A government agency located in Montgomery, AL is looking for a Sr. Business Analyst with MMIS experience and experience supporting provider management for a long-term contract position.

NO third party / C2C / subcontracting calls will be accepted for this role.

Work Mode : This is an onsite position, reporting onsite in Montgomery is required.

Pay Rate Range : $40.00 - $53.00/hr

Job Description:

The Agency is preparing for a major transition from a monolithic system with 14 different business functions to an interoperable, modular system based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This multi-year “Modularity” project will include working with multiple vendors and may include multiple project methodologies. The project must comply with the Federal standards and regulations. The agency is moving away from custom software development to procuring software that is configured to meet business needs. This will require the Business Analyst to be very comfortable understanding the contract, the business, and the requirements. To support this effort, the agency is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to be a member of the Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) team. This position will work closely with the business areas, vendors, and Project Management Office (PMO) vendor. This position is 100% on-site.

Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with a team of dynamic individuals working in a fast-paced environment.

• Responsible for reviewing and approving artifacts related to the program, project, or software.

• Must also understand the contract and be able to verify the contract requirements are met.

• Working directly with the business areas to support them and ensure their understanding of the vendor's proposed solutions.

• The employee is expected to work at the Central Medicaid facility in Montgomery AL.

• Understand contract monitoring for development, configuration, and operational activities

• Review and follow the processes and procedures defined to support a program with multiple vendors.

• Work with multiple vendors and multiple in-person or virtual teams.

• Perform standard project functions such as creating documents or presentations, scheduling meetings, producing meeting minutes, disbursing reports, track artifacts, issues, and action items, etc.

• Provide business and requirements oversight

• Understand all phases of a project management and software development life cycle.

• Support multiple software development methodologies or software configuration activities

• Assist with CMS reporting and certification process

• Maintain project assets, communications, and track items to completion.

• Identify and report on abnormalities or variances

Critical Skills & Experience :

• 7 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst with 3 years working on business process modeling and management.

• 3 years of experience supporting provider management ( This is critical for this position. If they have not worked with provider management in prior positions, please do not respond. )

• 5 years of experience in MMIS or domain knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, or with a major healthcare payer

• 2 years of experience with multi-vendor project

• Expert/Advanced experience in using Visio, MS Project, Office 365, Webex/Teams

• Understand all phases of a project management and software development life cycle. Have knowledge of multiple project management methodologies.

• Experience using and working with virtual and in-house team members

• Excellent research capabilities

Required Soft Skills & Experience:

• Excellent and effective stakeholder management skills - comfortable speaking and discussing requirements and scope with users and senior stakeholders.

• Ability to multitask in an environment that has multiple conflicting priorities

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

• A team player with strong interpersonal skills to build team rapport

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, data and business process analysis and design skills.

• Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced and dynamic group environment.

• Ability to manage complexity well and demonstrated experience managing across functions to accomplish large-scale goals.

• A result-driven, independent thinker and initiative individual that is detail-oriented, meticulous, and able to handle loads of information.

• Ability to work independently with minimal direction from State or other team members.