Business Analyst (US)

Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG)•Shaft, MD

About The Position

Make a difference. Be happy. Grow your career. The Business Analyst serves as the link between the business objectives and core technological capabilities the team is building. The goal of this role is to drive organized and effective requirements to build a product. The Business Analyst seeks out, develops, and helps implement strategic initiatives for improved efficiency and productivity by understanding and developing requirements in the form of user stories. Business Analysts are responsible for utilizing creative and practical thinking to translate user needs and pain points into direct improvements. In addition, the Business Analyst’s responsibilities include analyzing the potential impact of their recommendations pre or post implementation. Nordic, repeat Best in KLAS IT Services Firm and solely serving the healthcare industry, strives to empower healthcare providers to leverage technology and to realize digital transformation. All Nordic staff embrace Nordic’s maxims and mission to serve our customers who care so well for us. Healthcare organizations are challenged to deliver higher quality care at a lower cost. Our award-winning team provides consulting services focused on strategy, technology, and operations, as well as managed services, that result in a stronger business with better patient outcomes. Ranked as a best place to work by nine publications, Nordic's culture provides our home office and consultants a supportive environment in healthcare that allows you to make a difference, be happy, and grow your career.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and 3 years of related experience or 6 years of related experience in lieu of degree
Minimum Years of Experience 2 years of experience in a business analyst role (required)

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a healthcare provider setting (preferred)
Previous experience with high-quality analytics product delivery (preferred)

Responsibilities

Supports the Product Owners and Analytics Business Partners in collaborating with other teams and leaders to ensure team strategy aligns with overall product vision.
Collaborates with Analytics Business Partners, Data Engineers, Data Analysts and other technical experts to shape the end-to-end product strategy and solution
Stays in sync with the Product Owners and Analytics Business Partner on priorities to serve as day-to-day contact for the team on decision making and clarification of business requirements and user stories.
Works independently and exercises strong decision-making mandate across the team as a proxy to the Product Owner and Analytics Business Partners
Utilizes market and industry knowledge to translate user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria for their team
Supports the Analytics Business Partner in managing and building a backlog 3 to 4 sprints ahead
Contributes to the implementation and delivery of approved solutions and work products.
Prepares and supports the team on product demos
Documents, tracks and resolves issues related to data quality.
Contributes to the design and mapping of data conversion strategies and efforts
Analyzes large amounts of data and other business processes to form ideas and fix problem
Analyzes and evaluates current business processes and identify areas of improvement.
Analyzes processes and objectives of the business to determine how it operates and determine its objectives
Prepares technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends