Business Analysis Coordinator or Business Analyst
The University of Iowa is seeking a Business Analysis Coordinator or Business Analyst to join their Finance and Business Information Services department. This role serves as a liaison between IT systems stakeholders and the IT team, ensuring that business needs are met throughout the project lifecycle by documenting processes, facilitating communication, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and document business processes, systems, and requirements to drive improvements and system integration
- Partner with stakeholders and IT teams to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs
- Develop and execute system testing and support implementation, including validating results with stakeholders
- Generate reports, analyze data and user feedback, and recommend enhancements to improve processes and system performance
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and related experience in business processes and technical services
- Direct work-related experience (typically 6 months - 1 year) in business analysis and/or application development
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with technical and non-technical staff
- Knowledge of requirement development
- Experience with process analysis
- Experience with business and technical communication
- Knowledge of software project development methodologies
- Knowledge of major DBMS, such as Oracle and SQL Server
- Knowledge of testing and supporting software applications
- Demonstrated ability in learning new technologies
- Ability of following through on commitments of self and others
- Demonstrated planning, organizational, and time management skills
- Experience with internal documentation
- Direct work-related experience (typically 1-3 years) in business analysis and/or application development
- Experience with requirement development methodologies
- Experience with process analysis and improvement
- Experience with project management and business and technical communication
- Experience with software project development methodologies
- Experience with reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI and/or SQL Server Reporting Services
- Experience with testing and supporting software applications
- Demonstrated ability in learning new technologies
- Ability of following through on commitments of self and others
- Demonstrated planning, organizational, and time management skills
- Experience with internal documentation using Wiki
- Experience with business analysis in a higher educational setting
- Beyond 1 year of direct work-related experience in business analysis and/or application development
- Experience with project management
- Experience with user interface prototyping tools
- Experience with reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI and/or SQL Server Reporting Services
- Industry certifications, such as PMP
- Experience with business analysis in a higher educational setting
- Beyond 3 years of direct work-related experiences in business analysis and/or application development
- Experience with user interface and screen mockup creation
- Experience with Microsoft Office Business Intelligence tools to analyze large data sets
- Experience with AI tools in business analysis processes
- Industry certifications, such as PMP
Benefits
- Hybrid work within Iowa
- Exceptional health coverage
- University-paid life insurance
- Robust retirement plans
- Generous leave policies
- 24/7 support services
- Well-being resources
- Access to UI Health Care specialists
- Advanced training
- Leadership development
- Tuition assistance
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