Talent Software Services is hiring: Business Analyst in Pineridge

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 Business Analyst-Intermediate 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 in order 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. • Negotiates agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT from initial requirements to final implementation. • 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). • May make recommendations for buy versus build decision. • 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 (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 REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field or experience in lieu of degree. REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: None required.