Direct client req: Job Title: 5730-1: Business Analyst, Location: Columbia/SC

Acha Ayyappa Fri, 17 Oct 2014 06:49:46 -0700

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Please find the below requirement. Thanks.!!!

*Job Title: **5730-1: Business Analyst*

*Location: Columbia/SC*

*Duration: 12 months*

*Medicaid Experience is highly preferred*

*ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:*

• Analyze existing legacy code (COBOL, JCL, etc.) and documents existing
as-is processes identifying all inputs, system processes, and outputs.
• Analyze and document data requirements and relationships.
• Document policy requirements and business rules to be carried over as
to-be requirements in the form of user stories.
• Develop programming specifications to support development team(s).
• Work closely with the Enterprise Architect and Technical Manager in
obtaining and validating artifacts of legacy system and future enterprise.
• Actively participate in project scrum team(s) in assisting with release
planning, software development, testing, and implementation.
• Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to
possible solutions.
• Interact with internal and external organizational teams (i.e. vendors,
state and federal government agencies, state providers and beneficiaries,
and other stakeholders).
• Other related activities as assigned.
• Analyze business processes to ensure proper system configuration
• Establish a quality management program, from concept to formulation, for
a very complex IT and business transformation program;
• Develop and maintain the program’s Quality Management Plan and Change
Management Plan;
• Mentor and train the program team on quality principles and assisting
them in applying those principles to the project and functional areas under
their control;

*Familiarity with X12 EDI transactions is also beneficial.*

*REQUIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:*
• Finance experience required on Project planning and financial budgeting
• Training and experience in financial analysis and assessment;
• Experience in the financial analysis of large health data systems;
• Experience in government Medicaid financial reporting;
• Experience in state Medicaid MARS/SURS financial analysis and reporting;
• Strong background and at least six years experience in healthcare
insurance business operations (payer or provider side; government or
commercial side). Note: IT operations are not the same as business
operations.
• At least four years experience in healthcare insurance IT
software/systems implementations performing duties described in the “Daily
Duties/Responsibilities” section above.
• Ability to properly document business requirements.
• Ability to create/interpret business process and business data models.
• Vendor management experience
• Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to
give presentations to executive management. Strong proficiency in English
is required.
• Impeccable integrity. This project will have very high visibility and
will impact significant expenditures of public funds. Candidates must be
confident with their abilities to make correct decisions and the courage to
speak out when necessary.
• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and
organizations on a continuous basis.
• Agile, waterfall, SDLC, PLC
• Requirements gathering experience.

*PREFERRED SKILLS:*
• Understanding of the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA).
• Understanding of the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT).
• Experience with traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage
• Experience in an outsourced healthcare insurance operations environment.
• Experience on an outsourced IT development project.

PUBLIC SECTOR/GOV’T EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

*Category *

*Name *

*Required *

*Importance *

*Level *

*Last Used *

*Experience *

Database Platforms

Agile

Yes

Education

Outsourced IT Development Project

Miscellaneous

Interpret business process and business data models

Yes