BUSINESS ANALYST

Position : Business Analyst

Location : Columbia, SC

Duration : 12+ months

Contract : C2C or W2

Remote : 25%

***** Need someone with strong Medicaid experience with CPA certification ********

Daily Duties / Responsibilities :

Duties include:

• Serve as subject matter expert, ensuring project meets the goals and objectives of the business owner, the agency Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
• Coordinate related business transformation activities needed with the CFO and other key staff
• Coordinate project tasks and activities with the project manager
• Provide project scheduling support as needed
• Build positive relationships with team members and vendor staff
• Participate in financial and claims business design sessions within assigned modules and work streams
• Advocate and lead business analysis in support of the Accounting and Finance project and its related impacts to the Medicaid claims payments
• Provide updates on status and issues to the CFO
• Participate in scheduled operational meetings and routine team leads meetings
• Participate in cross-functional meetings and produce business designs that integrate functionality across modules
• Provide recommendations of appropriate resources if necessary to ensure assignments are completed within given time and budget.

Required Skills

• At least ten years of accounting experience
• At least five years of experience in major SAP financial implementations
• Interest, skill and ability to innovate including business processes, methods/procedures, and technology.
• Ability to effectively work and communicate, in both oral and written, with all levels of the agency from frontline workers to Executive Staff as well as the Contractor(s).
• Impeccable integrity. This project will have very high visibility and will impact significant expenditures of public funds. Candidates must be confident with their abilities to make correct decisions and the courage to speak out when necessary.
• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.

Preferred Skills

• Integrations with Medicaid or other Government operations
• Project management
• Knowledge of Federal Certification requirements and processes is preferable.
• Familiarity with standard MMIS data structures, electronic data interchange, processes and related file formats.
• Experience in State Medicaid payer system integration and delivery
• Healthcare IT

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $75.00 /hour

Required experience:

• SAP financial implementations: 5 years
• Accounting: 10 years
• Medicaid: 5 years