Budget Systems Architect & Analyst

Syracuse University is committed to delivering an exceptional student experience through vibrant, engaged campus communities. This position is based at the above campus location and requires regular in-person presence to support our students, collaborate with colleagues, and contribute to our thriving academic environment. Syracuse University values the collaboration, mentorship, and spontaneous connections that happen when our community works together on campus.

Remote work arrangements are limited in accordance with University policy.

Pay Range $115,000 -$135,000

Pay rates at Syracuse University are based on a combination of factors including, but not limited to, the job responsibilities; the candidate’s education, training, work experience and key competencies; the university’s strategic priorities; internal peer equity; applicable federal, state, local laws, grant funding and contractual requisites; and external market analyses.

Staff Level S5

FLSA Status Exempt

Standard University business hours

8:30am – 5:00pm (academic year)

8:00am – 4:30pm (summer)

Hours may vary based on operational needs.

Full-time

Unionized Position Code Not Applicable

This position has an active role in the daily support of the Hyperion Planning and Essbase environment and People Soft Financials. The position will work in a combined functional and technical environment and will work on a team responsible for the integration of financial transactional systems, data warehousing, data modeling and analysis, and planning and budgeting systems that support the delivery of financial and analytical data to business end-users and University leaders.

The position is responsible for designing, building, implementation, maintenance, and future system enhancements of the Hyperion Planning and Essbase environment as well as modules within the People Soft Financials system for budget related functionality and data related to budgeting processes. The position will also work on a team responsible for developing and maintaining queries and reports using the University’s query, reporting, and analysis tools.

• Preferred 5 years or more experience in SQL using Tableau, Power Bl, and/or other data tools.
• Preferred 5 years or more experience in Hyperion Planning & Essbase building out servers and applications.
• Preferred 5 years or more experience in People Soft Financials, HCM and Student Campus Solutions.
• Preferred 5 years or more experience with Microsoft Office Tools and the Smart View add-in.

Bachelor’s degree required in MIS , Accounting, Computer Science or a related field and at least 5 years of experience.

• Interpret and apply University financial policies, manage resources, and initiate actions to achieve broadly defined objectives. Interpret, organize, and execute projects with limited direction in a highly specialized and data-driven environment. Design, analyze, code, and implement applications within the Hyperion Planning framework that support and enhance the University’s financial systems used by university departments in the analysis and interpretation of budget data.
• Create, update, modify, and develop specialized data and reporting tables and structures for Budget Directors and Managers and OBP personnel.
• Respond to Director’s and/or senior university leadership requests for specialized analytics. Develop, modify, and review financial reports and data that can be used for monthly financial analysis.
• Provide input into strategic decisions that affect financial planning, policies, practices, and operations for Financial Centers across Campus. Work extensively with users across the university to translate requirements into financial reports in a complex Hyperion and or People Soft environment.
• Applications to include (but not limited to) department tree, account tree, and several additional hierarchy trees used for application buildup. Daily maintenance of People Soft Financials and Hyperion Planning systems, to include (but not limited to) log clean-up, troubleshooting, user and group security, performance tuning, and…