Business Analyst - Advanced

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 IT Healthcare

Consultant-Business Analyst (BA) - Advanced will provide detailed analysis and document

business processes and requirements.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• 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 requirement.

• 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 decision.

• Research business rules, requirements, and models.

• Maintain business rules, requirements, and models in a repository.

• Other project-related duties.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• 1 years of business analysis

experience IBM Cúram software

• 1 years’ experience in government IT

projects as a business analyst or

related duties

• 1years’ experience eliciting, mining,

and documenting business rules,

processes

• 2 years Medicaid Eligibility or other

healthcare insurance experience

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF

IMPORTANCE):

• 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

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or

healthcare field.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & DUTIES:

• Superb written and oral

communications 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

Requirements

Skill Type

Skill Name

Certification Education License Other Skill

Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field.

Certification Education License Other Skill

1+ years of business analysis experience - IBM Cúram software

Certification Education License Other Skill

1+ years’ experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties

Certification Education License Other Skill

1+ years’ experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes

Certification Education License Other Skill

2+ years Medicaid Eligibility or other healthcare insurance experience

Preferred Skills

Skill Type

Skill Name

Certification Education License Other Skill

General Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to Medicaid or other healthcare insurance experience (project or operations)

Certification Education License Other Skill

MMS experience (project or operations)

Certification Education License Other Skill

Microsoft Office Project/Project Server