Business Analyst - Finance

About Oakton College :

For 50 years, Oakton College has been the setting where thousands begin or continue their college or career studies. Educating people of all ages, from all walks of life and from more than 40 nations, Oakton focuses on improving the quality of life for everyone who enters its doors.

We offer:

Hybrid Work Schedules
Continuing Education
Great Benefits
Paid Winter Break
FRIDAYS OFF during the Summer


Job Description:

Basic Function and Responsibility:

Under the leadership of the Controller, the Business Analyst is the first point of contact for technology within the department to manage the business needs of project stakeholders, customers and end users, and develop and help ensure the integrity of the data processes and systems within the Budget/Accounting Services and Procurement departments. This position will have a balanced understanding of the department's business needs and processes as well as relevant technology; they stay abreast of both business and technology trends and understand how similar areas in other institutions are using technology. They are responsible for facilitating, analyzing and understanding the functional relationships between departmental components of the college's administrative systems. Leads the development and implementation of efficient business processes, and the resolution of systems issues will be a primary component of this position. Duties include reimplementation conversion planning and testing, software defect management, module functional support, process oversight and scheduling, functional module training, ad hoc reporting, module representation for cross-system issues and procedural and change management documentation.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support by functioning as a liaison with the Information Technology department and by monitoring Budget/Accounting Services and Procurement computer application systems.
  
• Partners with Information Technology to ensure data and process integrity is maintained.
  
• Elicits, analyzes, specifies, and validates the business needs of stakeholders.
  
• Maintain the business office application systems as needed, including reconciling system upgrades, table data maintenance, module testing of upgrades and enhancements, etc.
  
• Develops and delivers training to Budget/Accounting and Procurement departments and other staff on changes to the application systems.
  
• Provides leadership in the development and maintenance of departmental procedure manuals for implementation of delivered applications, including upgrades and patches and fixes.
  
• Attends workshops and other meetings concerning new and/or updated information related to the systems the Budget/Accounting Services and Procurement departments utilize.
  
• Develops and manages test scripts, scenarios and staff to ensure that patches/fixes to existing systems on new systems or enhancements, communicates changes and modifications of business requirements to project managers or stakeholders to resolve issues timely. Research existing technologies to offer insight and recommendations to departments.
  
• Interprets complex requests to provide accurate reports that meet the requester's needs.
  
• Designs and creates queries and reports for data analysis and validation, monitoring processes, and identifying functional problems for audits, quality control of batch and manual processes and other ad hoc data needs as required.
  
• Uses data reporting tools and languages (SQL) to optimize system efficiency and manipulate and extract data.
  
• Design, maintain, manipulate, and query databases/data warehouses for financial reporting and analysis
  
• Manages the technical and functional implementation of recommendations resulting from auditor findings and internal and external complaints.
  
• Leads continual service improvement in Budget/Accounting Services and Procurement by implementing and maintaining service management solutions to provide centralized monitoring of service requests including reporting and dashboards.
  
• Proactively works with members of other departments to identify and implement key opportunities for operational improvements, especially with regards to processes and leverage of data/information.
  
• Complete work according to project plans and time frames.
  
• Perform other duties job related as assigned.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Working Conditions:

• Bachelor's degree required in Business or closely-related discipline (e.g. Accounting or Finance) with evidence of coursework in information systems, computer science or related technical discipline.
  
• Master's degree with coursework in Information Systems, Information Technology preferred.
  
• Minimum 5 years experience working with Ellucian Banner platform, or similar ERP system.
  
• Demonstrated experience in a similar business analyst role supporting software implementations.
  
• Oracle database programming experience, preferably with PL/SQL, or an alternate report development tool.
  
• Must be proactive and able to work independently with limited supervision in a team environment.
  
• Strong analytical, organization, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
  
• Must be detailed oriented.
  
• Demonstrates excellent customer service capabilities to achieve timely and high quality responses.
  
• Proven ability to lead initiatives, meet deadlines, and deliver results.
  
• Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
  
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
  
• Understanding of software development methodologies.
  
• Mobility to move from building to building on-Campus and to visit off-Campus entities. Work is performed in a general office environment and is sedentary in nature. Little or no exposure to adverse working conditions.

Additional Information:

Supervision Received:

Administrative supervision is received from the Controller.

Supervision Exercised:

None

HOURS: Monday - Friday 8:15 am - 5:00 pm

SALARY: $65,958

Based on the needs of the college and with Administrator approval, some positions at the college may have hybrid schedule options available after 30 working days. .

Oakton is accessible by public transportation.


Application Instructions:

For further details, visit our website at www.oakton.edu and select the Employment link to view Employment Opportunities.

Please be sure to have a current resume, cover letter, and list of, at least, three (3) professional references with contact information prepared to submit with your application.

Oakton College is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution, committed to employing competent, qualified individuals. Oakton College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, socioeconomic status, sex or gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation in admission to and participation in its educational programs, college activities and services, or in its employment practices.

Posted positions may be removed from the Oakton website without notice when it is determined that no additional applicants are required.