Highlights
Possesses an understanding of technological trends and uses this knowledge to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprise's competitive edge. 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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | West Columbia, SC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2004 |
| Website | http://www.novalink-solutions.com/ |
Description
The South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (SCDHHS) 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 - Advanced will be assigned to projects for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), the Medicaid Agency for SC.
Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position attractive
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 - Advanced will serve on a team of business analysts responsible for providing
detailed analysis and documenting 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.
• 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.
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 of Medicaid experience
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 Severability 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
Requirements
Required Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field. 4+ years of experience in lieu of a degree is acceptable
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
5 years’ experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties; experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
3+ years of Medicaid experience
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience and ability to obtain business processes and requirements information by interviewing business personnel and by mining laws, regulations, and policy documents
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Knowledge of formal business process documentation
Preferred Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
General Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to Medicaid or other healthcare insurance experience (project or operations)
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
MMIS experience (project or operations)
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Microsoft Office Project/Project Server
About Company
Novalink, founded in 2003 , is a leading consulting and staffing company serving clients in public and private sectors in Information Technology, Telecommunications (IT/Telecom), Technical Networks, Finance, and Administration. With government agencies as our primary clientele, our team has a proven track record of success in providing temporary personnel solutions and managing government deliverables-based projects over the past 20 years.