Lead Business Analyst

Lead Business Analyst II

Owings Mills, Maryland

Pay Rate: $53/hr on w2 all inclusive

Looking for local candidates with Healthcare/Claims experience

The Lead Business Analyst will have the responsibility to be proactive in order to understand and assess business solutions and to identify areas to strengthen the operational effectiveness and excellence, leverage technology and improve the quality of process, programs or applications for the Business area(s). The Lead Business Analyst will review relevant regulations and determine impacts to business while working with the mandates regulatory analyst. In addition, the business analyst will elicit, analyze, document, validate, specify, verify, and manage the requirements and the needs of business area(s) or user(s) and translating these requirements into non-functional, functional and/or technical specifications. The incumbent serves as the lead for the most complex enhancements, automations and implementations ensuring the business objectives are met. Providing a high level of technical and functional expertise, the incumbent serves as the conduit between the business area and the software development team.

Responsibilities:

• Review relevant regulations and determine impacts to business while working with the mandates regulatory analyst.
• Serves as a liaison between the internal/external business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
• Translates business requirements into functional specifications, manages changes to such specifications, and educates the IT organization on the direction of the business.
• Gathers information about the organizations work processes and information flows.
• Documents existing process in technical model format in order to evaluate and define new IT solutions and implementation processes.
• Possesses an understanding of technological trends and uses this knowledge to bring solutions to business groups supported to enhance the enterprises competitive edge.
• Has basic knowledge in functions they support.
• Has knowledge and background of other technologies and tools.
• Has basic understanding of business, market and industry issues facing a specific business unit or function.
• Supports several simple to moderately complex business processes.
• Investigate and analyze feasibility of low to moderately complex enhancements, automations and processes.
• Analyze, define and interpret business needs and issues by gathering, analyzing, documenting and validating the Business area(s) and user(s) technical (functional/non-functional) requirements.
• Participates in the creation of complex PRD (Project Requirements Document) which includes defining Business, User, functional and non-functional requirements needed for approval by Business and for use by Design, Development and Testing teams. Participates in creation of Requirements Management Plan (RMP) for complex projects and may create RMP for less complex projects, to define, organize and schedule requirements management and development activities.
• Participates in requirements analysis and verification sessions for complex projects and may lead requirements analysis and verification sessions for less complex projects.
• Participates in the tracking and management of open issues and assists in planning for resolution for complex projects. Maintain communications with technical counterparts to adopt best practices and ensure integration of specific application architecture into overall enterprise technology strategy.
• Lead testing efforts by defining, developing and implementing practices and procedures for complete end user test plans.
• Ensures all user acceptance tests are conducted and documented according to standards. Identifies and documents system deficiencies and recommends solutions.
• Responsible for overall success of user acceptance testing, including results verification and release.
• Participates in the exploration of alternative business solutions for moderately complex processes, programs or applications, and may lead exploration of alternative business solutions for less complex processes, programs or applications to create, maintain and enhance business value. Works closely with system analysts to help create Proof Of Concepts (POCs) and alternative.
• Reviews, edits, analyze and create detailed documentation of business systems and user needs.

Requirements:

• Requires a bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Business or relevant work experience in business analysis, systems analysis and/or testing background.
• 4-7 years of direct Business Analyst experience.
• Demonstrated ability to elicit, document, analyze and verify requirements into Project Requirements Document or Use Cases.
• Strong Experience in business process analysis, Work flow, task analysis, user acceptance testing and requirements analysis.
• Proven ability to work well as a team.
• Demonstrated ability to lead problem solving business/technology teams and projects.
• Technical writing experience and training experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of demonstrated successful use of SDLC methodology (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) or demonstrated knowledge of business processes related to the business area supporting.
• Must demonstrate understanding of industry standard Business Analysis Best Practices.

Top Skills:

• Relevant business and systems subject matter expertise.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to build consensus and agreement and bring resolution to contentious issues and entrenched interests.
• Proven ability to lead problem-solving discussions.
• Attention to detail and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to set priorities and handle multiple projects concurrently.
• High level of analytical and problem solving skills.
• Extensive PC skills including Microsoft office software such as Word, Excel, VISIO and Power Point.
• Experience in accurately modeling requirements using at least one if not more of the following: Functional Decomposition, Data Flow Diagrams, User Context Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Decision Needs, Workflow modeling, Use Cases, Use Case Model Survey and Use Case Specification, Process Modeling, Prototyping.
• Demonstrated leadership skills. Experience with coaching, mentoring and providing feedback to associates as well as leading small teams of junior analysts.