8-11-Business Analyst

Focused HR Solutions•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SCDHHS is seeking a Business Analyst - Advanced to assist with implementing small to large projects. The principal duties of this position are to evaluate agency needs, as-is and to-be business processes, and technical designs to provide analysis and advice on strategies for information technology solutions and non-technical solutions. The BA will provide detailed analysis and document business processes and requirements. This position is up to 12 months, with the option of extension, and is in Columbia, SC. Corp to Corps are NOT allowed for this client. The role is not remote - the role is 100% onsite.

Requirements

1 year of business analysis experience IBM Cúram software.
1 year experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties.
1 year experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes.
2 years Medicaid Eligibility or other healthcare insurance experience.
Superb written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write requirements and Use Cases.
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 with executive management, line management, project management, and team members.
IBM Curam software experience
Bachelor's Degree
Government experience
MMIS - Medicaid Management Information System Medicaid
Quality Assurance (QA) Use Cases
Business Analysis experience

Nice To Haves

Prior government experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as a liaison between the business programs community and the IT organization in order 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 partner's 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 session 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.
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.