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Excellus BCBSPosted 1 month ago

Business Systems Analyst

On-siteBuffalo, New York, United States or Rochester, New York, United States

Full TimeLarge

Job Summary

Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and specify business, stakeholder, and solution requirements, documenting functional and non-functional specifications for IT system implementations. Define scope for work items flowing from business stakeholders to development teams within an iterative release process. Conduct research and systems analysis for IT systems related to data and cloud technologies, proactively managing scope changes and creating recovery plans. Identify minimal viable products (MVP) with business stakeholders and lead complex projects to ensure solutions support enterprise strategies. Mentor team members, facilitate joint application requirements sessions, and negotiate with external vendors and IT resources as a project spokesperson.

Required Qualifications

  • Associate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field
  • Three (3) years of relevant work experience
  • In lieu of a degree, three (3) years of relevant work experience is required
  • In lieu of a degree, three (3) additional years of relevant work experience is required
  • In lieu of a degree, three (3) additional years of relevant work experience is required
  • In lieu of a degree, three (3) additional years of relevant work experience is required
  • Seven (7) years of relevant work experience
  • In lieu of a degree, three (3) additional years of relevant work experience is required
  • Basic understanding of various business flow diagraming tools like data flow, UML or capabilities matrices
  • Demonstrated basic understanding of data and systems analytics skills
  • Basic experience writing requirements or user stories that are clear, concise, and well organized
  • Basic understanding of waterfall or agile scrum methodologies
  • Demonstrated Intermediate communication skills: oral presentations, writing, facilitation, elicitation, negotiation, active listening, influence positive team dynamics
  • Advanced MS Office knowledge
  • Ability to prioritize work components and define objectives effectively without assistance and with minimal supervision
  • Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical approach to providing solutions at an intermediate level
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  • Basic SQL skills with the ability to effectively execute SQL queries, interpret data and read through procedural code
  • Intermediate knowledge of business, technology, and data domain they are assigned
  • Intermediate data and systems analytics skills
  • Demonstrated intermediate experience with various business flow diagraming tools like data flow, UML or capabilities matrices
  • Demonstrated intermediate experience writing requirements or user stories that are clear, concise, and well organized
  • Demonstrated intermediate experience with waterfall or agile scrum methodologies
  • Demonstrated intermediate experience in the Health Plan or healthcare industry especially as it relates to overall health insurance value chain and processes
  • Advanced understanding of application and data systems and how they are used in the organization
  • Advanced understanding of common architecture and development best practices
  • Intermediate SQL skills with the ability to effectively execute SQL queries, interpret data and read through procedural code
  • Demonstrated advanced writing requirements in various formats, including user stories and Gherkin
  • Demonstrated advanced ability to facilitate and lead Joint Application Requirements (JAR) or similar sessions
  • Demonstrated advanced experience with various business flow diagraming tools like data flow, UML or capabilities matrices
  • Demonstrated advanced experience within an Agile and waterfall environment
  • Advanced SQL skills with the ability to effectively execute SQL queries, interpret data and read through procedural code
  • Expert experience writing requirements
  • Demonstrated advanced data and systems analytics skills
  • Demonstrated expert experience with various business flow diagraming tools like data flow, UML, or capabilities matrices
  • Demonstrated expert knowledge of application systems and data systems and how they are used in the health care industry
  • Demonstrated expert understanding of common architecture and development best practices
  • Ability to orally communicate
  • Must be able to travel across the enterprise
  • Ability to work in a home office for continuous periods of time for business continuity

Desired Qualifications

  • familiarity with Automated Testing
  • Demonstrated Intermediate communication skills: oral presentations, writing, facilitation, elicitation, negotiation, active listening, influence positive team dynamics
  • Demonstrated intermediate experience in the Health Plan or healthcare industry especially as it relates to overall health insurance value chain and processes
  • familiarity with Automated Testing
  • Scrum Master, Product Owner, Business Analyst or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certifications
  • Demonstrated advanced writing requirements in various formats, including user stories and Gherkin
  • Demonstrated advanced ability to facilitate and lead Joint Application Requirements (JAR) or similar sessions
  • Demonstrated advanced experience within an Agile and waterfall environment
  • Scrum preferred

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