Consultant, Higher Education

How you’ll make an impact

As a Software Implementation Consultant, you lead projects and work in partnership with our higher education customers to implement our exciting portfolio of performance management solutions, including Budgeting, Forecasting, Strategic Financial Planning, Tuition Revenue Planning, Commitments, Allocations and more. You will manage the day-to-day activities with customers across the distinct phases of the implementation process, including system design, configuration, training, and deployment. You will be part of a highly collaborative team of consultants with a wealth of higher education finance experience, working to translate business needs into demonstrable capabilities in the application and modify our products to align with specific customer requirements.

What we’re looking for

• Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a finance role (e.g., Financial Analyst/Budget Analyst, Senior Financial Analyst/Senior Budget Analyst, Assistant Budget Director, College Operations Manager, etc.), preferably involved in the higher education budgeting process. Your experience may include the following, or similar, activities:
• Engagement in annual process and workflows for operational budgeting, labor planning, and/or capital budgeting
• Involvement in tuition or fee revenue planning, pre/post-award grants administration
• Development of complex analyses such as program profitability, forecasting or similar, bringing together data from various sources
• Monitoring budget to actuals activity and/or communicating financial positions to stakeholders who are not finance professionals
• Experience with data input or outputs to your institution’s ERP system
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines while providing quality results
• Highly organized and analytical, with the ability to adapt and think creatively to solve problems
• High energy, entrepreneurial mindset, and enthusiasm for being part of a growing vertical
• A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to contribute ideas and share insights
• Willingness to travel within the U.S. to customer locations up to 10–25% as needed

Estimated Salary Range

$80,000-108,000

How we work

Our preferred location for open roles is Chicago, IL. We value in-person connection and regularly host on-campus events to create meaningful opportunities for our team to build relationships and collaborate.

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