Job Description

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at HMS, a Gainwell Company carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

The Business Analyst - Anchorage at Gainwell, supports the the assigned contract () function by helping define business and reporting requirements, document processes and data rules, validate analytical deliverables, and provide operational visibility across transformation initiatives. Working with guidance from senior team members, this position connects business, operational, data, and technical teams so information is consistently defined, understood, documented, and used to support program decisions and long-term operational outcomes.

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Business Analysis and Requirements

• Work with business, operational, data, and technical stakeholders to gather, document, and maintain requirements for routine and ad hoc reporting, analytics, dashboards, and performance measurement.
• Help translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, process flows, business rules, data requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in requirements sessions, stakeholder interviews, and working meetings; document decisions, open questions, owners, and follow-up actions.
• Assist with reviewing requirements for completeness, consistency, traceability, and alignment with assigned contract and business operations objectives.
• Maintain requirements traceability and support controlled updates when business needs, source data, priorities, or delivery timelines change.

Reporting, Metrics, and Data Documentation

• Support the definition and documentation of KPIs, business rules, calculation logic, metric standards, populations, exclusions, targets, source data, and refresh schedules.
• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, data mappings, metric inventories, process documentation, and supporting data-governance artifacts.
• Assist with the design, validation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance-monitoring tools.
• Analyze operational and program data to identify trends, exceptions, risks, improvement opportunities, and questions requiring additional review.
• Prepare clear summaries, tables, and visualizations that help technical and non-technical stakeholders understand findings and next steps.
• Perform data validation and reconciliation to confirm that dashboard totals, KPI results, and detail-level records align within documented tolerances.

DHCS and Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with DHCS stakeholders, including Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), Enterprise Data and Information Management (EDIM), Program Operations (ProOps), and other business teams to gather, validate, and maintain requirements and analytical assets.
• Serve as a day-to-day point of coordination for assigned requirements, reports, documentation, testing activities, and follow-up items.
• Communicate progress, questions, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed to the appropriate project or workstream lead.
• Contribute to integrated program reporting and executive-level performance visibility by preparing accurate, traceable, and timely information.
• Support program reviews, readiness activities, audits, and performance-improvement efforts by organizing documentation and confirming supporting evidence.

Project and Workstream Support

• Support assigned projects and workstreams by maintaining work plans, milestone trackers, action logs, deliverable lists, and status information.
• Track risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions; follow up with assigned owners and escalate overdue or blocked items to the project lead.
• Assist with meeting preparation, agendas, notes, action items, and follow-through to help keep work moving on schedule.
• Monitor assigned deliverables against target dates and acceptance criteria, and communicate potential schedule or quality impacts early.
• Support scope and requirement changes by documenting the requested change, business reason, affected deliverables, dependencies, and required approvals.
• Help prepare concise project status updates covering completed work, upcoming milestones, risks, decisions, and next steps.

Testing, Implementation, and Operational Transition

• Develop or maintain test scenarios, test scripts, expected results, requirements traceability, and defect documentation under the direction of the project or reporting lead.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing activities, document results, track defects, and confirm that issues are resolved or dispositioned before release.
• Support the transition of reports, dashboards, documentation, and reporting processes from implementation teams to designated operational owners.
• Assist with training materials, user guidance, standard operating procedures, knowledge-transfer sessions, and post-implementation support.
• Confirm that required documentation, approvals, ownership, and support procedures are complete before operational handoff.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information systems, data analytics, healthcare administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 2+ years of experience in business analysis, reporting, data analysis, operations analysis, project coordination, or a related discipline.
• Ability to gather information, document requirements, organize details, and communicate findings clearly.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Basic experience with data analysis, reporting, process mapping, testing, documentation, or dashboard tools through professional work, internships, coursework, or projects.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and willingness to learn unfamiliar business processes and technical concepts.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an Anchorage-based, cross-functional environment and manage multiple assigned priorities with guidance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or coursework involving Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, SQL, Power Query, Python, or similar analytics tools.
• Familiarity with business-analysis methods such as requirements gathering, user stories, acceptance criteria, process mapping, traceability, and user acceptance testing.
• Experience supporting healthcare, Medicaid, government, public-sector, implementation, or transformation work.
• Familiarity with data governance concepts, including data definitions, data quality, business rules, mappings, ownership, and lineage.
• Exposure to Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Six Sigma, or other project and process-improvement practices.
• Experience preparing project trackers, meeting notes, status reports, test documentation, or operational procedures.

What you should expect in this role

• This position is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and supports the assigned contract and business operations. Work hours and required availability will align with approved program and DHCS stakeholder schedules. 8a-5p Alaska time.
• Preferrence to Alaska residents
• The role may require participation in stakeholder meetings, testing, implementation activities, readiness reviews, or time-sensitive program deliverables outside the normal schedule with advance notice when practical.
• Any approved remote or hybrid work arrangement must comply with Gainwell policies and applicable connectivity, security, and availability requirements.

Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation

Photo will be taken during screening for verification in all steps of the recruitment process.

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is December 30, 2026

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The pay range for this position is $59,500.00 - $85,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at HMS, a Gainwell Company. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with HMS, a Gainwell Company, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about HMS, A Gainwell Technologies Company at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

HMS, a Gainwell Company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. HMS defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.