Senior Business Analyst of Data and Reporting to work on multi-year transformation project within the higher education environment

Senior Business Analyst  
The Senior Business Analyst, Data & Reporting, leads the assessment of client needs to align business initiatives with information technology solutions. The Business Analyst, Data & Reporting will provide expertise in the areas of requirements definition, business process analysis and design, functional design, configuration, implementation, reporting, testing, training, and documentation to deliver enterprise solutions
 
Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience within Business Analysis
• Professional development in business analysis and related disciplines.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas of IT is required: data warehouse development, software development, ERP implementation, infrastructure, and ITIL/ITSM.
• Working knowledge of project management, quality assurance, change management disciplines and best practices; and development methodologies.
  Demonstrated knowledge and proven experience in producing BRDs, ETL source-to-target mappings.
  Working experience on enterprise-wide projects.

 
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with prior data warehouse / BI initiatives
• Experience with classical reporting tools (Crystal Reports, etc.) and visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)
• Knowledge of data modeling (conceptual, logical)

 
Responsibilities:

• Assignments include but not limited to work on enterprise systems such as the Student Information System (SIS), HR, Finance, e-Payment, etc.
• Ensures solutions are consistent with the overall technical and business architecture of the university and complies with IT and university policies, as well as governmental legislation and other external entities compliancy requirements on security, privacy, and accessibility.
• Analyze and document data domains and associated reporting requirements to inform the scope and architecture of the transactional or the data platform.
• Provide insights to data modelers to ensure requirements are covered by the underlying data model.
• Participates in the design of ETL source-to-target mapping specifications.
• Gather report requirements, design and implement regular reports in transactional or analytical platforms
• Profile and convert data using a variety of resources, including spreadsheets, reports and SQL for large volumes
• Lead stakeholder requirements gathering and review sessions and obtain sign-offs as required.
• Acquire and maintain a working knowledge of the university s technical and business environment.
• Understands key technical environments to effectively identify integration, security, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with project teams, business analyst peers, colleagues, and client stakeholders