<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead discovery meetings with stakeholders from pharmacy, finance, billing, clinical operations, communications, compliance, and IT to capture and confirm business and technical needs.</p><p>• Shape project plans by outlining objectives, deliverables, dependencies, timelines, and success measures before work begins.</p><p>• Manage the intake process for new requests entering the Business Intelligence team, ensuring each item is clearly defined and ready for technical review.</p><p>• Build productive relationships with sponsors, department leaders, and executives by providing updates, clarifying changes, and aligning expectations throughout each project.</p><p>• Monitor active initiatives against agreed scope and schedule, highlighting risks, barriers, and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership.</p><p>• Support portfolio prioritization by evaluating business impact and effort for incoming work and helping maintain an accurate project inventory.</p><p>• Create and maintain clear project records such as requirements documents, acceptance criteria, scope summaries, and post-launch documentation.</p><p>• Coordinate across departments to identify overlapping needs, manage shared dependencies, and reduce duplicated work across teams.</p><p>• Recommend improvements to intake, requirements, and delivery practices by identifying recurring gaps, rework, and inefficiencies.</p>