What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst-Consultant position at Datamanusa?
DatamanUSA has an exciting opportunity for a talented Business Analyst-Consultant to work with one of our direct client Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) in Columbia, SC (Onsite).We love referrals! Please refer us to your friends, family and colleagues for this opportunity. DatamanUSA gives referral bonuses if they get selected and perform well for our clients.
Job Details:
Job Title: Business Analyst - Consultant
Duration of the Contract: 12 months (with high possibility of extension)
Client: State of South Carolina - Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
Location: Columbia SC, Onsite (5 days in office-possibility for Extension)
Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online
Note: Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No relocation allowed.
Key Responsibilities:
- ) The principal duties of this position are to evaluating 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.
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:
- ) 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).
Preferred Skills:
- ) 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.