Business Analyst – Advanced

Job Title: Business Analyst – Advanced
Location: Hybrid (3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)
Duration: 12 Months

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support healthcare and government IT initiatives involving small to large-scale project implementations. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Medicaid or healthcare environments, business process analysis, requirements gathering, and stakeholder collaboration.

This role serves as a liaison between business units and IT teams to identify operational needs, document business and technical requirements, and support the successful implementation of technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• Evaluate agency needs, current-state processes, and future-state business workflows
• Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and system requirements
• Translate high-level business needs into detailed functional specifications
• Analyze business operations to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement
• Research and document business rules, workflows, and operational models
• Maintain requirements traceability, version control, and change management documentation

Process Improvement & Documentation

• Document and analyze business processes and recommend improvements
• Support business process redesign initiatives for new technology implementations
• Create and maintain:
  • Business process documentation
  • Use cases
  • Functional specifications
  • Data flow diagrams
  • Business rules repositories
• Utilize graphical process flow and business modeling tools

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams
• Facilitate communication between internal departments, vendors, government agencies, providers, and external stakeholders
• Provide requirements clarification and guidance to development and QA teams
• Negotiate project commitments and support issue resolution throughout implementation

Project Support & Risk Management

• Participate in requirements management activities including:
  • Change control
  • Status tracking
  • Reporting
  • Traceability
• Identify project risks, issues, and action items proactively
• Support buy-versus-build analysis and solution recommendations
• Assist with project implementation activities and business readiness support

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience working on government IT projects as a Business Analyst or in a related role
• Minimum 5 years of experience eliciting, documenting, and analyzing:
  • Business rules
  • Business processes
  • Functional requirements
• Minimum 3 years of Medicaid or healthcare industry experience

Technical & Functional Skills

• Strong understanding of:
  • Business process modeling
  • Workflow analysis
  • Requirements management
  • Process documentation methodologies
• Experience using graphical process flow software
• Ability to interpret laws, regulations, and policy documentation to define business requirements
• Strong proficiency with:
  • Use case development
  • Functional documentation
  • Requirements traceability

Communication Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to facilitate meetings, workshops, and stakeholder interviews effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• Medicaid subject matter expertise
• MMIS (Medicaid Management Information System) experience
• Experience supporting healthcare insurance operations or projects
• Familiarity with:
  • Microsoft Project
  • Project Server

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in:
  • Technical field
  • Business field
  • Healthcare-related field

For more details reach at resumes@navitassols.com