Temporary Business Systems Analyst

Months Per Year: 12 This is a temporary part-time position. Maximum hours per week will be 10. Work Model:
Hybrid Work Eligible Seattle University will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. We embrace an intersectional framework for defining diversity in its broadest sense, including differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, generational history, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, political perspectives, geographic origin and physical ability.

Seattle University strives to be a welcome, open and safe campus climate for all who learn, live and work at Seattle University.

Seattle University’s Core Competencies Effective Team

Collaboration:

Works harmoniously with others towards a common goal, leveraging individual strengths to achieve shared objectives. Emotionally Intelligent Communication:
Engages in a skillful exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings, verbally and non-verbally. Ethics and Integrity:
Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to honesty, professionalism, and alignment with our Jesuit mission in all actions and decisions. Flexibility and Innovation:
Embraces change, approaching problems with curiosity adaptability, and is committed to making a positive impact. Mindful Inclusion:
Fosters mindful inclusion by consciously creating a workplace that celebrates differences, embraces cultural humility, and empowers uniqueness. Outcomes-Driven Orientation:
Sets clear objectives, pursues excellence, and delivers measurable outcomes while upholding Jesuit Catholic values.

Production Support (Maintenance) 55% Design, maintain, and effect office reporting solutions from both in and outside the scope of the ERP database. Support the enterprise system by responding to issues affecting the students/parents/staff/ units supported by the Student Financial Services Office. Assist in the implementation of "workarounds" when system issues affect business needs. Maintain in-depth knowledge of business processes in the Student Financial Services Office.

Function as an application expert in the Student Financial Services Office Production support backup including completion of some routine jobs.

Project Support (New systems, Modifications, Business Process Improvement) 20% Serve as an integrated student service system expert, with understanding of the business requirements and how Colleague supports business processes in Financial Aid and Student Accounts, including workflow. Work on projects to gather, analyze, and document business requirements and work with ITS staff to translate into technical requirements, with significant emphasis on the test cycle, including the creation and execution of test plans, as well as testing and documenting results.

Identify, define, and document business process and application requirements to assist in creating business process flows for proposed system changes.

Upgrade Support (Software bundles, releases, upgrades) 10% In coordination with the Associate Director for Systems and Technology:
Analyze software releases for testing necessity. Create test conditions. Create test scripts. Perform testing as OIT requires. Report defects to OIT staff in a timely fashion. See upgrades to completion, including responsibility for User Acceptance sign off.

Business Support 10% Assist users in understanding systems. Provide management system updates. Provide updates at user informational sessions and user group conferences. Work with business units to assess current capabilities and identify high-level requirements. Provide end user training, including updates for new and changed applications.

Operations Support 5% Participate in annual planning and setup. Gain and maintain an overall understanding of the elements comprising the annual cycle (academic year, aid year, fiscal year). Run jobs and reports as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in MIS, Computer Science or a closely related field and two years of…