Systems Analyst, Financial Aid Services

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary technical liaison between IT programmers as well as other institutional offices to develop technical solutions in support of institutional strategic initiatives.
• Responsible for yearly updates and integrations to continue financial aid processing utilizing Ellucian Banner, ie., budgeting rules, awards, regulatory changes, policy updates under the guidance of the Director.
• Analyzes current system practices and makes recommendations to management to streamline processes.
• Creates reports to meet data requests from Management team.
• Organizes and prepares a variety of technical reports, including creating and running population selections (POPSEL) in Banner. Locates and extracts data from a variety of information sources (Banner, COD, EdConnect, etc.).
• Remains current regarding all federal and state regulations pertaining to financial aid programs.
• Performs process analysis of financial aid processes by reviewing, analyzing, and creating detailed documentation of financial aid systems, process flows, based on staff and student needs.
• Researches, troubleshoots, and advises on software interfaces with the Ellucian Banner administrative system. Defines business needs and analyzes the impact of system upgrades, patch releases and regulatory changes on financial aid processes to mitigate compliance risk, prevent processing errors, and ensure accurate federal reporting.
• Makes recommendations on installations, timing and training.
• Analyzes impact of system upgrades (Common Origination & Disbursement (COD), EdConnect, Ellucian Banner; and National Student Loan Data System(NSLDS), Argos, Banner Document Management System (BDMS), and Automic Automation (formerly UC4)) to existing financial aid processes to determine the potential impact to process flow.
• Performs tasks at the operational level and customer service communication level associated with the administration of student financial aid. Adheres to federal and state policies, procedures and guidelines as well as those of the College and campus financial aid programs.
• Transmits and requests electronic data from the Department of Education and Common Origination and Disbursement (COD).
• Coordinates the loading of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) into the Banner system, as well as packaging of federal, state and institutional aid. Writes and maintains complex SQL- and PL/SQL-based queries and reports to support financial aid processing, reconciliation, and compliance-related analysis using the College report writing system.
• Develops regular training materials and presents training sessions to Financial Aid staff incorporating software changes.
• Responsible for coordinating the maintenance of financial aid reports in the ARGOS report writing system.
• Will attend training/meetings/ and/or functions on-campus as required.
• This position will serve as lead in absence of Financial Aid leadership.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s Degree and two or more years related programming and/or system analysis experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous experience in a post-secondary financial aid setting is required.
• Supervisory Experience: At least one year experience as a “lead” employee, with responsibility for training or assigning work to others and assisting others with problems, is required.

Skills

• Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office Applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Basic knowledge of PowerPoint software.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to gather and compile data and prepare reports.
• Knowledge of advanced SQL and PL/SQL syntaxes.
• The ability to learn and demonstrate programming skills.
• Efficiency with current college database software and other college required software within one month of hire.
• Banner experience is required.

Pay

$51,720.00 - $81,718.00 Annually

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