Business Analyst

NYU • New York, NY

10d • $72,000 - $88,000

About The Position

The Business Analyst is responsible for providing functional support to Enrollment Management and units across the University for the University student information system (SIS) and other ancillary systems/applications with primary focus on Financial Aid and Student Records. Oversee the management of data integrity, provide training, and create documentation. Maintain advanced knowledge of University system functionality, analyze business processes/procedures, and identify dependencies and implications of change to various functional areas and integration points with other systems. Design, configure, develop, test, implement and maintain approved applications, including reports, interfaces, and data conversions. Communicate and coordinate effectively and professionally with business owners to ensure accurate understanding and acceptance of system configurations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years related experience or equivalent combination, with student applications in an academic environment.
• Experience with systems applications and analysis, integrated systems and providing user support services.
• Strong functional and technical experience in the PeopleSoft Financial Aid and Student Records Campus Solutions module.
• Ability to diagnose & troubleshoot system errors with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong team player as well as demonstrate the ability to complete projects independently.
• Proficient with MS office applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical audience.
• Able to complete tasks with aggressive timelines.
• Strong desire to serve students, faculty, and administrators in a university support setting.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication and client support skills.
• PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Query, SQL experience, Tableau or similar reporting tool.
• Ability to interact with a diverse population and all levels of personnel, and to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when dealing with difficult issues and/or diverse organizations.
• Ability to develop positive and cooperative relationships with students, faculty, staff, parents, professional colleagues, and the public.

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years Experience with batch process schedulers (Redwood RunMyJobs, PeopleSoft, or similar).
• Relevant courses (systems analysis, database systems, Java, web programming).
• Experience with security administration for related systems and applications (e.g., PeopleSoft) and supporting mainframe systems.
• Demonstrate understanding of programming logic (examples: SQL, XML, HTML, and/or JavaScript).
• Understands the working of a relational database (examples: PeopleSoft 9.x, ImageNow).
• Experience with Windows OS, Linux/Unix.

Responsibilities

• Providing functional support to Enrollment Management and units across the University for the University student information system (SIS) and other ancillary systems/applications with primary focus on Financial Aid and Student Records.
• Overseeing the management of data integrity
• Providing training
• Creating documentation
• Maintaining advanced knowledge of University system functionality
• Analyzing business processes/procedures
• Identifying dependencies and implications of change to various functional areas and integration points with other systems
• Designing, configure, develop, test, implement and maintain approved applications, including reports, interfaces, and data conversions.
• Communicating and coordinate effectively and professionally with business owners to ensure accurate understanding and acceptance of system configurations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level