Financial Business Systems Analyst

About the role

Under the direction of the Executive Director of Strategic Procurement & Contracting, performs senior level software and data systems analysis and development in support of the College’s Finance department. Plans, designs, builds, tests, and maintains or assists in maintaining the Finance system backend architecture, business logic, integrations, reports, dashboards, and analytics within the College’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

Responsibilities

• Gathers and documents business requirements, analyzes financial processes and data flows, designs and maintains the underlying data structures and integrations that support financial reporting, and prioritizes work to support accounting, budgeting, treasury, payroll, procurement, accounts payable, and related financial operations.
• Works regularly with sensitive financial reporting and data and is responsible for maintaining its confidentiality, integrity, and security.
• Designs, develops, and maintains the backend architecture of financial systems, including data models, business process configuration, calculated fields, business logic, and the underlying structures that support financial reporting and analytics.
• Designs, builds, and maintains integrations between the ERP and internal and third-party systems, ensuring secure, least-privilege access to College financial data.
• Develops and maintains reports, dashboards, and analytics to support Finance operations, including budget, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, grants, and procurement reporting.
• Develops and maintains confidential and sensitive financial reports and applies appropriate security and access controls so that confidential information is available only to authorized users.
• Translates Finance stakeholder requirements into clear design, reporting, and analytics specifications; partners with Finance staff to validate data, confirm calculations, and ensure reports and system outputs meet user and audit needs.
• Led or participates on project teams responsible for financial system implementation, configuration, and upgrades; helps determine project scope and tasks; contributes to project work plans and timelines; monitors milestones; and reports progress to management.
• Supports problem resolution related to financial application software, integrations, reporting, and data through a cooperative relationship with District Technical Support Services.
• Performs system support and development activities for assigned financial systems, integrations, reporting tools, and configurations.
• Creates and maintains standards, procedures, data definitions, technical documentation, and architecture documentation related to financial systems, integrations, and reporting.
• Implements system, integration, report, and data changes, and designs and administers access to financial systems and information using approved information technology security policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Makes presentations to a variety of audiences within the College community and, as appropriate, to external organizations.
• Participates in meetings, groups, and committees to confer about system and process analysis, evaluate the cost, benefit, and complexity of new development, reporting, or system work, prepare for testing, and support the roll-out of new architecture, integrations, reports, dashboards, and system upgrades.
• Serves as a systems expert on development, reporting, and analytics resource for Finance managers and staff, and provides training to Finance staff.
• Maintains documentation and data definitions for financial systems, integrations, reports, and dashboards to support consistency and auditability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Business Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, or a related field.
• Four years of business systems analysis, financial systems, or software development experience, including experience designing system architecture, building integrations, and developing reports and dashboards in an enterprise system.

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• Financial ERP Systems Expertise
• Backend Architecture & Data Modeling
• Financial Reporting & Analytics
• Systems Integration & Troubleshooting
• Data Security & Compliance
• Business Analysis & Stakeholder Collaboration
• Project Execution, Documentation & Training

Benefits

Comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families, including domestic partners, with access to a broad range of benefit options. Includes Health, Dental, and Vision options, Group Life, Long-term Disability, Long-term Care, and Auto and Home Insurance programs.

Oregon PERS contribution - PCC currently fully funds the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS/OPSRP) pension and contributes an additional 6% into the employee's Individual Account Program under PERS/OPSRP

Tax deferred annuity program and a deferred compensation program where employees may save additional pre-tax dollars for retirement

PCC provides a tuition waiver for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and dependent children under 24 years of age, as well as partial tuition reimbursement for full-time employees at other accredited institutions

Free access to the sport centers / campus gymnasiums, performing arts, and cultural events

Generous Paid Leave (Pro-rated by FTE for Part-Time Employees)

reference Management and Confidential Employee Handbook

14.67 hours of vacation leave per month

1 day of sick leave per month

12 paid holidays

PCC Winter Break (when College is Closed)

24 hours of personal leave per year