Senior Business Analyst

To enrich education through diversity, The College of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse staff committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment, and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans.

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Job Category: AFT, Range 24

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Salary: $71,400.87 - $82,106.51

Position Summary:

Develop new functionalities or modify existing processes to meet federal and institutional requirements, create business process guides and train staff. Review documentation related to Patches and Fixes; develop test scripts, test new and existing functionalities in PATCH and Production databases. Find solutions to problems encountered by users in PAWS by researching PeopleBooks and documentation available on HEUG and Oracle websites. Develop reports requested by federal and state agencies, national publications and TCNJ community. Review and improve existing business processes to utilize maximum use of delivered Financial Aid and 3C functionalities.

Act as a liaison between Financial Aid office and Technical Staff. Modify and maintain Web based forms and Access databases used in the Financial aid office.

Main Responsibilities:

• Review Financial Aid related business processes and modifications, train end users and maintain documentation. Financial aid functionalities in PAWS involve running multi-step processes and require extensive set up and maintenance.
• Responsible for reporting functionality: Queries are integral part of many financial aid processes. To name a few, queries are created to select students for packaging, repackaging, updating budget flags using population update process and updating checklist items. The queries used in processes need monitoring and tweaking to accommodate business practice changes. The reports are developed to validate the accuracy of financial aid processes.

Research and resolve PAWS issues and maintain documentation: FA encounters problems because of bugs in the system, changes to PAWS, inconsistencies in federal systems and user errors. To resolve these issues, I must research HEUG and Oracle's website to find resolution and then test the solution multiple times.

• Develop new functionalities.
• Review documentation related to Patches and Fixes; develop test scripts, test new and existing functionalities in PATCH and Production databases.
• Work with SA Associate Director and the leadership team to determine the appropriate configuration of setup tables. Prepares related documentation, enters initial configuration table data, and maintains ongoing setup table revisions and thoroughly tests new and old business processes.
• Database and Web Forms maintenance.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• A minimum of 3 to 4 years of experience in a Financial Aid Management System (FAMS), preferably in Oracle PeopleSoft. Appropriate experience may be combined, for example, 2 years of aid experience in combination with one year of PeopleSoft would be an acceptable combination.
• Possess an ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and meet critical deadlines.
• A general knowledge of federal and State financial aid programs. Ability to implement and troubleshoot annual federal and State financial aid regulations and policies as they relate to the College's FAMS. Knowledge of financial aid annual reporting requirements. Ideally, knowledge of Oracle PeopleSoft annual set-up and implementation of financial aid modules as well as ability to troubleshoot issues that may arise from those program changes.

Persons with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations in order to perform the essential functions of the position. If the requested accommodation(s) cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, the applicant may not be eligible for the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree.

Employer Qualifications:

• Final offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and reference checks.
• Residency Requirement: In accordance with the New Jersey First Act P.L. 2011 c.70, effective September 1, 2011, new public employees in certain positions (faculty exempt) are required to obtain New Jersey residency within one (1) year of employment. Applicants must meet the requirements listed.

About TCNJ

TCNJ is a highly selective institution that has earned national recognition for its commitment to excellence. Founded in 1855, TCNJ has become an exemplar of the best in public higher education and is consistently acknowledged as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the nation. TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges and is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report. TCNJ was named the #10 value in public higher education by the Princeton review in 2009 and, in 2006, was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter - an honor shared by less than 10 percent of colleges and universities nationally. A strong liberal arts core forms the foundation for programs offered through TCNJ's seven schools - Arts & Communication; Business; Education; Humanities and Social Sciences; Science; Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science; and Engineering. TCNJ faculty members are teacher-scholars who share a commitment to liberal learning. TCNJ is located within an hour, by train, of New York City and Philadelphia. The College's campus is set on 289 tree-lined acres in suburban Ewing Township and is known for its natural beauty and has 39 major buildings.

Employee Benefits:

As a member of The College of New Jersey Community, you will be a part of an exciting and rewarding public university career. Eligible full-time employees will be able to take advantage of a generous benefits package that includes health, welfare, and retirement benefits, including:

• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental and prescription plans
• Generous leave entitlements program and Energy Savings Program
• Employee and dependent Tuition Waiver and Reimbursement Program
• Pension, retirement, and deferred compensation plans, group life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee affinity groups
• New Jersey State Employee Discount Program (Pet insurance, cell phone plan discounts, discounted amusement park tickets, etc.)
• Access to extensive learning opportunities

To view a comprehensive list of benefits available to employees, visit our Health Benefits Plans and Programs page to learn more!

Application Instructions

Qualified candidates should apply online at: careers@tcnj.edu and submit a letter of interest, resume (CV), as well as the names and contact information for three professional references. Applications will be considered until a viable candidate is selected.