Business Analyst - Project Lead

About the role

Pinnacle Method Consulting is seeking a Business Analyst - Project Lead to join our team in Columbia, SC. This role is not a staffing firm or agency position; instead, we systematically source and verify roles from premier employers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between business program teams and the IT organization.
• Evaluate agency business needs, current processes, future-state processes, and proposed technical designs.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions with multiple business and technical stakeholders.
• Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and manage detailed business and functional requirements.
• Translate high-level business requirements into clear functional specifications for technical teams.
• Document business rules, use cases, data requirements, process flows, requirements, and business models.
• Research business rules and requirements by reviewing laws, regulations, policies, and procedural documents.
• Analyze business operations to identify weaknesses, improvement opportunities, and potential areas for automation.
• Support business process redesign and documentation related to new technologies and system enhancements.
• Maintain business rules, requirements, and business models in a centralized repository.
• Participate in requirements management activities, including change control, version control, traceability, tracking, and status reporting.
• Provide requirements interpretation and guidance to development, technical, and testing teams.
• Manage changes to functional specifications throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate communication and agreements between business teams and IT teams from initial requirements through implementation.
• Identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and action items and assist with developing appropriate solutions.
• Analyze data requirements, data relationships, and system interactions.
• Interact with vendors, state and federal agencies, healthcare providers, beneficiaries, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide recommendations regarding build-versus-buy decisions when appropriate.
• Perform additional project-related business analysis responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of business analysis experience involving IBM Cúram software.
• Minimum 1 year of experience supporting government IT projects as a Business Analyst or in a closely related role.
• Minimum 1 year of experience eliciting, researching, mining, analyzing, and documenting business rules and business processes.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with Medicaid eligibility, healthcare insurance, or a closely related healthcare domain.
• Knowledge of formal business process documentation methods.
• Experience writing business requirements, functional requirements, and use cases.
• Experience gathering process and requirements information through stakeholder interviews.
• Experience reviewing laws, regulations, policies, and procedural documents to identify business requirements.
• Understanding of business modeling techniques and graphical process-flow tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong English-language proficiency.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive management, line management, project managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, healthcare, or related field.
• Current South Carolina residency or willingness to relocate to South Carolina at one's own expense.

Skills

• IBM Cúram software experience.
• Government IT project experience.
• Business process documentation knowledge.
• Business requirement writing skills.
• Laws, regulations, policies, and procedural document review experience.
• Business modeling techniques understanding.
• Effective communication skills.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.
• Contract duration of 12 months with possible extension.

Pay

Compensation details are confidential and will be shared upon successful completion of the interview process.

Schedule

Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.
• Contract duration of 12 months with possible extension.