Business Analyst

Project Overview

The State's Medicaid Agency is the State Medicaid Agency for South Carolina. The Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Replacement and Member Management Replacement Systems projects are the largest Information Technology projects.

The Business Analyst will be assigned to projects for the State's Medicaid Agency. Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position attractive.

The State is seeking a Business Analyst to assist with implementation of changes as well as small-to-large projects for the MMIS and related subsystems.

The principal duties of this position are to evaluate agency needs, as-is and to-be business processes, and technical designs to provide analysis and document requirements on strategies for information technology solutions and non-technical solutions. The Business Analyst will serve on a team of business analysts responsible for providing detailed analysis and documenting business processes and requirements.

Duties/Responsibilities:

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.

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 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.

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