Business Analyst Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or any equivalent combination of related education, training, and/or experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential job functions.
• Three (3) years of experience analyzing data, working, and understanding business processes or working with large scale student or business systems which must have been in an analytical capacity required.
• Two years of experience using advanced EXCEL or MS Access required.
• Knowledge of and commitment to decentralized decision making and accountability for results.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively as liaisons among the internal operational departments, business process owners, and end users.
• Ability to analyze business processes in order to provide recommendations for improvements that achieve expected end/results.
• Analytical skills for reviewing information, identifying important issues and formulating alternative solutions to problems in area of responsibility while considering a total system’s view.
• Knowledge of district’s information systems including the design and operational processes; ability to remain current with changing technology as it relates to district’s information processes, operations, and system configuration.
• Ability to think and function logically in a multi-tasking environment.
• Ability to collaborate facilitate and partner to successfully achieve district goals.
• Ability to clearly understand the vision and strategies that management is striving to achieve.
• Ability to coordinate systems development activities across multi-functional layers and division/departments of the organization.
• Ability to share ideas with others in a clear and informative manner.
• Ability to work as part of a team with staff and other departments.
• Knowledge of web/data base management.
• Demonstrated skill in supporting or managing projects.
• Demonstrated ability to access, upload and download data files to produce reports, interpret results and disseminate data visually.
• Must have good written and oral communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and experience with large scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) such as SAP, People Soft, etc. preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with evaluation system platforms such as iObservation preferred
• Knowledge and experience with PowerBI, PowerApps, and/or Microsoft Fabric preferred

Responsibilities

• Manifest a professional code of ethics and values.
• Respond to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Model the routine, intentional and effective use of technology in daily work, including communications, organization, and management tasks.
• Perform analysis of the organization/business unit to identify opportunities and challenges.
• Provide leadership as a contributing member of a project team responsible for providing process analysis and re-engineering, with an understanding of technical deficiencies and solutions as they relate to the current and future business environment.
• Demonstrate competency applicable to identifying performance requirements that are directly linked to the operational and business goals of the district.
• Develop collaborative working relationships with key managers and other partners.
• Formulate or modify procedures to solve complex problems based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and requirements. Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specifications and/or procedural changes.
• Create process change by integrating new processes with existing ones and communicating these changes to effected business system teams.
• Keep supervisor/chief and business process owner informed about opportunities, issues, and incidents about which they should be aware.
• Plan and coordinate feedback and evaluation of the business processes and systems to ensure they effectively support schools and departments.
• Support large scale projects that encompass a system that creates, edits, administers and updates funding in district led initiatives and public facing dashboards.
• Analyze, interpret, and use data to regularly monitor and update the district dashboards.
• Plan and implement strategies for database layout ensuring performance utilizing resources in a clear and concise manner.
• Ensure that updated documentation and reports are available for district, state, and federal audits.
• Demonstrate sound working knowledge of quality control frameworks.
• Use graphical programs/methods to communicate processes and complex information.
• Effectively utilize resources to accomplish goals.
• Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines and the district’s instructional initiatives.
• Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
• Develop leadership in subordinates.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attend training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
• Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends, and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.