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Texas Health and Human Services · 5 hours ago

Business Analyst II

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$5,098.66/mo - $7,000/mo

2+ years exp

Texas Health and Human Services is committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. The Business Analyst II role provides IT support for the Pharmacy Rebates and Business Analysis section, acting as a liaison to identify business requirements and improve existing systems to enhance operations.

Health Care

No H1B

Responsibilities

Assists or leads necessary aspects of the VDP systems by performing analysis of technical and business processes, identifying efficiencies and helping to prioritize needs

Coordinates the gathering, development, and documentation of user requirements; reviewing and refining business processes; creating and validating user acceptance testing; providing post-implementation system support; and supporting the full systems development life cycle through work sessions/user story workshops

Documents all data sources that make up VDP systems to assess impact and assist in training staff if necessary

Ability to communicate verbally and in writing, translating user/business needs into a technical style, and communicating technical instructions to system users

Analyze and monitor program requirements and program projects to identify operational trends and perform monitoring and analysis of vendor’s work and their compliance with state and federal laws, rules, regulations and guidelines

Assists or leads projects for planning, coordination, management and implementation

Prepares and develops reports, internal policies, procedures, guidelines and facilitates cross coordination and analysis to automate internal processes for streamlined decision making

Responds to inquiries and provides program guidance for the implementation of new agency projects and system changes related to VDP

Assists with Advanced Planning Document (APD) preparation, reporting, and monitoring for project funding and initiatives

Performs monitoring and analysis of vendor’s work and their compliance with state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines; and ensure adequate documentation

Perform and manage user acceptance testing by ensuring adequate test cases exist and all user acceptance criteria are met

Assists with the procurement of technology vendor services and tasking existing vendors to implement VDP projects to support the program; may perform some contract management activities as needed while working with internal and external stakeholder organizations involved in VDP initiatives

Performs related work as assigned

Qualification

Business AnalysisSoftware Development Life CycleRequirements GatheringProject ManagementTexas Medicaid KnowledgeMS Office SuiteInterpersonal SkillsTechnical Documentation

Required

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business, communications, computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or a related field. Related work experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis with a maximum substitution of four years

Minimum of 2 years of experience in an analysis role that required complex problem solving

Minimum of 2 years of experience in skills, such as requirement soliciting, software development, familiar with SDLC lifecycle