Sr Analyst - Business Analysis

Maximus; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive insurance coverage

401(k) retirement plan with company-m"

Unlimited time off

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Professional development opportunities

Employee perks and discounts

Job summary

Maximus in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to translate complex business needs into clear system requirements and user stories.

You will partner with stakeholders and development teams to ensure accurate, actionable specifications and high-quality deliverables, while guiding requirements validation and test planning. This fully remote role requires travel up to 10% and offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, retirement matching, unlimited time off, and ongoing

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience as a Business Analyst in a technical organization; Medicaid Enterprise Systems experience highly desired.
• Strong communication skills using the English language (written and verbal), including presentation skill.
• Draft responses for supervisor or manager and communicate complex issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and evaluation of reports, documents, and surveys.
• Publish results for internal and external clients as appropriate.
• Define business requirements, system requirements, and test criteria with stakeholders.
• Develop functional test cases and collaborate with developers and QA analysts.
• Document best practices and support production processes.
• Extract, analyze, and report data to support decision making.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver solutions.

Skills

Strong communication

English language proficiency

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS SQL Server

Job description

The Sr. Business Analyst is an accomplished team member with emphasis on determining the business requirements of systems and products. The Sr. BA easily translates industry and client/stakeholder needs into language that is understood by both the development team allowing for high efficiency system development. The Sr. BA must take pride in their work, seeking to produce high-quality deliverables. Their communication skills will be critical for documenting requirements for system development, user stories, test cases and documentation. The Sr. BA seeks to become a subject matter exert in the areas assigned, and to do so must learn their assignments, asking questions, researching ambiguous items leading to full understanding of work areas/assignments

**This is a fully remote position. Requires 10% travel. **

Why Join Maximus?

• Competitive Compensation - Bonus opportunities based on performance.

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage - Choose from various plans, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, and partially funded HSA. Additionally, enjoy Life insurance benefits and discounts on Auto, Home, Renter's, and Pet insurance.

• Future Planning - Prepare for retirement with our 401K Retirement Savings plan and Company Matching.

• Unlimited Time Off Package - Enjoy UTO, Holidays, and sick leave,

• Holistic Wellness Support - Access resources for physical, emotional, and financial wellness through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Recognition Platform - Acknowledge and appreciate outstanding employee contributions.

• Tuition Reimbursement - Invest in your ongoing education and development.

• Employee Perks and Discounts - Additional benefits and discounts exclusively for employees.

• Maximus Wellness Program and Resources - Access a range of wellness programs and resources tailored to your needs.

• Professional Development Opportunities- Participate in training programs, workshops, and conferences..

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of a variety of reports, internal/external resource documents, and surveys.

• Publish results for utilization by internal and external clients, as appropriate.

• Work with relational database management systems (MS SQL Server) and analytical processing systems.

• Ensure data accuracy and validate all data collection methods used in reporting projects.

• Evaluate data quality, applications and functions, produce output, maintain reporting operations, and documentation.

• Research new data sources and analytical tools.

• Contribute to new product development and improvement in product delivery and presentation.

• Develop and maintain effective processes for managing requirements, developing business processes, and providing production support to the operation.

• Communicate status, risks, and issues to senior management and/or the client as appropriate.

• Analyze existing systems, programs, policies and organizational processes and recommend enhancements and improved solutions.

• Manage efficient execution of business meetings with internal project staff, clients and/or project vendors.

• Develop solutions to a variety of complex problems.

• Document best practices and continuously measure outcomes for desired results.

• Work effectively with internal and external business partners in the delivery of solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver results after thorough research of functional needs by collaborating and communicating with various stakeholders, both internal and external to the company.

• Apply strong analytical reasoning to understand end user's requirements and transform them into operational application.

• Work closely with operations and development staff to define business requirements, system requirements, test criteria, and success factors.

• Develop business requirements that fully address stakeholder needs and translate those into system requirements that result in system development that aligns with them. Facilitates reviews and approvals of the requirements before initiation of development to ensure agreement and understanding of needed changes.

• Develops functional test cases and executes them to validate that the system changes meet expected outcomes defined in business requirements. Works closely with developers and QA analysts to resolve questions or defects found during testing

• Acquire deep knowledge of working systems and bring forward efficient and effective changes for better performance.

• Develop documentation and work products supporting decisions, requirements, system functionality and processes.

• Participate in the administration of project and program contract activities.

• Extract, analyze, and report data to support program activity and assist in management decision making.

• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

'- Bachelor's degree in related field.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5-7 years of experience as a Business Analyst in a technical organization; Medicaid Enterprise Systems experience highly desired

• Strong communication skills using the English language (written and verbal), including presentation skill

• Communicates on complex or sensitive issues or drafts such responses for supervisor or manager.

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Minimum Salary

$100,000

Maximum Salary

$110,000