HR Implementation Business Analyst (Consultant)

About the role

AG Consulting Partners is seeking an experienced Business Analyst Consultant for an 8-month engagement with a public sector client focused on Medicaid eligibility compliance and modernization. The consultant analyzes regulatory requirements, documents business processes, supports technology implementations and helps ensure compliance with evolving federal Medicaid regulations. The role is primarily remote, with occasional travel to Olympia, WA, and is open to candidates in Washington or Texas on W2, or elsewhere on 1099/LLC.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze federal legislation, CMS guidance and Medicaid eligibility policies to determine business and system impacts
• Document current-state and future-state processes, workflows and procedures
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions with stakeholders, subject matter experts and technical teams
• Create BRDs, functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Build process maps, workflow diagrams, decision trees, business rules and impact assessments
• Support implementation of eligibility determinations, renewals, verifications and compliance reporting
• Take part in Agile ceremonies, collaborate with Product Owners and prioritize requirements
• Develop test scenarios, support UAT, review test results and help with defect triage
• Maintain requirements traceability and identify process improvement and automation opportunities

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Health Administration, Information Systems or a related field
• 5+ years of business analysis experience on complex business or technology initiatives
• Experience with workshops, stakeholder meetings, process mapping, use cases and requirements documentation
• Experience supporting system implementation, modernization or transformation projects
• Experience with UAT, test planning and validation
• Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders (business, compliance, legal, operations, technical)
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; no visa sponsorship available

Required skills

• Business process analysis and requirements elicitation
• Agile and Scrum environments
• Requirements traceability matrices, gap analyses, business rules documentation and impact assessments (nice to have)
• Nice to have: Medicaid eligibility systems, Lean/continuous improvement, change management, CBAB/CCBA/PMI-PBA certifications

What we offer

• W2 annual salary of $110,000-$145,000 plus benefits for those based in Washington or Texas
• 1099/LLC engagement range of $130,000-$175,000 (benefits not included)
• Benefits for full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401K matching, education reimbursement