Colleague Finance -Senior Consultant (US - Remote)

Ellucian

1d•Remote

About The Position

This position consults with customers and delivers value-added services that provide the quickest path to institutional success by providing personalized and on-going guidance and support on Ellucian solutions and customer business operations post-implementation, enabling customers to maximize value from their solutions.

Requirements

Strong experience supporting the Colleague Finance module.
+7 years of experience working in a higher education Institution Business Office or equivalent consulting experience.
Experience with business processes related to Institution Business Office and functions within colleges and universities.
Experience with related business process and Banner/Colleague operations within Institution Business Office.
Strong problem-solving skills and a self-starter attitude.
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong presentation skills
Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, vendors, and customers.

Responsibilities

Provides high-quality customer consultation and support to Ellucian’s Colleague product suite, specifically the Colleague Finance module.
Monitors, tracks, and reports project risks, issues, milestones and work completed, as well as work that is underway.
Provides leadership for the customer enabling them to stay on time and on task.
Partners with customers to implement new functionality into the modules.
Assist customers in troubleshooting issues related modules within the Ellucian Colleague product suite.
Contributes to the definition of client engagement activities.
Interact with the customer and other consultants to translate business requirements into functional specifications for conversions, reporting, interfaces and customizations.
Assesses unusual circumstances and uses sophisticated analytical and problem-solving techniques to identify causes.
Facilitates business process review and application prototyping sessions as well as providing
Evaluates and modifies systems, where appropriate, relative to the customer business practices.
Provide customers with high-quality business processes, change management and other appropriate documentation.
Implements modifications and/or updates.
Provide direction in developing testing methodology and test scripts for use during upgrades, patch application and customizations.
Works with the customer to test and confirm modifications and/or updates meet specifications.
Provides guidance in the development of user-training strategy, and when appropriate, delivers such training.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
Flexible time off
Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
Parental Leave
5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
Telemedicine
Wellness
Headspace Care (mental health)
Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
Education Assistance Program
Professional development opportunities