Business Analyst, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President
Company: Indiana University
Location: Bloomington
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
VICE PROVOST FOR FACULTY AFFAI (BL-VPFA-IUBLA)
In support of IU Bloomington's Chief Academic Officer, the Office
of the Provost provides strategic vision, academic leadership, and
operational support for faculty and student initiatives that
enhance education, research and creative activity, and service. The
Office of the Provost fosters a welcoming, supportive, and safe
learning environment for the IU Bloomington campus community.
Our team members are our most valuable asset. Everyone contributes
to the decision-making process as we seek creative and innovative
solutions to meet the campus's needs. We set high service standards
and reward superior effort and results. We promote the personal
growth of our staff through education and training.
In the Provost's Office, we believe diversity, equity, and
inclusion are inseparable from our mission to create a campus that
keeps our faculty, staff and students feeling safe, supported, and
included. We care about each individual and the unique background
and capabilities they bring to our team. It is through these
diverse experiences and perspectives that we will thrive in the
future as a team that actively represents Indiana University's
commitment to diversity and equity.
Business Analyst provides enterprise wide functional, and systems
support for the Faculty Activity Reporting system. This position
will report to the Assistant Vice Provost and Director, Academic
Systems Development under the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic
Affairs office and will collaborate to implement and provide
ongoing support for the enterprise-wide Faculty Activity Reporting
system.
Works with the vendor software and implementation team to implement
a new enterprise Faculty Activity Reporting system and provide
ongoing functional and systems support.
Develops functional application specifications and workflow
specifications for Faculty Activity Reporting system.
Provides enterprise wide Functional and Systems support for the
Faculty Activity Reporting system.
Works as a liaison between the technical teams and application user
community to provide functional expertise and request enhancements
to the Faculty Activity Reporting system.
Creates documentation, training materials, related to
specifications, workflow procedures and business rules and conducts
training sessions and workshops relating to the Faculty Activity
Reporting system.
Works across other divisions of academic technologies and UITS
(University Information Technology Services) along with faculty
committees to conceptualize and coordinate the direction of the
implementation of new projects.
Conducts experienced assessments to understand client business
needs and strategic direction and identifies technology solutions
to achieve goals; consults with IT staff and business users to
identify, analyze, refine, and document business requirements and
processes and develop associated solutions.
Facilitates and leads trainings, focus groups, and workshops to
establish current and future business requirements; Performs
experienced business analyses, including construction of data
models, business use cases, process flows and technical
specifications for transition to IT solutions; establishes system
requirements through functional and technical assessments of
existing software.
Provides stakeholders with necessary analysis documentation for
buy-in, leadership decision, and implementation; conducts
walk-throughs of recommended system functionality and prototypes
with business users in small group or large group settings.
Develops test plans and conducts system/integration testing; can
test changes, enhancements, and new programs or functions to ensure
they meet business needs.
Conducts experienced assessments to understand client business
needs and strategic direction and identifies technology solutions
to achieve goals; consults with IT staff and business users to
identify, analyze, refine, and document business requirements and
processes and develop associated solutions.
Facilitates and leads interviews, focus groups, and workshops to
establish current and future business requirements; Performs
experienced business analyses, including construction of data
models, business use cases, process flows and technical
specifications for transition to IT solutions; establishes system
requirements through functional and technical assessments of
existing software.
Provides stakeholders with necessary analysis documentation for
buy-in, leadership decision, and implementation; conducts
walk-throughs of recommended system functionality and prototypes
with business users in small group or large group settings.
Ensures uniform documentation presentation and content structure
including, but not limited to, online documentation.
Develops test plans and conducts system/integration testing; can
test changes, enhancements, and new programs or functions to ensure
they meet business needs.
Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work
experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be
substituted for education.
Bachelor's degree (preferably in analytic or computer science
related field)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2 years of business analysis experience working on complex problems
and producing concrete, actionable solutions
Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to
operate a computer and other standard office productivity
equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods
of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The
person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions
with or without an accommodation.
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide
array of benefits including:
- Multiple plan options for medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
- Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
- Additional supplemental retirement plan options
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits
Brochure.
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University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days.
To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application
within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
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employer and a provider of ADA services. Indiana University
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