Business Analyst

Business Analyst Healthcare & Provider Solutions

Location: Chicago, IL

Long term Contract

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Description:

Managerial experience is essential

This position is responsible for functions on projects of moderate to high complexity by working with business partners within multiple business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies; eliciting, documenting, and refining business requirements for the IT organization; serving as a liaison across multiple facets of the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs; leveraging an informed knowledge of business areas to identify and/or resolve problems on an ongoing basis.

* ?Bachelors Degree OR limited experience gathering and assessing business information needs and preparing system requirements.

* 7+ years experience in a Provider Networking or Health Care Management analyst role

* Experience with provider and medical claims data

* Experience collaborating with Provider Networking stakeholders to deliver consistent, accurate, and insightful provider solutions

* Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services

* Independently solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions

* Works independently with a high level of independent judgement, critical thinking and initiative, receives minimal guidance

* Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may direct the work of other staff members

* Knowledge to assist business areas in defining their information strategy

* Assist developing business cases and related financial literacy to support cases, and ability to write business cases demonstrating future direction for leveraging information in the member, product, regulatory, care management, and provider domains

* Gather and document business requirements, participate in testing and issue mitigation

* Knowledge of solution development processes, including requirements gathering, analysis and design, and development, agile methodologies, and tools and technologies.

* Create and conduct presentations to inform and influence, with the ability to think laterally and creatively

* Independently interact with and influence a wide range of stakeholders, and demonstrate a consistent track record of delivering results.

* Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills

* Experience interacting successfully with management and staff across multiple departments to drive results and resolve issues, including the ability to assess and course-correct as necessary

* Work multiple projects simultaneously, adjusting priorities as needed and meeting deadlines

Project management skills

* Proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio) for written communication and analysis.

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Math, Economics, or Finance

* Provider Network and Contracting experience

* AHIP Certification.

* Knowledge of Health Care Legislation.

Financial Aptitude.

* Knowledge of government reporting and analytics;

* Ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple workstreams.

* Ability to build rapport and effectively partner with Enterprise Networking and Contracting, Network Reporting, Health Care Mangement, Actuarial, Sales, SDO, etc.

* Knowledge of data/information management principles and strategies, or experience with strategic consulting with an information focus