CL - Business Analyst - Project Lead

Job Description: SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:SCDHHS is seeking a Business Analyst - Project Lead to assist with implementing small to large projects. Objectives to Be Fulfilled by Candidate:The principal duties of this position are evaluating agency needs, as-is and to-be business processes, and technical designs providing analysis and advice on strategies for information technology and non-technical solutions. The consultant 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 to provide technical solutions to meet user needs. •Analyzes business 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. •Negotiates agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT from initial requirements to final implementation. •Development of requirements, including the elicitation, analysis, specification and validation.•Documents and analyzes agency business processes and recommends improvements.•Documents and analyzes data requirements and relationships.•Provides requirements interpretation and guidance to technical and test teams.•Proactively identifies risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.•Researches and maintains 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•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 (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):•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•An understanding of technological trends to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprise's competitive edge.REQUIRED EDUCATION:Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field or equivalent experience. 2 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for 1 year of educationAdditional Sills: Ability to effectively communicate to executive management, line management, project management, and team members (required, expert, currently using, 6+years); An understanding of technological trends to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprise's competitive edge (preferred, expert, currently using, 6+years); 2 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for 1 year of education (required, expert, currently using, 2+years) Skills: Category Name Required Importance Level Last Used Experience Administrative Verbal Communication Skills Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 4 - 6 Years Administrative Written Communication Skills Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Education Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Education Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience No 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Miscellaneous business modeling techniques Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Miscellaneous experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 4 - 6 Years Miscellaneous graphical process flow software Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Miscellaneous Requirements Gathering Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Packaged Applications MS Project No 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Program Management - RUP methodology Eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 4 - 6 Years Quality Assurance (QA) Use Cases Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Specialties Translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years Specialties Medicaid or healthcare experience No 1 Expert Currently Using 6 + Years