Senior Business Analyst

An agency located in Montgomery, Alabama is looking for a Senior Business Analyst for a long term contract.

Please note that this position requires onsite work.

Pay rate range: $43.00/hr - $52.00

Requirements and skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

• 7 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst with 3 years working on business process modelling and management.

• 3 years of experience supporting provider management (This is critical for this position. If they have not worked with provider management in prior positions, please do not respond.)

• 5 years of experience in MMIS or domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid or with a major health care payer

• 2 years of experience with multi-vendor project

• Expert/Advance experience in using Visio, MS Project, Office 365, Webex/Teams

• Excellent and effective stakeholder management skills - comfortable speaking and discussing requirements and scope with users and senior stakeholders.

• Excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills.

• A team player with strong interpersonal skills to build team rapport

• Excellent research capabilities

• Ability to multitask in an environment that has multiple conflicting priorities

• Strong analytical, problem solving, data and business process analysis and design skills.

• Ability to adapt and work in a fast- paced and dynamic group environment.

• Ability to manage complexity well and demonstrated experience managing across functions to accomplish large scale goals.

• Understand all phases of a project management and software development life cycle.

• Have knowledge of multiple project management methodologies.

• A result-driven, independent thinker and initiative individual that is detail oriented, meticulous, and able to handle loads of information.

• Ability to work independently with minimal direction from State or other team members.

• Experience using and working with virtual and in house team member

Preferred Skills

• 10+ years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst with 3 years working on business process modelling and management.

• 3 years of experience supporting provider management (This is critical for this position. If they have not worked with provider management in prior positions, please do not respond.)

• 5+ years of experience in MMIS or domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid or with a major health care payer

• 2+ years of experience at large multi contractor organizations, including leading centralized or matrixed teams.

• 3+ years of experience as a technical writer

• Expert/Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office products including MS Project and SharePoint.

• Strong interpersonal skills to build team rapport

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently with minimal direction from State or other team members.

• Ability to work under pressure / to a deadline.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

• Exceptional research and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Seeking an experienced Business Analyst to be a member of the Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) team. The Business Analyst will be working collaboratively with a team of dynamic individuals working in a fast-paced environment.

• The Business Analyst will be responsible for reviewing and approving artifacts related to the program, project, or software.

• The Business Analyst must also understand the contract and be able to verify the contract requirements are met.

• The Business Analyst will be working directly with the business areas to support them and ensure their understanding of the vendor proposed solutions. T

• his position will work closely with the business areas, vendors, and Project Management Office (PMO) vendor.

• Understand contract monitoring for development, configuration, and operational activities

• Review and follow the processes and procedures defined to support a program with multiple vendors.

• Work with multiple vendors and multiple in-person or virtual teams.

• Review program, project or software artifacts developed by multiple vendors and comment or approve

• Interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

• Perform standard project functions such as creating documents or presentations, schedule meetings, produce meeting minutes, disburse reports, track artifacts, issues, and action items, etc.

• Provide business and requirements oversight

• Understand all phases of a project management and software development life cycle.

• Support multiple software development methodologies or software configuration activities

• Assist with CMS reporting and certification process

• Maintain project assets, communications, and track items to completion.

• Identify and report on abnormalities or variances