FLAGSTAFF, AZ Northern Arizona University
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r Business Analyst, Intermediate
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r Location: Strategic Initiatives
r Regular/Temporary: Regular
r Job ID: 608233
r Full/Part Time: Full-Time
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r 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.
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Special Information
This position is a hybrid position which allows the incumbent to
complete their work at both the Flagstaff Mountain campus and at a
non-centralized site with or without accommodation.
Job Description
The Business Analyst, Intermediate develops and maintains an
understanding of the strategic alignment of Student Affairs goals with
broader University goals, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of
division needs. Proactively engages with subject matter experts to
extract and synthesize critical business requirements, translate needs
into functional requirements, and document requirements in
specifications, business process flows, analytical tools, etc. Evaluates
past and current department-level business processes and data to drive
enhancements for more informed decision-making within the department.
Foster collaborative relationships with business stakeholders,
cultivating a culture of shared goals and leveraging best practices to
comprehensively analyze processes, applications, and data streams. Plays
a pivotal role in shaping multifaceted initiatives, working closely
within an institutional center of excellence alongside enterprise and
divisional business analysts to drive strategic impact. Champion
identifying and fulfilling Student Affairs’ business intelligence,
reporting, and data analysis needs. Drive initiatives in Student Affairs
to support the divisions’ current contributions and efforts to improve
student retention, academic success, wellness, and community.
Business Analysis and Process Improvement – 65%
Drives the strategic gathering of insights from diverse divisional
sources, collaborating with cross-functional teams to envision
projects, define business use cases, and outline high-level design
specifications.
Independently elicits requirements, partnering with seasoned
business analysts to offer strategic recommendations for enhancing
prioritized divisional projects with wide-ranging impact across
multiple business units and stakeholders.
Leverages a data-driven approach to create specifications of new
data business process designs for review and approval from
department management, based on examination of current business data
and information gained from systems analysts and other stakeholders.
Defines metrics and KPIs to quantify business process efficiencies
and effectiveness.
Identifies and mitigates risk factors associated with business
process and the need for security, continuity of operations plans,
and other risk mitigations to ensure consistency, efficiency,
accuracy, and effectiveness of the unit.
Proactively addresses end-user inquiries, challenges, and service
opportunities, applying strategic thinking to deliver impactful
solutions.
Designs and executes comprehensive test plans, strategically
evaluating the systemic impact of business process enhancements on
straightforward systems. Collaborates with experienced analysts as
needed to ensure thorough evaluation of complex, multi-unit
processes.
Partners with Information Technology Services and administrative
business analysts to identify and investigate system challenges,
providing strategic recommendations, alternatives, and insights into
risks and benefits for system modification to the change request
management board.
Monitors and manages tickets, updates, fixes and enhancements in
advance of the business units.
Creates documentation, reports and planning documents on the use of
new or enhanced Peoplesoft updates.
Identifies opportunities for optimizing and streamlining operations
within the Student Affairs division, aligning efforts with strategic
organizational objectives.
Data Analyst, Business Intelligence, and Reporting – 20%
Develops and utilizes various reporting and metrics to drive strategic
decision-making by developing and implementing a range of reporting
mechanisms and metrics to measure efficiencies and effectiveness.
Tailors custom reports to address specific business requirements and
objectives.
Collaborates cross-functionally with unit members, stakeholders, and
other stakeholders to design and refine reporting solutions that drive
informed decision-making.
Gathers and assesses University data to, generate reports,
recommendations, and communications tailored for division and department
leadership. Employs data-driven insights to drive impactful change
recommendations.
Understands and applies knowledge of appropriate handlin
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