Student Financial System Specialist

Student Financial System Specialist
Target Hire Date
01/04/2021 - 1 month to go
Join our community and experience Emerson College!

Identify and solve business problems related to retention efforts with our Student Financial Services team.

Do you know the financial services that help keep students in college? Do you want to improve and maximize reports, business process flows, among other things?

You will act as a technical lead and subject matter expert in the development and delivery of new and enhanced business systems for the College's Student Financial Services team.

Report to: Director, Enrollment Technology
Direct Reports: None Student workers: None

Essential Functions of the Position:

• Leverage data, campus software, and future technology solutions to improve retention and student satisfaction.
• Expand, enhance, and deploy early-alert predictive models that can be used by a wide array of campus users.
• Identify areas of technological and process improvement that support the strategic retention focus.
• Produce models in conjunction with other team members.

Other Responsibilities:

• Understand the design impacts on reporting, population selections, and financial aid analytics.
• Ensure that any data integrations between systems are functioning properly and reconcile any inconsistencies.
• Lead project tasks associated with the implementation of associated auxiliary systems and integrations.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3 years of experience with business process modeling techniques and tools
• Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Demonstrated querying and database administration experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have a broad understanding of the student life cycle and how it relates to system design and functionality, as well as how each system relates to other institutional systems and third-party systems
• 3-7 years of professional work experience in an Enrollment Management and/or Financial Aid, Bursars, or Financial Systems team.
• Knowledge and advanced usage of a Slate admission system
• Experience utilizing retention and student alert software (i.e Maxient)
• SQL knowledge and experience writing complex database queries
• Experience with a business intelligence tool (i.e Cognos)
• Masters Degree

Grade of Position: A17E

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36.25

Hiring Range: $73,550.00 - $77,100.00


To apply, please visit: https://emerson.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Emerson_College_Staff/job/Boston-Campus/Associate-Director--Student-Financial-Systems-Analyst_JR001498

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