Lead Business Systems Analyst in Boston, MA

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) is expertise in action™. We are a FORTUNE 500 company with 74,000 employees worldwide supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries. We provide business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. Our employees operate with integrity, and are flexible, reliable and responsive. If you meet the requirements of this position and want to work for a world-class company with a great marketplace reputation, apply today. May perform one or more of the following: Analyzes, plans and implements process improvement (such as Six Sigma initiative) needs. Produces new process improvement techniques and services. Develops metrics that provide data for process management and indicators for future improvement opportunities. Measures performance against process requirements, aligning improvement projects to close performance shortfalls. All other duties as assigned. Functional Job Description: A professional, who has a broad knowledge of requirements, analysis, design, development, testing, conversion, implementation, documentation, and maintenance work. The candidate will be responsible for interpreting business needs and translates those needs into system requirements. The candidate must have experience writing business specifications that will be used by the technical staff for system development. The candidate must be competent to work on fairly complex assignments (and/or portions of larger, complex systems). The candidate generally works under deadlines and should be capable of handling heavy workloads, and operating with only general supervision. The candidate must provide occasional functional guidance to less experienced staff. STRONGLY Prefer experience in healthcare, medicare, medicaid, MMIS, and/or pharmacy POS. An experienced System Consultant Lead Business Systems Analyst to perform work of considerable difficulty in the analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of complex mainframe systems. Other tasks may include creating use cases, creating requirement analysis documents, creating detail specification documents, resolving production problems, and developing user acceptance test plans,. Strong oral and written communications skills. Will be required to create analysis and design documents as part of our development life-cycle. Working within a project team, the role is responsible for technical project consultation, initiation, collection and documentation of client business and functional requirements, solution alternatives, functional design, testing and implementation support. Responsible for the management of all activities related to the successful planning, documenting, and testing of all work performed by the team. Provides detailed direction and performs specialized analysis and research of systems modifications to solve any scope problem or enhancement. Can successfully function within a project team or work independently. Ability to translate business requirements into system functional specifications. Requires a complete understanding of a project life cycle methodology. Must have at least 5 years of Mainframe or client server experience within a health claim environment specifically dealing with Medicare, Medicaid or pharmacy claims. Full life cycle development experience is important (SDLC). Prior experience writing use cases will be a plus but not a requirement. Must be able to work independently as well as in a team environment Must have a “can do” attitude. Education and Typical Years Experience Required: Minimum of four years college (Bachelors degree) with at least seven years experience in project related work, systems analysis and a systems development environment Advantage: Master of Science, CIS and/or experience Special Requirements: Proficient in the use of: Prior experience with ReqPro will be a plus but not a requirement. ACS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not Discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, or sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal or State law or local ordinance. People with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation to apply or compete for employment with ACS may request such accommodations by calling or by sending an e-mail to accommodations@acs-. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here