Business Analyst

Robert Half is hiring! We are looking for a Business Analyst to support cross-functional initiatives in Columbia, South Carolina. This role will partner with operational, clinical, financial, and technical teams to turn business needs into well-defined plans that guide delivery. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical thinking, clear communication, and the ability to keep projects organized from intake through implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead discovery meetings with stakeholders from pharmacy, finance, billing, clinical operations, communications, compliance, and IT to capture and confirm business and technical needs.

• Shape project plans by outlining objectives, deliverables, dependencies, timelines, and success measures before work begins.

• Manage the intake process for new requests entering the Business Intelligence team, ensuring each item is clearly defined and ready for technical review.

• Build productive relationships with sponsors, department leaders, and executives by providing updates, clarifying changes, and aligning expectations throughout each project.

• Monitor active initiatives against agreed scope and schedule, highlighting risks, barriers, and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership.

• Support portfolio prioritization by evaluating business impact and effort for incoming work and helping maintain an accurate project inventory.

• Create and maintain clear project records such as requirements documents, acceptance criteria, scope summaries, and post-launch documentation.

• Coordinate across departments to identify overlapping needs, manage shared dependencies, and reduce duplicated work across teams.

• Recommend improvements to intake, requirements, and delivery practices by identifying recurring gaps, rework, and inefficiencies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• At least 3 years of experience in business analysis, product ownership, or a similar role focused on requirements definition, project scoping, and stakeholder engagement.

• Proven ability to convert business objectives into detailed, actionable specifications for technical teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience facilitating discovery sessions, planning workshops, and cross-functional meetings.

• Proficiency with documentation platforms, project tracking tools, and Microsoft Office applications.

• Experience in healthcare, business intelligence, analytics, or data-focused environments is preferred.

• Familiarity with tools and concepts such as Agile practices, Power Platform, reporting environments, pharmacy operations, or AI/ML initiatives is a plus.

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