Business Systems Analyst

SUMMARY

The Business Systems Analyst serves as a member of the System Support team in Grants & Contracts. This position is responsible for data validation, ensuring successful completion of system processes, and is primary support for award and contract setups.
The Business Systems Analyst is Subject Matter Expert for Billing and Contracts in PeopleSoft FSCM, and manages Grants & Contracts processing for month end close. This position creates procedures to identify and correct invalid data in the financial system. The System Support team manages testing for system upgrades and new system implementations, and will be essential to the conversion to Oracle financials.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Analytical Thinking  Create processes to identify and correct incorrect data in systems / Create ad-hoc queries and reports using SQL for use by management and for quality assurance /  Generate use cases and test scripts for system upgrades and issue resolution  

Technical/Functional Expertise  Peoplesoft – Understand system processes and table sources of data / Create queries using Query Manager to assist with troubleshooting, reconciling data, and for use by other in the department for QA and reporting purposes / Troubleshoot issues and collaborate with IT support team to identify solutions / Subject Matter Expert for Billing and Contract setup

Written Communication   Effectively document and translate user needs into requirements which facilitate the effective and efficient development of information.  Convey information clearly and concisely through both formal and informal documents; adapt writing style to fit the audience.

Listen to Others   Listen to feedback and input carefully / Demonstrate attention to others / Acknowledge and listen to differing perspectives in a group.