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Join Ellucian as a Business Intelligence Analyst on-site at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, where you'll enhance business processes and support student success using the Banner ERP system.

Responsibilities: Collaborate with administrative departments, design report specifications, conduct testing, provide user training, and assist with maintaining Banner software.

Skills: Proficient in SQL and PL/SQL, with knowledge of student information systems and higher education business processes; experience with Ellucian Banner ERP is a plus.

Qualifications: 5+ years of relevant experience, project planning skills, creativity, and excellent communication abilities are required.

Location: On-site at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, Mississippi, United States

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $70,000 - $95,000.

About Ellucian

Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

Values Rooted in Purpose

We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.

About the Opportunity

As a Business Intelligence Analyst, you will play a key role in analyzing and enhancing business processes to support institutional effectiveness and student success. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with end users to optimize their use of the Banner ERP system and reporting tools, ensuring they can operate more efficiently and make data-informed decisions. This position is based on-site at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and reports directly to the Director of Reporting and Analytics.

Where you will make an impact 

• Working with users in various administrative departments to assess, train and assist with the implementation of Banner administrative software solutions in higher education.
• Designing and writing functional specifications based on consultations with higher education departments regarding administrative Banner ERP reporting requirements.
• Creating test plans and running tests to find errors and confirming specifications have been met.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, develop process flows and procedure manuals.
• Providing technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions with programs.
• Training end users or technical support staff to use and support programs.
• Assisting with the configuration and maintenance of Banner and related solutions.
• Recommend best practices to users in the implementation and use of Ellucian products.
• Assisting users to prepare for and execute Banner upgrades.
• Designing and writing reports against the SIS database.
• Preparing and submitting status reports as requested by manager and unit. 

What you will bring

• 5 years related experience and/or training
• Working knowledge of SQL and procedural programming languages.
• Project planning and execution experience required.
• Experience working with student information systems.
• Knowledge of higher education core business processes required.
• High degree of creativity with a “can-do” attitude; display high degree of professionalism.
• Ability to set and change priorities amongst multiple competing constituencies, projects and resources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Banner 9, Banner 9 Self Service is a plus.
• Expert knowledge of the Ellucian Banner ERP (Student, FinAid, Finance, HR/Payroll, General) and DegreeWorks is a plus
• Experience supporting Single Sign On (SSO), Ellucian ETHOS Identity Services a plus.
• Experience with third party products such as ARGOS, FormFusion, CashNet are highly desired.
• Experience with MS Office 365, SharePoint for office productivity and collaboration.
• Converting designs and specifications into PL/SQL, SQL, JAVA, HTML5, or PowerShell code a plus.
• Experience working with report writing tools is a plus.

What makes #Ellucianlife

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision 
• Flexible time off 
• Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
• 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
• Parental Leave
• 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
• Telemedicine
• Wellness
• Headspace Care (mental health)
• Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
• Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups 
• Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
• We Foster a learning culture with:
• Education Assistance Program 
• Professional development opportunities

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