Senior SAS Healthcare Business Analyst

Role: Senior SAS Healthcare Business Analyst

Duration: 6 months (960 hours). with strong possibility to get extended long term.

Location: 100% Remote

Primary Skills: Business Analyst, SAS, ETL, Healthcare, MMIS and Medicaid is a plus.

DESCRIPTION and RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAS is seeking a full-time SAS Senior Business Analyst with strong Health Care domain experience to work with our Medicaid customers. The individual in this role will develop the Requirements Traceability Matrix, create technical documentation and assist with testing facilitation (QA and UAT) for healthcare analytics applications and reporting for our Medicaid customers.

Partner closely with members of the SAS team to perform the following:

Solid standard business analysis skills including

Requirements gathering and documentation

ETL requirements for new data sources

Report and analytics requirements

Meeting facilitation

Understanding business objectives

Communication skills, both written and verbal

Quick to catch on to new concepts, ability to "roll with the punches"

Competent using Visio

Prefer previous Jira experience

Previous data warehouse experience, specifically focused on ETL

Ability to accurately document ETL-based requirements

Write Technical Design Documentation

Basic understanding of ETL coding, with SAS being a plus

Healthcare experience, preferably in the MMIS space

QUALIFICATIONS ESSENTIAL

A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field is required and equivalent work experience required.

Successful candidates will possess:

The candidate must have experience with Healthcare Claims data and large databases.

Health care industry domain experience, such as;

Understanding of claim handling processes, concepts, and industry trends

7+ years of Business Analyst experience.

Deep experience doing reporting with healthcare claims and eligibility data

Knowledge of common acronyms associated with Medicaid and healthcare (FPL, MCO, HMO, managed care, etc)

Good written and spoken communications skills in English and thought-leadership skills.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILTIES/ACTIVITIES:

Services may include focus on and require the Consultant to:

Project experience with documentation of technical requirements in an RTM.

Experience creating or updating technical documentation such as report specifications and design documents.

Have good oral and written communication skills.

Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.

Demonstrate the ability to work with little direct supervision; Excellent troubleshooting skills; Imaginative, inquisitive, with a self-motivating personality and a strong work ethic; Customer focused demeanor.

Ability to read SAS code is a plus.