SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Duke University:

Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.

Senior Business Systems Analyst
Academic Management Center

Occupational Summary

Reporting directly to the Associate Vice Provost (AVP) for Financial Systems and Analysis, the Senior Financial Systems Business Analyst in the Academic Management Center leads development and oversight for key financial and HR reporting metrics in the Provost Area. The Analyst will work closely with academic and financial leadership across the schools and central administration to curate and develop data lines used to construct HR & financial dashboards, along with analytic data sources supporting the Academic Management Center oversight. The information produced will support decision-making by senior leadership.

Work Performed

• Develop key reports and graphics to support management center needs using specialized knowledge of university-supported reporting applications (e.g., BW, Tableau, Excel) and understanding of core institutional data, including financial aid, cost allocation, and HR.
• Research and analyze financial and HR-related issues, summarizing and communicating trends regularly and on an ad hoc basis.
• Serve as the primary management center liaison to ASM related to SAP financial structures (WBS/Cost Center), including attributes used for reporting, and troubleshoot issues and inconsistencies.
• Distribute appropriate levels of reporting to the community and senior leadership following the established reporting cycle.
• Train and support department personnel on the effective use of reporting tools.
• Maintain a portfolio of standard periodic reports, including but not limited to HR and financial dashboards (e.g., tracking key HR metrics, schools/provost reserves, endowment resources, budget-to-actual performance, and space occupancy).
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Skills

• Demonstrated initiative, drive, and the ability to work independently to move ideas to actionable completion.
• Strong logic and reasoning skills to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems.
• Skills in evaluating program performance, summarizing findings, and communicating results and context.
• Knowledge of Duke’s data warehouse systems, query and reporting application tools, and database management. Experience with Duke’s financial accounting, HR payroll systems, and PeopleSoft is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in report writing, querying database tools, and using Excel, BW, A04, and Tableau.
• Similar experience in a comparable higher education institution may be considered.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative outline of the duties and responsibilities required of this position. It is not an exhaustive list of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Duke is committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires a Bachelors Degree.

Experience

Work requires 5 years of experience in performing a full range of tasks OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE associated with business systems.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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