Business Systems Analyst II - Remote, MVP & Data Focus

Excellus Health Plan Inc.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Excellus Health Plan Inc. is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to serve as the liaison between business and IT. You will gather, document, and analyze requirements to define IT system solutions across enterprise services.

You will partner with solution architects and development teams in a cross-functional environment to deliver MVPs and scalable improvements. You will work with stakeholders to define scope, contribute to MVP identification, and mentor junior BSAs.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Basic understanding of data 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 and familiarity with Automated Testing preferred.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with all stakeholders to elicit, analyze, specify, and gather business, stakeholder, and solution requirements.
• Creates functional and non-functional requirements based on stakeholder requirements including business, IT and recommended best practices.
• Develops an understanding & expertise of the business, application, and data domain they are assigned.
• Conducts or participates in peer reviews of business, stakeholder, and solution requirements.
• Defines scope as they flow from business stakeholders to development teams in an iterative release process.
• Mentors and trains other Business Systems Analyst I/II's in various practices and other products.
• Leads complex projects and work efforts to obtain requirements to ensure solutions are appropriate and directly support the business, enterprise, and data strategies.

Skills

Data flow diagrams

UML

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

SQL basics

Team collaboration

Waterfall/Agile experience

Requirements gathering

Education

Associate degree in Information Technology/CS/Engineering/Business

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business

3 years relevant work experience in lieu of degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

Excellus Health Plan Inc. is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to serve as the liaison between business and IT. You will gather, document, and analyze requirements to define IT system solutions across enterprise services.

You will partner with solution architects and development teams in a cross-functional environment to deliver MVPs and scalable improvements. You will work with stakeholders to define scope, contribute to MVP identification, and mentor junior BSAs.