiate agreements between business units and IT. The role also involves understanding technological trends to offer solutions that enhance the enterprise's competitive edge, executing requirements development, documenting and analyzing agency business processes and data requirements, and participating in requirements management processes. The BA will provide interpretation and guidance to technical and test teams, identify and resolve risks and issues, and interact with various internal and external organizations. Recommendations for buy versus build decisions may be made, and business rules, requirements, and models will be researched and maintained in a repository. Other project-related duties are also included.

Requirements

1 year of business analysis experience with IBM Cúram software
1 year of experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties
1 year’s experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules and processes
2 years of Medicaid Eligibility or other healthcare insurance experience
Superb written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write requirements and Use Cases.
Very Strong proficiency in English is required.
Experience and ability to obtain business processes and requirements information by interviewing business personnel and by mining laws, regulations, and policy documents.
Knowledge of formal business process documentation.
Understanding of business modeling techniques, including the use of graphical process flow software
Ability to effectively communicate to executive management, line management, project management, and team members.

Nice To Haves

General Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to Medicaid or other healthcare insurance experience (project or operations)
MMS experience (project or operations)
Microsoft Office Project/Project Server

Responsibilities

Serves as a liaison between the business programs community and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
Possesses expertise in the business unit(s) they support, as well as an understanding of the IT organization's systems and capabilities.
Analyzes business partners' operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
Assists in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology.
Conducts efficient requirement gathering sessions with multiple stakeholders to capture business requirements.
Translates high-level business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specifications.
Educates the IT organization on the direction of the business.
Negotiates agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT from initial requirements to final implementation.
Possesses an understanding of technological trends and uses this knowledge to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprise's competitive edge.
Requirements development execution, including the elicitation, analysis, specification, and validation.
Documenting and analyzing agency business processes and recommending improvements.
Documenting and analyzing data requirements and relationships.
Participating in the requirements management processes, including change control, version control, tracking and status reporting, and traceability.
Providing requirements interpretation and guidance to technical and test teams.
Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e., vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers and beneficiaries, and other stakeholders).
May make recommendations for buy versus build decisions.
Research business rules, requirements, and models.
Maintain business rules, requirements, and models in a repository.
Other project-related duties.