What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst position at Novalink Solutions LLC?
The South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (SCDHHS) is the State Medicaid
Agency for South Carolina.
The Business Analyst (BA) - Advanced will be assigned to projects for the South Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), the Medicaid Agency for SC.
Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position
attractive
Objectives to Be Fulfilled by Candidate:
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 BA 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
• 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.
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE):
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REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or
healthcare field.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
None required.
