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Business Analyst

A "Business Analyst" is a role that can mean different things to different people. In some
organizations, the business analyst plays a narrow, technically oriented role and has very little
"business" knowledge. In other organizations, business analysts have an intimate understanding
of the business but a limited knowledge of computer systems and application system
architectures.
The business analyst of greatest value to an organization, however, is a generalist who can
function competently in many diverse roles. Such individuals typically have a broad educational
background, a diverse skill set and a wide range of work experience in different jobs and
industries. They are able to see “the big picture” as well as the technological and architectural
barriers and enablers. Business analysts must be comfortable working with "specialists" in
diverse roles and to understand the business from many diverse perspectives.

To survive and prosper in the modern economy, businesses must be able to quickly adapt to
changes in the market place. They must identify and address problems and leverage technology
and other opportunities faster than their competitors. Intense international competition and
rapid technological change requires that companies be lean and dynamic.
To survive in this environment, organizations must have an intimate understanding of their
own business processes, data and organization. Although executives can formulate new new
strategies, many organization are unable to implement needed changes, without inflicting pain
and disruption on its employees, suppliers and customers. To implement organizational change
with surgical precision, the business must "know itself".

The business analyst plays a crucial role in developing an understanding of the business and
sharing this business knowledge with the decision makers. Understanding the barriers and
enablers to change is essential. Barriers often include a complicated patchwork of legacy
computer systems, outdated business processes and lots of data but little useful information.
Enablers can included things such as robust underlying architectures, valuable business
intelligence hidden deep in databases and highly capable individuals lost in the corporate
shadows.

Good business analysts will discover your organization's strengths and weaknesses.

Roles and Responsibilities of a Business Analyst


 Gather data, analyze, and make recommendations to meet project objectives, prepare client
presentations, and assist in pre-call planning
 Maintain client relationships by consulting on customer and competitor strategies, business
solutions, and management decisions.
 Create reports and presentations utilizing qualitative analysis regarding companies, markets,
and industry trends
 Compile and maintain company profiles and reports
 Conduct weekly client updates on progress of research both in-person and over the phone
 Stay informed of current business and industry trends relevant to your client's business
 end-to-end delivery of requirements throughout the life-cycle of the project in alignment with the
business and/or enterprise needs and strategies.
 Provides leadership and works collaboratively with stakeholders including business, technology
and finance partners to support project benefits and changes to business processes, policies and
systems across single or multiple Lines of Business (LoB).
 Create decision models to assist senior executives with sizing and evaluating the potential Return
on Investment of new business projects.
 Provide required analysis to understand fluctuations and current trends as well as providing
insightful commentary and sensitivity models.
 Design, build, and calculate key metrics of each provider performance based on procedure
category and modality as they compare to their respective departments as well as the industry
standards.
 Prepare presentations and supporting analysis for monthly Board of Directors meeting including
the reconciliation of actual revenue received against revenue posted in the practice management
systems.
 Provide back up support to the Contract and Reports Analysts as needed.
 Prepare ad hoc reports, analyses and supportive data at the request of senior leaders.
 Open to various related functions and project work as assigned by Director.

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