Banner Finance Functional Consultant

CampusWorks seeks experienced higher education finance professionals/business analysts with Ellucian Banner ERP experience. The ideal candidate will have experience in providing oversight and strategic direction in key areas of finance, such as Accrual Accounting, Budgeting, Grants/Contracts, Fixed Assets, Tax Reporting, and other finance-related specialties. Experience with business process analysis, modernizing financial processes, optimizing system configuration, documenting processes and procedures, and ensuring seamless integration between Banner Student Information Systems and Human Resources Systems at a college or university is a plus.
CampusWorks consultants engage with our clients in higher education to assist them in fully leveraging their people, processes, policies, and technologies. We work collaboratively with clients’ functional and technical teams and our CampusWorks colleagues to evaluate current processes, design future-state optimal processes, and to architect develop, test, train, and rollout process and technical solutions that delight our clients.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and the full adoption of Ellucian Banner technology to enable organizational operations and efficiency.
• Solid leadership skills, including facilitating diverse groups, creating consensus building, and preparing the organization and individuals for change and ongoing continuous improvement.
• Experience in business process reviews, including evaluating and recommending policy changes.
• Demonstration of superior communication skills and the ability to provide a consultative approach to clients.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating the diverse needs of functional areas, students, faculty, staff, and leadership across higher education organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to map current and desired processes with detail, showing the various process steps and who performs each step.

Experience & Education

• 5+ years’ experience leading, managing, or directing finance functional areas of at a college or university.
• Experience configuring the Ellucian Banner ERP for one or multiple functional areas within the finance division.
• Professional experience as a finance business analyst working with Ellucian Banner ERP within a higher education institution.
• Experience overseeing banking and cash management, project contract billing, pre-award grants, and research at a college or university is preferred.
• College degree required, Master’s or above preferred

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