Art Institute of Chicago is hiring: Senior Business Analyst in Chicago

MISSION For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world's most influential artists, designers and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top four graduate fine arts programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, on-campus galleries and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC's undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world-as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, and LeRoy Neiman. We offer a competitive, comprehensive benefits package: Generous paid time off Paid holidays (up to 14 days) Medical, dental, and vision insurance Generous parental, caregiver, and medical leave benefits Competitive retirement plan Tuition remission and Tuition Exchange Program Great employee discounts Complimentary general admission to participating cultural institutions Salary Grade 9 ABOUT THE POSITION The Student Administrative Systems (SAS) team oversees the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Student Information and Admissions systems as well as the student-centric Data Warehouse. With their commitment to innovation, these analysts seek, develop, and help implement strategic initiatives for improved efficiency, productivity and decision making capabilities. The Senior Business Analyst within this team is responsible for gathering, documenting and analyzing business requirements for the systems that SAS team supports. They will also play a role in delivering technical requirements, test plans and easy to digest training guides for our end-users. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: Drive awareness and demonstrate value of formal business requirements across SAIC's departments Serve as liaison between IT and business end-users Collect business requirements through interviews or facilitated sessions with the ultimate goals of: expanding SAIC's Data Warehouse analytics enhancing Campus Solutions functionality, and facilitating business processes utilizing workflow automation software Convert business requirements into written functional / technical specifications as input for SAIC's Peoplesoft and Data Warehouse development teams. Serve as thought leader for technical business processes, developing systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels Contribute to test, change management and implementation plans for major projects Participate in regular Data Governance Committee meetings to help prioritize new analytical capabilities, improve data quality/integrity and secure data amongst the various user groups. Peer review ETL mappings, SQL code, etc to ensure the delivery meets the Business requirement Configuring/setup of data analysis and visualization tools Identify opportunities for eliminating or streamlining manual reporting and business processes Perform data analysis based on User queries and issues and identify root causes Constantly examine quality processes for inefficiencies and makes improvements Demonstrate ability to understand and work effectively within complex IT environment containing, multiple development and testing environments, sharing of environment with multiple teams Other duties as assigned by the Director of Student Information Systems Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree required, IIBA certification or other business analyst training/certification is a plus Minimum 1-3 years previous related experience in a higher education setting including familiarity with its common academic and business processes strongly preferred Strong written communication skills Strong critical thinking skills, including ability to approach problems objectively, draw valid conclusions, and develop viable options and recommendations for action Demonstrated ability to be tactful, discreet, diplomatic, and able to deal with confidential information Effective analytical, quantitative, and communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex information in verbal, written and graphic form to a variety of audiences Experience with self-service data visualization and analysis software in a production environment, especially MS Power BI, Tablaeu or a similar toolset strongly preferred Experience with Peoplesoft Campus Solutions (Student Information System) is seen as a distinct plus CLOSING STATEMENT The Art Institute of Chicago is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits, hires and promotes qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, veteran status or citizenship. The Institute complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the Department of Human Resources at apply_help@artic.edu. UNION INFO This position is part of a bargaining unit represented by AFSCME Council 31.