Strategic Healthcare Systems Analyst

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield; City of Utica (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to serve as the primary liaison between business and IT teams, gathering, documenting, and analyzing requirements for IT system solutions. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, ensure deliverables meet business objectives, and support enterprise data strategies through multiple levels of analysis.

The role emphasizes MVP identification, requirements governance, and mentoring junior analysts while delivering

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Basic understanding of data flow diagrams and modeling approaches.
• Experience writing requirements or user stories clearly and concisely.
• Familiarity with waterfall or agile scrum methodologies and automated testing is a plus.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Proficient MS Office usage and ability to prioritize objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with stakeholders to elicit and analyze business, stakeholder, and solution requirements.
• Creates functional and non-functional requirements based on stakeholder input.
• Develops understanding of the business, applications, and data domains.
• Participates in peer reviews of requirements and defines scope for development teams.
• Leads iterative release scoping and ensures alignment with business objectives.
• Maintains privacy and adheres to corporate policies and values.
• Manages scope changes, risks, and MVP identification with management and teams.
• Mentors others and leads projects to deliver appropriate solutions.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Documentation writing

Agile/Scrum knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business or related field

Tools

SQL

UML

Microsoft Office

Job description

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to serve as the primary liaison between business and IT teams, gathering, documenting, and analyzing requirements for IT system solutions. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, ensure deliverables meet business objectives, and support enterprise data strategies through multiple levels of analysis.

The role emphasizes MVP identification, requirements governance, and mentoring junior analysts while delivering