Senior Data and Business Analyst

Job Summary

The University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for the Senior Data Analyst and Business Analyst position! This role serves as a key strategic resource within the College of Arts and Sciences Budget Office, providing advanced data analysis, business process improvement, and systems support for the College's four academic divisions and more than 60 departments, programs, and centers. This position leverages financial, payroll, human resources, and operational data to support informed decision-making, enhance business processes, and ensure the integrity of college-wide reporting and analytics.

Job Summary The University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for the Senior Data Analyst and Business Analyst position! This role serves as a key strategic resource within the College of Arts and Sciences Budget Office, providing advanced data analysis, business process improvement, and systems support for the College's four academic divisions and more than 60 departments, programs, and centers. This position leverages financial, payroll, human resources, and operational data to support informed decision-making, enhance business processes, and ensure the integrity of college-wide reporting and analytics.

The position is responsible for developing and maintaining complex reports and dashboards, analyzing payroll and personnel data, supporting position and funding management, leading the College's annual merit allocation process, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial and human resources data. Working collaboratively with College leadership, departmental business professionals, campus partners, and information technology teams, the position identifies business needs, develops functional requirements for system enhancements, and implements technology solutions that improve operational efficiency and reporting capabilities.

As the College's subject matter expert for payroll reporting, business analytics, and related financial and human resources systems, this position provides training, develops best practices and documentation, supports system implementations, and serves as a liaison between the College and campus partners. The position also develops ad hoc analyses and executive-level reports to support strategic planning, workforce planning, budget management, and institutional decision-making while promoting data integrity, compliance, and continuous process improvement.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder is the intellectual core of the university, conducting research, scholarship, creative work and education in more than 60 fields. Our research generates new knowledge, solving some of the world’s most critical problems. The college leads nationally in undergraduate and graduate education in the natural sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, bringing world-class research and scholarship to our students, both in and out of the classroom.

• Maintain the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and security of payroll and personnel data across multiple systems and reporting platforms.
• Analyze payroll funding, salary distributions, position funding changes, and labor allocations to ensure compliance with university, state, federal, and sponsor requirements.
• Calculate and process permanent and temporary payroll funding adjustments, earnings changes, retroactive corrections, and labor redistributions.
• Monitor payroll transactions and conduct regular audits to identify discrepancies, errors, and compliance concerns, recommending corrective actions as needed.
• Partner with department administrators, HR professionals, business managers, and campus offices to resolve complex payroll and funding…