Position Summary: The Business Analyst serves as liaison between business units and IT department to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, and information systems. These key individual reviews, analyzes and evaluates business systems and user needs, including troubleshooting system integration issues, application and software issues and monitoring technology implementation initiatives in a regional area. Essential Functions: * Provides connection between business owners and IT technical resources to initiate realistic solutions for contract requirements, workflows, and business needs. * Participates in the design, development, and delivery of software applications training programs, coordinating closely with IT managers and non-technical business units to implement and define the support structure for business projects. * Supports the Finance Manager in establishing joint, reusable, and shared strategic and tactical solutions. * Collaborates with internal IT staff to coordinate delivery schedules and assure delivery of needed services and goods on time and within budget. * Works closely with other departments to anticipate changes in functionality and priorities. * Gathers and assesses strategic operational project status, issues, risks, and dependencies. * Leads special projects in collaboration with interns. * Complies with all guidelines established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid {CMS) and guidelines set forth by other regulatory agencies, where applicable. * And all other duties assigned by the manager and/or supervisor. Education: * Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or related field . Experience: * Minimum 2 years of experience in project management and information systems; management of healthcare data preferred. Knowledge: * Knowledge and experience in Project Management. * Personal computer experience should include working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Visio, MS Project, and Outlook at the intermediate level at a minimum. SharePoint, SQL and other statistical software are desirable.