Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst – Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) Duration: 6 months Location: Montgomery, AL (Onsite; non‑locals acceptable) Responsibilities Monitor contracts for development, configuration, and operational activities. Review and follow defined processes and procedures to support programs with multiple vendors. Collaborate with multiple vendors and in‑person or virtual teams. Review program, project, or software artifacts developed by vendors, comment on or approve them. Interact professionally with executives, managers, and subject‑matter experts. Create documents and presentations, schedule meetings, produce minutes, disburse reports, and track artifacts, issues, and action items. Provide business and requirements oversight across all phases of the project management and software development life cycle. Support multiple software development methodologies and configuration activities. Assist with Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reporting and certification processes. Maintain project assets, communications, and track items to completion. Identify and report on abnormalities or variances. Manage stakeholder expectations, comfortably discussing requirements and scope with users and senior stakeholders. Deliver excellent written and verbal communications and presentations. Act as a team player, building rapport with colleagues and handling multiple conflicting priorities. Apply strong analytical, problem‑solving, data, and business‑process analysis and design skills. Adapt and work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment. Manage complexity, demonstrating experience across functions to accomplish large‑scale goals. Work independently with minimal direction from the State or team members. Skills Strong interpersonal skills to build team rapport. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work independently with minimal direction. Ability to work under pressure and to a deadline. Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills. Exceptional research and reporting skills. Experience Required 7 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst, including 3 years of business‑process modeling and management. 5 years of experience in MMIS or domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, or a major health‑care payer. 2 years of experience with a multi‑vendor project. Expert or advanced experience using Visio, MS Project, Office 365, Webex or Teams. Experience Preferred 10+ years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst, including 3 years of business‑process modeling and management. 5+ years of experience in MMIS or domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, or 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 or advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, including MS Project and SharePoint. #J-18808-Ljbffr