Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate or Financial Business Analyst, Senior - Sierra Vista, United States - Northern Arizona University

Description

Workplace Culture NAU aims to be the nation's preeminent engine of opportunity, vehicle of economic mobility, and driver of social impact by delivering equitable postsecondary value in Arizona and beyond.

Special Information The position is posted as Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate or Financial Business Analyst, Senior, which is a working title.

The NAU system title for the position is Business Analyst, Intermediate or Business Analyst, Senior.

Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate or Financial Business Analyst, Senior are hybrid positions which allows the incumbents to complete their work at both an NAU site, campus, or facility and at a non-centralized site with or without accommodation.

These positions are performed primarily at a desk with extended periods of sitting.

Job Description The Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate or the Financial Business Analyst, Senior is members of the Comptroller's Office Business Intelligence and Analysis (BIA) team.

The Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate develops and maintains an understanding of the BIA team, Comptroller's Office,and University Finance and Business Services (UFBS) divisional needs and their alignment with university strategic goals and objectives.

The Financial Business Analyst, Senior develops and maintains an advanced understanding of the BIA team, Comptroller's Office,and University Finance and Business Services (UFBS) divisional needs and their alignment with university strategic goals and objectives.

Provides timely process and technology support to users of PeopleSoft Financials and other systems used by the Comptroller's Office and other supported units.

Collaborates with subject matter experts across the division to determine the value and viability of proposed business needs, goals, and objectives.

Elicits business needs from subject matter experts and divisional leadership, translates needs into functional requirements, and documents requirements in specifications, business process flows and analysis tools.

Evaluates current and proposed future divisional business processes and data to improve business processes and systems within the finance department.

Collaborates with business partners and stakeholders to identify goals, best practices, and other methods for gathering and analyzing processes, business applications, and data.

Leads basic financial projects and contributes to aspects of complex financial projects.

Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Provide System and Process Support - 50% Provides end user support to diagnose and resolve issues in PeopleSoft Financials, ServiceNow, and other systems and processes used by the Comptroller's Office, and other supported units.

Investigates system/process issues and proposes potential solutions.

Identifies risk factors associated with departmental systems and recommends and processes mitigation strategies to ensure security and continuity of operations.

Business Analysis, Functional Design, and Project Delivery - 30% Develops and maintains an understanding of BIA team, Comptroller's Office, and University Finance and Business Services (UFBS) divisional initiatives, policies, business processes, and systems (including PeopleSoft Financials, ServiceNow, OnBase, and others).

Participates in moderate complexity financial projects, serving as a contributing project team member using intermediate analytical knowledge and problem-solving abilities to provide input and analysis on key project decisions.

Manages and/or provides primary business/process analysis on basic and intermediate financial projects that impact one business unit or department. Elicits requirements on prioritized, financial projects under the direction of supervisor.

Designs and executes basic test plans using use cases to assess impact of business process changes on financial and other systems used by the Comptroller's Office and other supported units.

Automation and Efficiency Identification and Analysis - 15% Identifies and recommends solutions for streamlining and improving the operations of the Comptroller's Office and other supported units.

Gathers, cleans, and analyzes data to help support recommendations for change. Identifies opportunities to improve daily work outcomes, processes, and operations and builds cases for change. Understands and applies appropriate data handling practices with university data. Other - 5% Other duties as assigned.

Financial Business Analyst, Senior Business Analysis, Functional Design, and Project Delivery - 35% Develops and maintains an advanced understanding of BIA team, Comptroller's Office , and University Finance and Business Services (UFBS) divisional initiatives, policies, business processes, and systems (including PeopleSoft Financials, ServiceNow, OnBase, and others).

Collaborates with BIA team and departmental leadership, process owners, and decision-makers to provide input and recommendations on the value and viability of proposed initiatives.

Participates in complex financial projects, serving as a contributing project team member using advanced analytical knowledge and problem-solving abilities to provide input and analysis on key project decisions and performing assigned advanced tasks.

Acts as a Project Manager to lead financial projects, including moderately and highly complex projects that may be cross-divisional and cross-system; providing key analysis, performing advanced tasks, and recommending key project decisions.

Works on multiple tasks and projects simultaneously with a high level of quality and timeliness.

Works with a project team of functional and technical staff to gather information from a variety of sources to create project vision, business cases, work plans, vendor requested documents, and business design specifications.

Elicits requirements on prioritized, financial projects.

Designs and executes test plans using use basic and complex cases to assess impact of business process changes on financial and other systems used by the Comptroller's Office, and other supported units.

Provide System and Process Support - 35% Independently provides end user support to diagnose and resolve all types of issues in PeopleSoft Financials, ServiceNow, and other systems and processes used by the Comptroller's Office, and other supported units.

Anticipates and investigates system/process issues and proposes potential solutions.

Identifies risk factors associated with departmental systems and recommends and processes mitigation strategies to ensure security and continuity of operations.

Automation and Efficiency Identification and Analysis - 25% Identifies and recommends solutions for streamlining and improving the operations of the Comptroller's Office and other supported units.

Collaborates with finance professionals, business analysts, and stakeholders to develop and utilize metrics and KPIs to measure business process efficiencies and effectiveness.

Gathers, cleans, and analyzes data from a variety of sources to help support recommendations for change.

Leverages a data-driven approach to independently create specifications for new financial business process designs and solutions for presentation to department leadership.

Collaborates with project team to ensure that automation and reporting projects are deployed appropriately.

