Business Consultant - Intake

Elevance Health • Atlanta, GA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Business Consultant – Intake Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 day per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Ideal candidates will be able to report to one of our Pulse Point locations in Indianapolis, IN, Mason, OH, Atlanta, GA or Norfolk, VA. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office. Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. The Business Consultant – Intake is responsible for capturing business requirements for new features, partnering with technical teams to analyze existing processes for iteration and improvement and managing projects across the Agile development life cycle. Also responsible for translating most highly complex and varied business needs into application software requirements. How You Will Make an Impact: Determines specific business application software requirements to address the most highly complex and varied business needs. Leads teams of analysts assigned to the most complex projects, typically those of highest importance and impact to the way in which we do business. Analyzes and designs solutions to address varied and highly complex business needs. Collaborates with business and technical teams to fully understand project scope and vision and translates that vision into actionable requirements. Provides expertise to lower-level consultants on the analysis of business needs to determine optimal means of meeting those needs. Identifies and establishes scope of work through requirements analysis and establishes necessary features list. Works with stakeholders and technical teams to prioritize requirements and implementation strategy. Documents business cases through interviews, scenario evaluations and workshops to ensure all requirements are fully captured to produce accurate level of effort estimations. Researches and analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements-gathering processes to develop strategies for enhancing future processes.

Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS and minimum of 10 years business analysis experience, which should include analysis, project management, working knowledge of mainframe computer, hardware and operating systems
• minimum of 3 years of experience as a Business Consultant with project management skills
• or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

• Strong ability to prioritize and execute tasks while under time pressure highly preferred.
• Experience coordinating large, highly technical multi-team initiatives highly preferred.
• Experience with relational databases and knowledge of query tools and statistical software highly preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Determines specific business application software requirements to address the most highly complex and varied business needs.
• Leads teams of analysts assigned to the most complex projects, typically those of highest importance and impact to the way in which we do business.
• Analyzes and designs solutions to address varied and highly complex business needs.
• Collaborates with business and technical teams to fully understand project scope and vision and translates that vision into actionable requirements.
• Provides expertise to lower-level consultants on the analysis of business needs to determine optimal means of meeting those needs.
• Identifies and establishes scope of work through requirements analysis and establishes necessary features list.
• Works with stakeholders and technical teams to prioritize requirements and implementation strategy.
• Documents business cases through interviews, scenario evaluations and workshops to ensure all requirements are fully captured to produce accurate level of effort estimations.
• Researches and analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements-gathering processes to develop strategies for enhancing future processes.

Benefits

• We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees