Business Analyst

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Title: Business Analyst

The Organization

We help society’s foundational institutions—healthcare and higher education—to achieve their full potential in service to others.

We are our clients’ trusted partners in ever-changing times. For nearly 40 years, Kaufman Hall, a Vizient Company has provided independent, objective insights grounded in sound data and analysis to help clients fulfill their missions, achieve their goals, and tackle their toughest problems.

Kaufman Hall provides world-class management consulting in Strategy & Business Transformation, Financial Planning & Data Analytics, Treasury & Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Revenue & Operations Improvement (previously Performance Improvement).

At Kaufman Hall, we believe that sustained success is never an accident. It is the result of sound decision making, based on data-driven analysis and disciplined thinking, and guided by the fundamental principles of corporate finance.

The Position

Kaufman Hall is seeking a Business Analyst to help support the development of our software products. Our products help our clients improve operational and billing processes, driving incremental financial benefit, and demonstrate high quality of care. In support of ongoing product development, this individual would be responsible for supporting the development process by building, maintaining, and managing a workstream-specific software development backlog in collaboration with product team leaders and other stakeholders.

• Work with product leaders and subject-matter experts to identify workflows, document detailed requirements, maintain product backlogs, and build sprint/iteration plans in coordination with other product team members.
• Define functional and non-functional requirements for software development, identifying common workflows, constraints, assumptions, and dependencies. Work with engineering to document technical requirements.
• Communicate, translate, and simplify business requirements to ensure buy-in from all stakeholders.
• Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and develop and implement solutions.
• Gather feedback from clients, internal and external, to determine ongoing opportunities for improving our software solutions.
• Act as the key point of contact for all UAT aspects of releases, providing UAT services and coordinating feedback.
• Partner with QA to explain application functionality, desired outcomes, and collaborate on effective test plans.
• Communicate promptly and professionally with colleagues throughout the organization to ensure that work is processed in a timely manner.
• Actively participate in all Agile ceremonies.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess:

• BS/BA in computer science, business, or related field.
• 2-5 years’ experience in the software development field including prior hands-on experience as a business analyst.
• Experience with requirements gathering and product management.
• Experience working with customer-facing web applications.
• Experience using Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity working with applications using the following frameworks, languages, and tooling: SQL, .NET/C#, Angular/Typescript, MS Power Apps, MS Power Automate, MS Power BI.
• Familiarity with the Agile software development life cycle, testing cycles, and dev ops processes.
• Understanding of web application standards and usage patterns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized, detail oriented, responsive, and able to prioritize several tasks.
• Self-motivated, works well independently and with others.
• Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kaufman Hall (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required.

Physical Requirements 

• Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodations
• Work is generally done sitting, talking, hearing and typing. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Work Environment 

• Travel Required: Occasional in-person team meetings.
• This role is remote.
• Work is regularly performed in a home office and routinely uses standard office equipment.
• It requires the maintenance of a home office and proximity to an airport for work related travel.

Kaufman Hall is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all employment actions without regard to actual and also perceived or assumed protected group status as defined by law of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives. Our policies and the law prohibit employment discrimination against any employee or applicant on the basis of any legally protected status.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $0.00 to $0.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.