Business Analyst I

Business AnalystIndustry: HealthCare. Job Title: Business Analyst Location: Owings Mill, MD (remote). Duration: 6+ Months with Extension.Responsibilities: Serves as a liaison between the internal/external business community and the IT organization in order to provide solutions to meet user needs. Interpret business needs and issues by gathering, analyzing, documenting and validating the Business areas user and technical (functional/non-functional) requirements. Translates business requirements into functional specifications, manages changes to such specifications, and educates the 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 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 especially enrollment EDI. Supports several simple to moderately complex business processes. Preferably has basic understanding of 834 standard for enrollment files and can manipulate data using excel.Requirements: This position requires a bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Business or equivalent relevant work experience in business analysis, systems analysis and/or testing and 1-3 years of related work experience in business analysis, systems analysis or testing. Demonstrated ability to elicit, document, analyze and verify requirements. Experience in or expose to business process analysis, Work flow, task analysis, user acceptance testing and requirements analysis. Must demonstrate understanding of industry standard Business Analysis Best Practices.