Business Analyst

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 33 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Business Analyst to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  • Life insurance
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

**Location of job: 100% onsite. Candidate must be local to Austin, TX**

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.

The Business Automation Support (BAS) unit within the Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) Department oversees Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) systems and related support activities. BAS provides oversight of LTC program systems, which supports LTC providers for services delivered to individuals; modifications and updates to TMHP vendor systems; and encounter data and MCO file support and coordination.

A Business Analyst (BA) is needed to support the legislatively approved Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) projects. PEMS is a centralized electronic method for Medicaid and non-Medicaid program providers interested in enrolling to submit a single application, in a single location (a web portal), to be accepted and processed by a single entity based on their National Provider Identifier (NPI). Client would like to make significant changes to PEMS to improve the provider experience and system functionality.

The Worker will serve as a Business Analyst/Product Owner for the PEMS project and support activities as needed. The Worker will work directly with internal units (Provider Services); TMHP technical sprint teams; and business users to provide subject matter expertise, perform critical analysis, ensure requirements are gathered that meet the functional needs and assist in creating and maintaining a prioritized and healthy backlog as directed by the legislative mandate.

The Worker will be responsible for delivering quality products that meet the state's desired operational and technical requirements. The worker will have considerable latitude to use their experience and judgement to ensure successful completion of their assigned tasks. The Worker will be required to multi-task, analyze priorities, communicate clearly, and set expectations for the phases of the project. The Worker will be responsible for communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders including program and technical staff, and other contracted and vendor resources. The Worker will participate in meetings, track deliverables and schedules, and alert management of any issues that may impact providers. 

The services to be provided include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Analyzes program policies, procedures, and processes to determine the impact on business systems and functional areas.
2. Analyzes and reviews system, data, and project deliverables such as business user requirements, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans to ensure business and technical requirements are met.
3. Works with program area staff to solicit, analyze and document business processes and requirements.
4. Acts as a liaison between state staff and vendors to translate operational and business requirements to vendors.
5. Serves as the Product Owner for an Agile team, including working with Agile/Scrum teams of contracted software vendors to implement system changes.
6. Analyzes and writes User Stories with Acceptance Criteria based on business needs and according to the Agile methodology.
7. Develops and maintains business user test scenarios and participates in systems and user acceptance testing.
8. Creates use case scenarios, test plans, and exit criteria that accurately map back to the documented business requirements or user stories.
9. Reviews, analyzes and executes test cases with a formal testing tool.
10. Tracks, documents and reports the status of testing.
11. Evaluates proposed test strategies to ensure appropriate test coverage.
12. Identifies potential project risks and issues and develops mitigation strategies,
13. Reports project status to management on established timelines. 
14. Documents action items and business decisions.
15. Conducts meetings and/or presentation tasks as needed.
16. Manages schedule for deliverables as established.
17. Other duties as assigned related to PEMS projects.