Business Analyst

Parallon, part of HCA Healthcare, provides full-service revenue cycle management and related healthcare services. The Business Analyst I supports the development, analysis, testing, and implementation of business processes by defining requirements, coordinating with stakeholders, developing process documentation and test plans, and supporting solutions through implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain relationships with the project team
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify project objectives, scope, dependencies, and risks for projects
• Collaborate with peers to develop a customized business analysis approach, defining the business analysis tasks, resources, and estimated effort to complete a project
• Translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers and others on the project team
• Analyze current or potential business processes and review existing information systems: interview users, analyze process flows, map/flowchart existing business processes, identify opportunities for improvement, map/flowchart improvements to existing business processes, and document existing business processes and business rules
• Manage changes to the business requirements, assess the impact of requirement changes, and ensure appropriate approval of those changes
• Manage business requirement communication, ensuring that stakeholders have a shared understanding of the requirements
• Quickly understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and analyze and present proposed solution options
• Leverage and continually mature interview and facilitation techniques to elicit business needs and requirements
• Develop master and detailed test plans; execute those plans in various product support environments for new upgrades to the system based upon process improvement initiatives
• Provide post-implementation support by validating pre- and post-implementation data to ensure strategic goals were met before transitioning to support
• Communicate project status and objectives to project team, downstream departments, clients, and vendors
• Work independently with internal clients to identify opportunities for improvement
• Prepare documentation, which may include narratives, charts, graphs, matrices, diagrams, flowcharts, and data element relationship attribute analysis. Present quantitative and qualitative information based on documentation in a clear and concise manner. Structure documentation into knowledge bases for reference, problem solving, planning, and development
• Develop good, clear, and thoughtful presentations for groups of all sizes and levels

Requirements:

• Four-year undergraduate degree with major course work in health services administration, management information systems, or business administration is preferred. Relevant education may substitute experience requirement
• Minimum one-year experience as Business Analyst and three years' experience in Healthcare industry preferred
• Six Sigma certification preferred