Business Analyst Consultant - Shelton, CT-Hartford, CT-Minnetonka, MN - Full-time / Part-time

You are a thought leader who thrives on developing new solutions to solve tough challenges.

As a critical member of our business analysis team, you will help rewrite the future of UnitedHealth Group. Here, your analytical and innovative skills will help us with our mission of helping people live healthier lives. Yes, we share a mission that inspires. And we need your organizational talents and business discipline to help fuel that mission. Are you ready to analyze data and deliver bold, business-savvy ideas to impact the lives of millions?

As a Business Analysis Consultant, you will use your business analysis skills to support small, medium, and large programs and initiatives for the Business Service Solutions organization.  In this leadership role, you will have the opportunity to take the contributions of analysts and create valuable solutions to improve the health care system. Work in the business analysis phase of the system development life cycle and consult with users

 to define business requirements, processes, and rules as well as the information systems for supporting those processes.

Join us! Your passion for performance can fuel your life's best work.(SM)

Responsibilities:

• Apply understanding and execution of analysis concepts, methodologies and practices.


• Create and incorporate project objectives and measures into processes and requirements.


• Extract and breakdown business requirements from gathering and analyzing data.


• Review, evaluate and accurately document business requirements.


• Contribute to solutioning, design, and test plans.


• Effectively document and communicate decisions, understand customer needs and proactively develop, document, and communicate requirements to meet those needs.


• Effectively manage to timelines and quality standards of the BA organization.


• Predict and address emerging customer needs, while effectively managing business challenges and providing appropriate solutions.


• Coach and mentor others.


• Work on multiple large/extra-large, high complexity programs and projects.


• Provide clear description of problems and risks for small - large priority issues.


• Present options for problem resolution.


• Apply quality standards in completing work.


• Receive feedback and adjust work product as necessary.


• Forecast time and plans resource requirements for projects and programs.


• Work in a virtual team environment.


• Positive team role model


• Take active role in your own career growth,  identify development areas, training and tasks to promote growth


• Utilize written and verbal communication skills to provide fact based communications adapted to audience


• Facilitate meetings, while listening effectively; hear what is said and draw out the non-verbalized needs


• Utilize excellent project management and execution skills to support effective communication and implementation


• Use appropriate communication vehicles; understand audience and use the best method of conveying message.


• Gather facts and act decisively when required. Guide others in decision making.


• Demonstrate flexibility while remaining well organized.


• Utilize excellent organization and planning skills.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or 10 years work experience in lieu of degree.

• 5+ years proven experience to include gathering and documenting business requirements

• 3+ years of experience with business process workflows

• Experience working within an SDLC (system development life cycle) methodology including any of the following: Agile, Waterfall, Smart BPM, RSA or equivalent required.

• Excellent communication, time/project management, problem solving, organizational, and analytical skills required.

• Intermediate proficiency level with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Fully competent in business analysis with general direction.

• Receptive to coaching.

• Able to provide feedback to peers.

• Solid understanding of the business supported and good understanding of the company and industry.

• Self-motivated and self-starter, always seeking new opportunities

Preferred Qualifications:

 
• Requirements and Solutions Analysis Certified (RSA)
• Knowledge of Agile Methodology and/or SCRUM
• Healthcare experience
• Project management experience
• Consumer experience
• Experience working directly with senior level business stakeholders
• IBA Certification (CBAP or CCBA)

Careers with UnitedHealthcare. Let's talk about opportunity. Start with a Fortune 14 organization that's serving more than 85 million people already and building the industry's singular reputation for bold ideas and impeccable execution. Now, add your energy, your passion for excellence, your near-obsession with driving change for the better. Get the picture? UnitedHealthcare is serving employers and individuals, states and communities, military families and veterans where ever they're found across the globe. We bring them the resources of an industry leader and a commitment to improve their lives that's second to none. This is no small opportunity. It's where you can do your life's best work.(SM)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.