Business Systems Analyst

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world‑changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high‑quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals.

Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to understanding our users and devoted to making it easier for faculty, students, and staff to teach, research, learn, and work through the effective use of information technology. We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in their ability to collaborate and innovate across disciplines - and depth in specific areas of expertise.

HUIT offers opportunities for IT professionals to learn and work in a unique technology landscape and service‑focused environment. If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user‑focused and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment we are looking for you!

Our Mission: huit.harvard.edu/about

We empower the Harvard community with essential and transformative technologies to advance education, knowledge, and discovery.

HUIT’s core values are:

• Human‑centered
• University‑focused
• Innovation‑driven
• Team‑oriented

HUIT’s IT Academy aims to enable each IT staff person to grow professionally and become a trusted partner to her or his team. The IT Academy is built on the belief that every IT staff member across the University (including technology employees at each school and campus) can grow in her or his area of expertise as well as building strong people and project management skills.

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The Business Systems Analyst will be responsible for configuration, set‑up, testing, and documentation of various modules of People Soft Campus Solutions according to Harvard’s needs. This position will be responsible for translating business requirements into functional solution designs, engaging with stakeholders, and leading independent deliverables and projects. The ideal candidate must demonstrate keen problem‑solving ability along with proven leadership and facilitation skills.

We are seeking a technically minded analyst who can leverage AI tools and emerging technologies to solve business problems and automate solutions for our customers.

• Collaborate with the product managers on various activities, including requirements gathering, application configuration, development of presentation materials, story development, customer outreach, issue management, research, peer outreach, user provisioning, testing and end user training.
• Interview key stakeholders and end users to analyze business processes and system's needs; translate business requirements into user stories with supporting test scripts.
• Meet with schools to field direct requests, discuss requirements and collaborate on solution design including business process and policy related matters where applicable.
• Take a lead role in understanding the operating requirements for delivered products and work with the team to analyze and clarify internal and school operational requirements.
• Work with the technical team to review stories and assure that acceptance criteria are well understood as part of the Agile development process.
• Share expertise in multiple modules of People Soft Campus Solutions.
• Build expertise in Oracle Business Intelligence for operational, analytic, and ad hoc reporting.
• Develop test scripts and execute testing to ensure new products,…