Senior Financial Systems Analyst - Computing Services

Carnegie Mellon University is embarking on The Future of Financial Planning (FFP) project, a multi-phase budget and financial planning process and system implementation project which will improve planning, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities at the university. This project is jointly sponsored by the Finance and Computing Service Divisions.Carnegie Mellon University’s Finance Division provides financial management, enterprise planning, and stewardship in support of education, research, and strategic goals. By providing data, insight, and analysis, we assist leadership and the university community in the financial decisions that fulfill its mission while maintaining a position of financial strength.The Computing Services central IT department provides services that have a strategic impact on university goals. We make service decisions based on interaction and valuable input from colleagues engaged in the education, research, and administration efforts of the university. We are a learning organization and approach successes and mistakes as a learning experience to continually cultivate a culture of intelligent risk-taking. We want to hire versatile team members who are inspired and passionate about their work. Join us and be part of a team committed to excellence, innovation, diversity, and team and individual growth.This role will report to the Director of Business Applications Development and Support and is responsible for handling the day-to-day activities of critical budget and planning tool administration. The Senior Financial Systems Analyst responsibilities include serving as a liaison between functional users and technical staff in support of financial business processes and the new budgeting system. This position will lead documenting user business requirements, assuring requirements are appropriately addressed in application implementation, and redefining business processes. Additional responsibilities include crafting and implementing data maps and test plans, performing hands-on functional testing, and leading user acceptance testing. This position will also provide ongoing user support, including troubleshooting and resolution of more complex budget system issues post-implementation.We are seeking candidates that thrive in a working environment encompassing both individual and team projects and who have the desire to promote a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Passion, flexibility, commitment to excellence, and cultural sensitivity are vital qualities within CMU. Therefore, we are in search of a team member who welcomes opportunities to interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity. We are looking for someone who shares our values and who will support the university mission through their work.Core responsibilities include:

Serve as lead systems analyst for the Future of Financial Planning project from conception through implementation.Coordinate with the Central Budget Office and CMU end-users to understand system needs, suggest process improvements, document requirements, and use cases, and implement changes.Manage data integrations into the budgeting and planning tool from Oracle Financials, Workday HCM, and other source systems as appropriate, serve as steward and primary point of contact for Finance and IT teams.Plan, review, and revise configurations and customizations to meet evolving business and operational needs including development of scenario planning and allocation models.Monitor deployment of additional cloud-based functionality/upgrades released by cloud vendor, complete, and coordinate testing and communication to users and key stakeholders.Develop, document, and implement policies, procedures, guidelines, and best practices to ensure data integrity and standardized end user processes.Identify and implement process improvements to reduce complexity, improve transparency, and increase access to and knowledge of financial budget data and information.Support the Central Budget Office in the management of business rules impacting calculations, sheets, assumptions, allocations, and metadata built within the budget tool for the purposes of facilitating the annual budgeting process and recurring forecasts.Ongoing budgeting and planning system administration including troubleshooting intermittent data and/or break/fix issues.Review and maintain user permissions and role access.Lead others to articulate business and process requirements.You should demonstrate:

Systems configuration and Systems Analyst experience, preferably experience with a cloud-based budgeting toolExcellent organization and time managementStrong verbal and written skills, particularly an ability to tailor communication to different audiences, such as management, partners, users, SMEs, developers, and othersStrong process analysis and documentation skillsIntellectual curiosity and ability to quickly develop a deep understanding of financial systems and chart of accounts structureDemonstrable skills in data organization and analysis, problem-solving, systems documentationAbility to participate in multiple projects and priorities while maintaining a focus on various deadlinesQualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science/Programming or Statistics. Master’s degree preferredAt least 5-8 years of financial systems experienceHigher education experience not requiredKnowledge of Oracle systems with finance technology implementation experience is preferredKnowledge of enterprise performance management (EPM) tools and planning and budgeting processes is preferredRequirements:

Successful background checkLocation: Pittsburgh, PAJob Function: Business Analysis and Process ImprovementPosition Type: Staff – RegularFull Time/Part time: Full timePay Basis: SalaryAre you interested in this exciting opportunity?! Apply today!

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