Job#: 2047210

Job Description:

Apex Systems is hiring a Business Analyst for a client in Columbia, SC.
-12 month contract
-on site in Columbia
Skills Required:

* 5 years' experience in government IT projects as a business analyst or related duties

* 5 years' experience eliciting, mining, and documenting business rules, processes
* 3 years Medicaid or healthcare experience
* Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to write requirements and Use Cases.
* Experience and ability to obtain business processes and requirements information by interviewing business personnel and by mining laws, regulations, and policy documents.
* Knowledge of formal business process documentation.
* Understanding of business modeling techniques, including the use of graphical process flow software
* Ability to effectively communicate to executive management, line management, project management, and team members.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field

Job Description:

* Serves as a liaison between the business programs and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
* Possesses expertise in the business unit(s) they support, as well as, an understanding of the IT organizations systems and capabilities.
* Analyzes business partners operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
* Assists in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology.
* Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specifications. Educates the IT organization on the direction of the business.
* Possesses an understanding of technological trends and uses this knowledge to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprises competitive edge.
* Requirements development execution, including the elicitation, analysis, specification and validation.
* Documenting and analyzing agency business processes and recommending improvements.
* Documenting and analyzing data requirements and relationships.
* Participating in the requirements management processes, including change control, version control, tracking and status reporting, and traceability.
* Providing requirements interpretation and guidance to technical and test teams.
* Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
* Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e. vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers and beneficiaries, and other stakeholders).
* Research business rules, requirements, and models.
* Maintain business rules, requirements, and models in a repository.
* Other project-related duties.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.