Systems Analyst Senior

Performs tasks related to the design, implementation, support/maintenance, and enhancement of NU's enterprise, vendor and in-house developed applications.
Consults with users to define detailed requirements, analyze business needs, consider current and future business implications, translate functional into technical requirements, validate solutions, and drive business process improvement efforts.
Serves as subject matter expert in regard to content, processes, and procedures associated for complex technical and functional system.
Monitors and mentors other business systems analysts in software development methods and processes and implementation of those methods.
Manages complex projects independently.
Specific Responsibilities: Planning Consults with functional users and technical and reporting staff to determine best approaches, ensuring that approved solutions are implemented in a timely and correct fashion.
Contributes to defining methodology and documentation standards, and periodically reviewing them to integrate appropriate industry practices.
Project Management Consults with junior analysts, end users and peers to document and analyze functional requirements, identify gaps and alternative approaches to meet requirements, and ensure all deliverables completed (adhering to approved methodology and documentation standards).
Often convenes and facilitates working groups in this capacity.
Acts as a subject matter expert, reviewing and verifying that documentation of training materials, process, procedure and system/application configuration is accurate.
Documents implementation scope and complex use cases.
Coordinates project resources to ensure that tasks are completed on schedule and that issues, risks and variances are identified and escalated in a timely manner Manages moderate to complex projects ensuring timelines, deliverables and expectations are met.
Evaluation Writes test scripts and performs detailed testing for complex use cases to ensure that the implemented software functions correctly.
Facilitates iterative feedback processes among users, developers, and analysts to ensure software functionality aligns with requirements.
Influences decision making based on prior implementation experience.
Evaluates software and enters complex configurations to meet user needs.
Support Collects feedback from users on application performance and escalates complex critical performance issues with technical resources and management.
Facilitates troubleshooting with technical, reporting and application resources to analyze and resolve production issues in a timely manner.
Able to identify root causes based on prior system knowledge and advanced analytical skills.
Supervises Recommends staff hires Coaches and mentors junior staff.
Miscellaneous Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in IT, CS or equivalent or 2 years equivalent experience.
4 years functional/business/system analysis or equivalent experience required Enterprise Applications Cognos BI Facilities Connect (Tririga) PeopleSoft Financials/SCM (NU Financials) Infrastructure (extends across applications) Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook) Programming Languages and Frameworks PeopleCode (PeopleSoft) PL/SQL Analytical critical thinking data warehouse design/develop decision making judgment problem solving Troubleshooting use-case analysis Project agile environment collaboration and teamwork cost/benefit analysis facilitate collaboration functional documentation organizational skills planning Scrum project framework write proposals and project charters Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.
) Strong analytical skills Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team and also to work with minimal direction.
Ability to effectively present ideas, oral and written form, to both technical and non- technical staff Strong customer service and organizational skills.
Functional expertise with Microsoft Office suite(Word Excel, PowerPoint) Vision Preferred Qualifications: Four years working with a major enterprise system: Facilities Connect (IBM Tririga), Facilities Connect On-the-Go!, PeopleSoft Financials, InfoED or applications of similar breadth of functionality and usage.
Proficiency with SQL, PL-SQL, Data Warehouse design concepts, PeopleSoft Query.
Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities) Knowledge of higher education or public sector business processes.
Experience using Microsoft Project or other project management software Knowledge of a formal software development implementation methodology, including structured testing.
Ability to acquire technical and functional proficiency with new software applications.
Target hiring range for this position will be between $97,000-$115,000 per year.
Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
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