Senior Business Analyst

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  • $83,200.00 - $124,800.00 Please email HR_Talent_AcquisitionTeam@bcbsri.org if you are a candidate seeking a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process.
  • At BCBSRI, our greatest resource is our people.
  • We come from varying backgrounds, different cultures, and unique experiences. We are hard-working, caring, and creative individuals who collaborate, support one another, and grow together. Passion, empathy, and understanding are at the forefront of everything we do—not just for our members, but for our employees as well.
  • We recognize that to do your best work, you have to be your best self.
  • It’s why we offer flexible work arrangements that include remote and hybrid opportunities and paid time off. We provide tuition reimbursement and assist with student-loan repayment. We offer health, dental, and vision insurance as well as programs that support your mental health and well-being. We pay competitively, offer bonuses and investment plans, and are committed to growing and developing our employees.
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  • We strive to be transparent and accountable. We believe in equipping our associates with the knowledge and resources they need to be successful. No matter where you’re at in the organization, you’re an integral part of our team and your input, thoughts, and ideas are valued.
  • Join others who value a workplace for all.
  • We appreciate and celebrate everything that makes us unique, from personal characteristics to past experiences. Our different perspectives strengthen us as an organization and help us better serve all Rhode Islanders.
  • We’re dedicated to serving Rhode Islanders.
  • Our focus extends beyond providing access to high-quality, affordable, and equitable care. To further improve the health and well-being of our fellow Rhode Islanders, we regularly roll up our sleeves and get to work (literally) in communities all across the state—building homes, working in food pantries, revitalizing community centers, and transforming outdoor spaces for children and adults. Because we believe it is our collective responsibility to uplift our fellow Rhode Islanders when and where we can, our associates receive additional paid time to volunteer.
  • Partner with key strategic leaders in developing business solutions for complex initiatives spanning the enterprise. Elicit, analyze, validate, specify, verify, and manage the business needs of the project stakeholders, to include customers, partners, and end users. Lead business owners and executive sponsors through the project initiation process. Support business areas throughout the entire Project Development Life Cycle (PDLC), ensuring the requirements are accurately translated and tracked throughout the project. Lead and mentor other business analysts.
  • What you will do:
  • Schedule, plan, and lead requirement gathering and review meetings. Communicate key decisions and action items. Develop a comprehensive requirements management plan and schedule.
  • Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, surveys, business process analysis and descriptions, use cases, scenarios, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis and/or requirements workshops. Use the information gathered to identify problems, opportunities, and solutions for the business to achieve better value.
  • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
  • Communicate with 3rd party vendors and partners to address technical and business questions, issues, or requests to ensure vendor requirements are accurately captured.
  • Integrate research, team ideas, and client feedback into solution requirements.
  • Facilitate requirements prioritization based on business value.
  • Solicit project cost and savings estimates. Partner with leadership to document benefit analysis. Present initial funding request to EPMO Finance committee.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to gain a thorough understanding of essential business requirements to ensure all are focusing on the same objectives.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Present findings, recommendations, and project updates to various audiences.
  • Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Create accurate and understandable detailed documentation including meeting minutes, action items and decisions, business requirements, process flows, risks and issues, use cases, and user stories, and weekly status reporting.
  • Document and analyze business requirements, processes, and workflows
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