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Business Analyst
Listed on: 7/25/2023 6:31:00 AMPSTLocation: Albany, NY 12210
Industry: Information Technology
Salary: Open
Description: L.J. Gonzer Associates is looking for individuals to join our pool of qualified candidates for potential assignment as a Business Analyst.The Business Analyst will interact closely with Medicaid program staff, vendor staff, and other stakeholders to define and develop requirements in all aspects of data governance. The Business Analyst will apply a wide range of specialized knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to elicit, analyze, communicate, validate, and document requirements to support data governance efforts. Specific duties include:*Develops, updates, and maintains data governance SharePoint site. *Analyzes, develops and revises flow charts, process models and technical specifications describing as-is or to-be data governance business processes. *Prioritizes data governance requirements and gains stakeholder agreement for projects or business process change documents detailing the project. *Assists with developing presentations to justify and explain data governance business process requirements. *Evaluates the outcomes of policy and process implementation and confirms the results are consistent with the business process specifications. *Reviews proposals from OHIP staff and recommends to management the criticality of developing or revising business process requirements and data governance projects. *Creates and maintains document library for data governance outputs and materials. *Develops communication templates and messaging for data governance bureau.
Requirements:
- A Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 7 years of experience in business analysis in Information Technology on SDLC projects; including developing business cases, gap analysis, functional and non-function requirements, test cases and plans; participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and reviewing UAT results.
- 7 years of experience using recognized business analysis methodologies (such as JAD sessions) to elicit business needs and requirements from stakeholders, and developing/ revising flow charts, and process models describing as-is or to-be system and business processes.
- 5 years of experience with Data analysis/Data and mining of complex systems and relational databases.
- 5 years of experience querying and interrogating data using complex SQL on DB2 or Oracle platforms using tools such as SQL query tools and using MS Access.
- 2 years of experience with Medicaid and/or health care industry data and its analysis.
- 5 years of experience analyzing and developing reporting needs/reports from three perspectives: senior management, power user, and ad hoc, using industry standard (e.g. Cognos, OBIEE) reporting software.
- 2 years of experience experience with working in a formal Project Management office, working with Project Managers and teams, and using standardized methodologies (such as waterfall and agile) and templates, participating in the evaluation of project readiness for deployment.