Uses broad knowledge of department and processes to actively identify opportunities to improve daily work outcomes, processes, and operations and independently builds cases for change.

Understands and applies appropriate data handling practices with university data. Other - 5% Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, MIS, or related field years of related finance or accounting including business analysis, functional design, and/or project delivery experience.

Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Financial Business Analyst, Senior Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, MIS, or related field years of related finance or accounting including business analysis, functional design, and/or project delivery experience.

Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis. Preferred Qualifications Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Accounting, finance, and/or business intelligence experience in higher education. Financial Business Analyst, Senior Master's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, MIS, or related field. Accounting, finance, and/or business intelligence experience in higher education.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Knowledge Intermediate knowledge of business intelligence and analysis techniques, including specification & requirements gathering, data management & aggregation and implementation & testing.

Knowledge of translating non-technical requirements into technical business requirements. Intermediate knowledge of software design methodologies and database principles. Knowledge of business and technology to recommend systems and process improvements. Skills Experience with data summarization tools (SQL, MS SQL Server, Tableau). Experience and familiarity with PeopleSoft, ServiceNow. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access). Experience in accounting information systems. Skill in data management techniques. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills. Abilities Analyzes situations and anticipates issues. Balances competing priorities. Demonstrates problem solving, organizational, and analytical capabilities. Communicates effectively. Promotes a diverse, inclusive environment.

Financial Business Analyst, Senior Knowledge Advanced knowledge of business intelligence and analysis techniques, including specification & requirements gathering, data management & aggregation and implementation & testing.

Advanced Knowledge of translating non-technical requirements into technical business requirements. Advanced knowledge of software design methodologies and database principles. Knowledge of financial analysis and reporting in higher education. Advanced Knowledge of business and technology to recommend systems and process improvements. Skills Advanced facilitation/elicitation skills. Experience with data summarization tools (SQL, MS SQL Server, Tableau). Experience and familiarity with PeopleSoft, ServiceNow. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access). Advanced skills in developing stories with data. Experience in accounting information systems. Skill in data management techniques. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills. Abilities Demonstrates advanced ability to analyze and document intermediate business processes and identify opportunities for automation/improvement. Analyzes complex situations and anticipates issues. Balances competing priorities. Demonstrates problem solving, organizational, and analytical capabilities. Communicates effectively. Promotes a diverse, inclusive environment. Background Information This position has been identified as a safety/security sensitive position.

Therefore, per AZ Revised Statute, Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following:
a criminal background investigation, employment history investigation, degree verification (in some cases) and fingerprinting.

If you are applying for a job that requires a CDL, you will be required to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and adhere to the clearinghouse requirements.

Additionally, as an employer in the state of Arizona, NAU is required to participate in the federal E-Verify program that assists employers with verifying new employees' right to work in the United States.

Finally, each year Northern Arizona University releases an Annual Security Report . The report is a result of a federal law known as the Clery Act.

The report includes Clery reportable crime statistics for the three most recent completed calendar years and discloses procedures, practices and programs NAU uses to keep students and employees safe including how to report crimes or other emergencies occurring on campus.

In addition, the Fire Safety Report is combined with the Annual Security Report for the NAU Flagstaff Mountain Campus as this campushason-campus student housing.

This report discloses fire safety policies and procedures related to on-campus student housing and statistics for fires that occurred in those facilities.

If you would like a free paper copy of the report, please contact the NAUPD Records Department at or by visiting the department at 525 E.

Pine Knoll Drive in Flagstaff. Salary Salary Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Anticipated salary range is $62,996 - $72,000. Annual salarycommensurate with candidate's qualifications and relatedexperience. Financial Business Analyst, Senior Anticipated salary range is $72,445 - $82,500.

Annual salarycommensurate with candidate's qualifications and relatedexperience FLSA Status This position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore will not earn overtime or compensatory time for additional time worked.

Benefits This is a Classified Staff (CLS) position.

NAU offers an excellent benefit package including generous health, dental and vision insurance; participation in the Arizona State Retirement System; paid vacation and 10 holidays per year; and tuition reduction for employees and qualified dependents.

More information on benefits at NAU is available on the Human Resources benefits website .

Classified Staff employees are in a probationary status for their first six months at NAU.NAU is a tobacco and smoke-free campus.

Employees offered a position will be eligible for state health plans (including NAU's BCBS Plan).

New employees are eligible for benefits on the first day of the pay period following their enrollment, after their employment date.

Employees will have 31 days from their start date to enroll in benefits.

Additionally, new employees will begin participating in the Arizona State Retirement System, and the long-term disability coverage that accompanies it, on the first of the pay period following 6 months after the new employee's start date.

Learning and Development Your career at Northern Arizona University includes the opportunity for professional development. New employee on-boarding training includes courses to be completed within the first 30 days. Immigration Suppt/Sponsorship NAU will not provide any U.S. immigration support or sponsorship for this position. Application Deadline May 20, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. How to Apply To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply" button on this page. You must submit your application by clicking on the "Submit" button by midnight of the application deadline.

If you need assistance completing your application there are instructions available on the Human Resources website or in person in the Human Resources Department located in Building 91 on the NAU Campus - on the corner of Beaver and DuPont Streets.

If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process, please contact theDisability Resources Office at , , or PO Box 5633, Flagstaff AZ Equal Employment Opportunity Northern Arizona University is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. NAU is responsive to the needs of dual career couples. Know Your Rights Poster NAU is an Employer of National Service. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service alumni are encouraged to apply.