IT Business Analyst – Consultant

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Syntricate
Columbia, SC, United States
  • Healthcare
  • FlexTime
  • FullTime
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Business Analyst – Consultant

Columbia, SC/ Onsite (5 days in office)

Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online

Duration of the Contract: 12 months

Possibility for Extension: Yes

Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No relocation allowed.

++General Duties and 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.
  • 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):++

  • At least seven years of experience in commercial healthcare
  • At least three years experience in State Medicaid payer system integration and delivery
  • Experience with inner workings of cross functional projects
  • Familiarity with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) business architecture principles
  • Familiarity with standard data structures, electronic data interchange, processes and related file formats
  • Interest, skill and ability to innovate including business processes, methods/procedures, and technology
  • Ability to effectively work and communicate, in both oral and written, with all levels of the Agency from frontline workers to Executive Staff as well as the Contractor(s)
  • Ability to work in a professional office environment with a diverse group of teammates
  • Must have exceptional attention to detail

++PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):++

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

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor s degree in a technical, business, or HEALTHCARE field.

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