What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst position at Stellar Professionals LLC?
Job Details
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.