Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities

• Congducts stakeholder analysis
• Conducts market research and analysis
• Identifying and documenting current and future state process workflows
• Creating User stories and acceptance criteria
• Developing Contextual diagrams, functional decomposition, and process workflows
• Developing the following documents: business process models, use cases, wireframes, entity relationship diagrams, data dictionaries, system context diagrams
• Gathers, develops, documents and validates business, functional and technical requirements
• Performs functional and integrated testing
• Prepares and maintains project documentation and artifacts including analysis, reports and user documentation
• Works with project managers, developers, and end users to ensure application designs meet business requirements
• Create and maintain Requirement Traceability matrix
• Provides business analysis deliverables as input to the procurement documents and assists in writing the procurement documentation as required
• UAT support, including developing test scenarios and cases
• Supports required system go-live activities
• Builds Business, stakeholder, solution and transition requirements
• Documents gap analysis
• Authors and prepares meeting minutes to be distributed to a variety of audiences
• Authors user stories, test scripts, and other Agile deliverables
• Follows PMO PM and BA methodology documentation
• Attends all PMO meetings

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience participating in the documentation of functional requirements and technical specifications for existing and new applications
• Strong writing and communication skills and can build relationships with both their team members and clients
• Results-oriented individual with a very strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent negotiation, communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work with customers as a member of cross-divisional work groups and maintain positive and productive relationships with customers, peers, and superiors
• Ability to act independently with sound business judgment and thrive in environment with diverse communication styles
• Exhibit comprehensive knowledge of the work requirements demonstrated by an in-depth understanding and use of advanced principles, theories and practices associated with Business Analysis and PMI PMBOK® Guide and Standards
• Experience working with customers to advise on strategies, alternatives and the implications of specific application customizations and interface designs
• Possess a high-level understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design
• Understand of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) concepts and process
• Knowledge of and experience with IT Service Management best practices and principles
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Visio) and Microsoft Project
• Extensive knowledge of business system analysis techniques and testing methodologies
• Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design
• Experience with Business Analysis methodologies and problem solving
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Visio) Microsoft Project
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Experience in development of procurement related documents including RFP and evaluation criteria
• Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail
• Excellent creative thinking and problem solving skills
• Proactive, quality oriented, with demonstrated leadership and team building skills
• Experience working for State government
• Healthcare related experience

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of business system analysis techniques and testing methodologies
• Required 7 Years Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and development of business rules and process flow
• Required 7 Years Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design
• Required 7 Years Experience with Business Analysis methodologies and problem solving
• Required 7 Years Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Visio) Microsoft Project
• Required 7 Years Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Required 5 Years Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail
• Required 5 Years Excellent creative thinking and problem solving skills
• Required 5 Years Proactive, quality oriented, with demonstrated leadership and team building skills
• Required 3 Years Knowledge Creating Context Diagram and Functional decomposition
• Healthcare related experience