Business Analyst

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Location & Work Arrangement

• City, State: Columbia, South Carolina
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
• Contract: This is a Contract position.
• Mode of Interview: 1 round, Virtual/Online.
• Primary Work Location Note: 1801 Main Street, Columbia (DHEC Building)
  
  

Key Duties and Project Scope

Requirements And Process Analysis

• Elicitation & Documentation: The principal duty is to evaluate agency needs, assess As-Is and To-Be business processes, and technical designs to provide detailed analysis.
• Business Rule Expertise (5 Yrs): Strong experience in eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules and processes by interviewing personnel and researching laws, regulations, and policy documents.
• Requirement Translation: Translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization and manage changes to those specifications (Change Control, Traceability).
• Process Redesign: Assist in business process redesign and documentation for new technology, utilizing business modeling techniques (e.g., graphical process flow software).
• Data Focus: Documenting and analyzing data requirements and relationships and maintaining these artifacts in a repository.
  
  

Stakeholder Management and Project Support

• Liaison Role: Serve as the liaison between the business programs and IT, negotiating agreements and facilitating communication from initial requirements through to final implementation.
• Risk Identification: Proactively identify risks, issues, and action items, leading to possible solutions and making recommendations (e.g., buy versus build decisions).
• External Interaction: Interact with internal and external organizations, including vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers, and beneficiaries.
• System Knowledge: Possess expertise in the business unit(s) supported and a strong understanding of the IT organization's systems and capabilities.
  
  

Required Experience & Qualifications

Skill Area

Minimum Experience

Key Expertise & Knowledge

BA/IT Government

5 Years (Required)

Experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties.

Requirements/Rules

5 Years (Required)

Experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes.

Medicaid

3 Years (Required)

Direct Medicaid experience.

Education

N/A (Required)

Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field OR 5 years of BA experience in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Skills

• Healthcare/MMIS: General Subject Matter Expertise in Medicaid or other healthcare insurance (project or operations), including direct MMIS experience.
• Tools: Familiarity with Microsoft Office Project/Project Server.
• Soft Skills: Superb written and oral communications skills, ability to write requirements and Use Cases, and interact effectively with executive and line management.