Sr Business Analyst - Healthcare

Eliassen Group; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr Business Analyst to support a large healthcare plan initiative. This remote, contract role focuses on eliciting and managing requirements for complex healthcare processes, including medical appeals and claims.

The analyst will work with cross-functional teams, ensure traceability, and drive readiness and training efforts. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of business analysis experience, healthcare domain knowledge, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related business analysis experience.
• Experience in healthcare, health plan, insurance, or pharmaceutical domains.
• Hands-on exposure to medical appeals, claims, and large plan implementations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in high-pressure environments.
• Proficiency with data flow modeling, use-case analysis, workflow analysis, business process mapping, functional decomposition, and ROI modeling.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, document, and manage business and functional requirements for complex initiatives.
• Develop requirements approaches and management plans aligned to project plans.
• Communicate and validate requirements with stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Maintain solution scope and requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive business readiness activities, including communication planning for changes to technology, processes, and people.
• Support and coordinate training to ensure efficient implementations and desired outcomes.
• Develop procedures and specifications for systems or process changes and coordinate cross-functional implementation.
• Design and conduct post-implementation audits and implement customer feedback mechanisms.
• Analyze workflow processes, design and test solutions, and assess organizational impacts.
• Manage requirements change requests and maintain documentation.
• Develop and maintain reporting tools to measure performance and ensure data integrity.
• Present results and insights to business stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify business risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and escalation when necessary.
• Build and support vendor relationships and assist with training as needed.
• Provide oversight and peer reviews for less experienced analysts.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder management

Data flow modeling

Use-case analysis

Workflow analysis

ROI modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Sr Business Analyst - Healthcare

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Business Analysis

Industry: Insurance

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-109169

Date Posted: 10/21/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/LhUGKh

Remote

Our client seeks a Sr Business Analyst to support a large, multi‑year Health Plan initiative. The role will elicit, analyze, document, and manage requirements for changes to business processes, policies, information, and information systems for complex business problems. The analyst will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, ensure requirements traceability, drive business readiness and communication activities, and support training and post‑implementation reviews. The engagement focuses on healthcare plan operations including medical appeals, claims, and large plan implementations.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $35.00 to $40.00/hr. w

Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, document, and manage business and functional requirements for complex initiatives.
• Develop requirements approaches and management plans aligned to project plans.
• Communicate and validate requirements with stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Maintain solution scope and requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive business readiness activities, including communication planning for changes to technology, processes, and people.
• Support and coordinate training to ensure efficient implementations and desired outcomes.
• Develop procedures and specifications for systems or process changes and coordinate cross‑functional implementation.
• Design and conduct post‑implementation audits and implement customer feedback mechanisms.
• Analyze workflow processes, design and test solutions, and assess organizational impacts.
• Manage requirements change requests and maintain documentation.
• Develop and maintain reporting tools to measure performance and ensure data integrity.
• Present results and insights to business stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify business risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and escalation when necessary.
• Build and support vendor relationships and assist with training as needed.
• Provide oversight and peer reviews for less experienced analysts.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of related business analysis experience. In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of related experience.
• Experience in healthcare, health plan, insurance, or pharmaceutical domains.
• Hands‑on exposure to medical appeals, claims, and large plan implementations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in high‑pressure environments.
• Proficiency with industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, use‑case analysis, workflow analysis, business process mapping, functional decomposition, and ROI modeling.

Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree or advanced degree preferred.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([e-mail], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI‑assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affiantive Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.