Senior Business Systems and Data Analyst

Requirements

• Minimum of five years' post-secondary education or relevant work experience
• Additional Qualifications and Skills:
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• MBA, Master's in Information Systems, Master's of Information Science, or other relevant professional/graduate degree desirable.
• Preferred experience at a higher education institution or in a high-quality professional services environment
• Experience with programming or scripting in a language such as Oracle PL/SQL.
• Experience with business intelligence reporting software such as Oracle Analytics Server.
• Expereince using budget systems such as Anaplan or Oracle a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of budget management, financial analysis, and financial modeling; working knowledge of accounting principles
• Ability to organize and summarize complex and large data sets to answer a business question and to translate business requirements into reports and analyses.
• Attention to detail and demonstrated experience with quality assurance and data integrity are required.
• Strong problem solving, organizational, analytical, data analysis, and facilitation skills.
• Proven ability to work in a complex environment and take an assignment from project design to final presentation with a minimum of supervision is necessary.
• Demonstrated desktop application skills including Excel (including VBA/Macros), Word, MS Project, Access, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Certificates and Licenses:
• Completion of Harvard IT Academy specified foundational courses (or external equivalent) preferred
• Standard Hours/Schedule: 35 hours per week
• Compensation Range/Rate: The salary will vary based on the position and the candidate's relevant experience.
• Visa Sponsorship Information: Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position
• Pre-Employment Screening: Identity
• Other Information: All formal offers will be made by FAS Human Resources.
• NOTE: Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Please upload your cover letter as an attachment or as one document (resume and letter combined).
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Benefits

Additional Information

The FAS Office of Finance is a dynamic work environment that conducts strategic and financial analysis, as well as other projects, to inform resource allocation and decision making for Academic Leadership and other Senior Management. The Senior Business Systems and Data Analyst will develop financial tools and enhanced processes that guide the preparation of annual budgets, mid-year forecasts, multi-year financial plans, and quarterly management reporting of budget to actual financial information and personnel investments. Financial information produced by this position is used to facilitate strategic financial decision making for departments, affiliated tubs, senior management in FAS, including the FAS Dean and University partners. This position provides data that is essential for successful financial planning activities, in the form of multi-year planning, annual budgeting and forecasting, and year-end reporting. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, FAS Office of Finance. The Senior Business Systems and Data Analyst will play a vital role in managing data and information systems for a high-volume, data-driven office. Job Summary: Research, design, document, implement, configure, and validate solutions to business needs. Solve highly complex technical problems. May manage multiple projects simultaneously. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Analytical Design and Financial Modeling Design and build analytical tools that enhance multi-year financial planning, planning initiatives, annual budget and forecast, and budget-to-actual monitoring. Recommend, design, and create new models and methods that will improve data accuracy, provide consistent reporting and deliver information more efficiently. Evaluate tools to support or optimize business processes and determine solutions that can be scaled to the size of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences ($1.6B expense budget). Provide accurate and timely analytical support for budget and planning team. Data Management and Report Development Develop and produce materials to facilitate forecast, budget, and multi-year financial planning for the Faculty of Arts and Science. Build new tools for financial monitoring of budget-to-actuals at the school and department/unit level. Gather business requirements for data and reporting needs. Translate business requirements into reports and analyses. Develop various financial reporting packages that support senior leadership in decision making. Develop technical solutions for complex business processes and for information needs. Technical solutions may include (a) writing ad hoc SQL queries and Oracle PL/SQL code to produce complex reports in an Oracle database environment and (b) developing reports and dashboards in Oracle Analytics Server. Ensure data integrity and accuracy by reconciling data discrepancies between different data sources. Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office setting

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