# Business System Analyst

**Company:** [ProArch](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/u8TybTAE2YbYgRVFYov9t4.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Employment type:** Contract
**Department:** Client Experience Team

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## Description

**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**

-   Partner with product owners, product managers, business stakeholders, and SMEs to elicit, analyze, validate, and document functional and non-functional needs, business rules, product requirements, and acceptance criteria.
-   Translate product objectives and business needs into clear, actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, supporting documentation, and technical specifications that are ready for Agile delivery teams.
-   Analyze complex business and technical issues, existing system logic, dependencies, and opportunities to improve product outcomes, operational performance, and member or stakeholder experience.
-   Support product teams in defining scope, sequencing work, and clarifying requirements based on user needs, business value, system dependencies, existing architecture, and enterprise technology direction.
-   Conduct impact analysis and assessments for proposed product changes to evaluate system dependencies, risks, effort estimates, and traceability needs that inform prioritization, backlog refinement, and delivery planning.
-   Map business data elements to backend data sources, using SQL skills for accurate querying, validation, and source-to-target mapping.
-   Create and maintain lightweight, fit-for-purpose documentation that supports product decisions, Agile delivery, system understanding, and downstream development or testing activities; review and provide feedback on vendor designs and deliverables.
-   Act as a liaison between product, business, engineering, architecture, and QA teams to clarify requirements, resolve questions, support backlog refinement, and ensure a shared understanding of business value, technical scope, and acceptance criteria.
-   Support Agile delivery teams throughout discovery, sprint planning, development, testing, defect triage, user acceptance testing (UAT), release readiness, and post-release validation activities.
-   Ensure product requirements, backlog items, and delivery artifacts adhere to BCBSRI policies, standards, and regulatory/compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, CMS, BCBSA).
-   Perform other duties as assigned.

## Requirements

-   Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
-   Three to five years of business analysis, systems analysis, or product delivery experience, working with business and product teams to define, refine, and document requirements for technology solutions  
    **Preferred Education, Additional Qualifications and Experience:**
-   Healthcare payer or health insurance industry experience.
-   Experience with Facets or other healthcare payer adjudication systems.
-   Experience with cloud-based platform integrations (Azure, Google Cloud, and Salesforce).
-   Experience supporting Agile product delivery, including backlog refinement, user story development, acceptance criteria, sprint planning, and collaboration with product owners and cross-functional delivery teams.
-   CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA certification, or familiarity with BABOK / IIBA standards.
-   Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to healthcare (HIPAA, CMS, BCBSA, SOC1/SOC2)  
    **Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:**
-   Ability to elicit, analyze, and document business, user, and product requirements, including process flows, user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, and conceptual data diagrams.
-   Strong hands-on SQL skills for data mapping, querying, and validation across systems.
-   Knowledge of requirements engineering, traceability matrices, and requirements management tools and techniques.
-   Understanding of Agile delivery practices, software development lifecycles (SDLC), API and batch integration concepts, and modern web-based/client-server application design.
-   Ability to create clear technical documentation and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
-   Experience creating and validating Agile delivery artifacts and documentation for downstream teams, including developers, QA, deployment, operations, and product stakeholders.
-   Proficiency with business process modeling and diagramming tools (e.g., Microsoft Visio) and the Microsoft Office suite.
-   Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with strong business acumen and political savvy.
-   Strong written and verbal communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
-   Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people in individual and group settings.
-   Strong organizing and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and respond to shifting deadlines and manage a diverse, deadline-oriented workflow.