Business Analyst(Full Time(W2),Onsite Opportunity)

Role : Business Analyst

Client : Government of South Carolina(SCDHHS)

Location : Columbia,South Carolina

Work Type : Onsite

Max Payrate : 45$ Per Hour

Duration : 12 Months(Extendable)

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

SCDHHS is seeking a Business Analyst - Advanced to assist with implement small to large projects.

Objectives to Be Fulfilled by Candidate:

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.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

Serves as a liaison between the business programs and the IT organization 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.
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).
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):

5 years experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties
5 years experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes
3 years Medicaid or healthcare experience
Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to write requirements and Use Cases.
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
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

Category	Name	Required	Level	Last Used	Experience
Administrative	Verbal Communication Skills	Yes	Advanced	Currently Using
Administrative	Written Communication Skills	Yes	Expert	Currently Using
Documentation/Language	Business Process Modeling (BPM)	Yes	Expert	Currently Using	4-6 Years
Education	Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience	No
Miscellaneous	Interpret business process and business data models	No
MMIS - Medicaid Management Informaiton System	Medicaid eligibility system/business operations	Yes	Advanced	Within 1 Year	1-2 Years
MMIS - Medicaid Management Informaiton System	US Code and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) regarding the Medicaid program	No
MMIS - Medicaid Management Informaiton System	5010 X12 HEALTHCARE TRANSACTIONS	No
MMIS - Medicaid Management Informaiton System	Healthcare Insurance IT software/systems implementations	No
Specialties	Business Analysis experience to include data flow diagrams, requirements specifications, use case scenarios, and acceptance testing.	Yes			4-6 Years

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.