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Business Analyst - Business Services

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Job Overview

The Business Analyst is a member of the Drexel Business Services (DBS) Finance and Administration team, reporting to the Director. The Finance and Administration team provides human resource, finance, and administration services while ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and guidelines. The Business Analyst works closely with the Director and senior management on evaluating services and providing accurate and actionable ad-hoc reporting to assist with decision-making. The Business Analyst supports the day-to-day operations of Drexel Business Services departments by performing varied procurement, administrative and financial duties. This includes conducting objective analyses of the departments’ financial performance, developing an in-depth understanding of their financial structure, and reviewing their monthly and quarterly results, operating budgets, and long-range financial planning.

Drexel Business Services portfolio includes Campus Dining, the University Bookstores, DragonCard Services, the DragonDollars program, Parking Services, University Housing, Conference Services, Student Centers, Vending and Drexel University Online. It is the mission of Drexel Business Services to create vibrant campus and community destinations and deliver a variety of programs and services that are essential to recruiting and retaining today’s student and employee. Drexel Business Services is successful through teamwork, continuous improvement, collaborative internal and external partnerships and business acumen.

Essential Functions
  • Create financial reports, provide analysis, and monitor actual revenue and expense performance and reconcile it versus the budget and historical performance. Prepare the quarterly reports, annual budget proposal and year-end reports.
  • Work cross-team and cross-department and provide accurate and actionable ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis to support leadership decision making. Participate in cross-departmental business process reviews, including cost-benefit analysis, process mapping/flow charting and perform supporting analysis to enhance and to improve efficiency of the services provided by DBS.
  • Coordinate purchasing activities for DBS, utilizing a University purchasing card or the University’s procure-to-pay system as directed by the Director, Finance and Administration and in compliance with University policies and procedures.
  • Serve as the DBS point of contact for employee onboarding and separation. Manage the timeline and tasks associated with onboarding and separation ensuring stakeholders are informed; including, but not limited to, setting up building access, office location, network and email accounts.
  • Reconcile University Purchasing Card (P-Card) transactions to the appropriate cost centers and retain receipt documentation. Maintain internal purchasing database- reconcile transactions and report and resolve discrepancies.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • A minimum of three years relevant experience
Physical Demands
  • Typically sitting at a desk/table
Location

University City – Philadelphia, PA

Additional Information

This position is classified exempt with a salary grade of K. For more information regarding Drexel’s Professional Staff salary structure, https://drexel.edu/hr/career/ducomp/salstructure/

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your resume and cover letter when submitting your application. http://careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job/498346

Review of applications will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

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Advertised:Apr 28 2022 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:Jun 28 2022 Eastern Daylight Time

Company

Drexel University

Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel is a comprehensive global R1-level research university with a unique model of experiential learning that combines academic rigor with one of the nation’s premier cooperative education programs.

Drexel University is an urban research university that integrates education, scholarship, diverse partnerships, and our global community to address society’s most pressing challenges through an inclusive learning environment, immersive experiential learning, external partnerships, transdisciplinary and applied research, and creative activity. We prepare graduates of diverse backgrounds to become purpose-driven professionals and agents for positive change

Drexel University II

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