Business Analyst — Public Sector Modernization

Maximus; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Business Analyst to support large child welfare modernization initiatives in the United States. You will translate program, policy, and stakeholder needs into clear business requirements, create functional specs, and ensure alignment between business objectives and system functionality.

You will work with client leadership, program staff, technical teams, vendors, and PMO resources to validate workflows, manage traceability, and support readiness across implementation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 4 years of relevant business analysis experience.
• Experience with government health and human services programs.
• Knowledge of CCWIS and Title IV-E is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consulting project activities for various projects.
• Analyze complex data and identify patterns, recommend actions, and measure outcomes.
• Coordinate with technical staff to understand business requirements, specifications, and processes.
• Create system functional specifications from business requirements.
• Document current-state and future-state business processes, workflows, use cases, user stories, business rules, process maps, and functional specifications.
• Support traceability between business objectives, requirements, system design, testing, implementation readiness, and project deliverables.
• Facilitate requirements sessions, workshops, interviews, and working meetings with stakeholders.
• Assist with data conversion, interfaces, reporting, eligibility, provider management, payments, portals, mobility, and other modernization workstream analysis.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder management

Gap analysis

Process documentation

Project coordination

Communications

Data analysis

Public sector knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Equivalent education/experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Project

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Business Analyst to support large child welfare modernization initiatives in the United States. You will translate program, policy, and stakeholder needs into clear business requirements, create functional specs, and ensure alignment between business objectives and system functionality.

You will work with client leadership, program staff, technical teams, vendors, and PMO resources to validate workflows, manage traceability, and support readiness across implementation