Business Analyst (100% onsite)

LOCAL CANDIDATES - 100% on site - no relocation Business Analyst Contract Columbia, SC (100% onsite) No C2C, No H1B Candidate must prove unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor visas currently. We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to evaluate agency needs, as-is and to-be business processes, and provide strategic advice on information technology solutions and nontechnical solutions. Key Responsibilities Serve as a liaison between the business programs community and the IT organization to provide technical solutions. Possess expertise in supported business units and understand the IT organization's systems and capabilities. Assist in business process redesign and documentation for new technology implementations. Translate high level business requirements into functional specifications for IT and manage specification changes. Educate the IT organization on business directions and facilitate communication between business units and IT. Negotiate agreements and commitments from initial requirements to final implementation. Execute requirements development, including elicitation, analysis, specification, and validation. Document and analyze business processes, data requirements, and relationships, recommending improvements. Participate in requirements management processes, including change control, version control, tracking, status reporting, and traceability. Provide requirements interpretation and guidance to technical and test teams. Proactively identify risks, issues, and action items, leading to potential solutions. Interact with internal and external organizations (vendors, government agencies, providers, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders). Make recommendations for buy versus build decisions. Research and maintain business rules, requirements, and models in a repository. Required Skills • Business analysis experience IBM Cúram software • Experience with Government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties • Eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes • Medicaid Eligibility or other healthcare insurance experience • 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