Technical Business Analyst

Position Description

Base pay is influenced by several factors including a candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, and anticipated contributions to meet the needs of the business, along with internal pay equity and external market driven rates. The salary range displayed has not been adjusted for geographical location. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Capital Blue Cross at the time of posting and may be modified in the future. Capital Blue Cross offers a comprehensive benefits packaging including Medical, Dental & Vision coverage, a Retirement Plan, generous time off including Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Volunteer time off, an Incentive Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, and more. 

At Capital Blue Cross, we promise to go the extra mile for our team and our community. This promise is at the heart of our culture, and it’s why our employees consistently vote us one of the “Best Places to Work in PA.”

Provides analytical, technical and problem resolution support to the Stepwise Platform and other inhouse systems and processes. Conducts or participates in activities related to planning, controlling and directing, and performing system enhancements/projects, testing processes and/or system changes and configuration/support. The analyst must use knowledge of existing business practices, systems, procedures, policies, current testing tools/practices and their inter-relationships to provide and ensure innovative approaches and solutions to business problems and requirements in the supported systems. The analyst is responsible for obtaining necessary approvals on systems configuration, systems testing and application changes.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Supports core functional system targeted applications and tasks. Includes understanding of end-to-end process. Demonstrates the ability to create and run simple queries. Includes all previous grade level expectations.
• Ability to serve as a department project lead for medium scale (40-500 hours) department/corporate projects and/or maintenance activities as assigned. Includes the ability to communicate project team status updates verbally and in writing to all team members. Ability to identify potential projects risks and contingencies. Consider root cause analysis and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Ability to elicit and/or document detailed business requirements to support configuration and system changes.
• Understand end to end processes and downstream impacts when system and process changes occur. Organizes information and data to identify and explain major trends, problems, and causes. Includes all previous grade level expectations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for two (2) business processes and technical detailed knowledge.
• Mentor less experienced staff in an informal setting. Responds to questions from internal and external customers. Act as a “coach” to staff learning department functions. Ability to document processes and procedures.
• Ability to summarize verbally and in writing advanced analytical research that is understandable to the intended audience. Ability to facilitate meetings including preparing agendas, minutes, and other documentation as needed. Communicate any roadblocks or impacts to both management and business areas.
• Performs application testing for maintenance and medium scale (40-500 hours) projects. Ability to write test plans, setup test data, execute test scenarios and document defects. Review and coordinate testing with business areas. Communicate test status and milestones to dept and project management. Serve as a test lead on projects. Evaluate and effectively communicate testing defects and negative business impacts to ensure they are being addressed with a sense of urgency.

Skills:

• Ability to lead meetings and give presentations to both management and staff. Includes the ability to develop teamwork among diverse groups.
• Ability to analyze problems and issues, determine impact, and develop business solutions for system changes. Ability to act as a liaison and recommend solutions to a variety of departments, as well as other Plans and other external business partners.
• Ability to plan, organize, lead and control projects. Includes the ability to effectively communicate in writing and verbally with technical and non-technical audiences. Also includes persuasion and negotiation skills to resolve differences with skill and understanding.
• Ability to quantify and prioritize assigned activities, the ability to adapt to changing priorities, and perform duties with minimal supervision. Includes ability to act both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies.

Knowledge:

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