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Marymount University · 5 months ago

Workday Student Information System Analyst

Main Campus

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Marymount University is seeking a Workday Student Information System Analyst to lead the administration and configuration of the Workday Student Information System. This role involves collaborating with business partners to enhance system functionality, manage release cycles, and ensure data integrity while implementing process improvements.

Higher Education

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partners with business process administrators and technical support staff to enforce data quality standards

Coordinate with functional units to design and maintain testing strategies for continuous improvement during new release cycles; maintain documentation of new features and functionality

Coordinate with business process administrators to execute test plans during formal test periods for every Workday update. Build regression and acceptance test scenarios working closely with business process owners

Monitor Workday Community for new release functionality. Coordinate with other business units to make required configuration/ content / reporting / integration changes. Analyze and manage Workday releases, assess impacts including architecting, configuring, prototyping, testing and deploying updates

Troubleshoot system problems, determine root cause, and implement solutions

Create custom reports and dashboards

Design, configure, and test simple integrations between Workday and external systems using Enterprise Integration Builder (EIB) and other Workday tools

Monitor the system for problems and identify and implement corrective and preventive measures

Leverage business knowledge and expertise to identify and recommend opportunities for process improvements, advise stakeholders on options, risks and any impacts on other processes or systems

Partner with business process administrators to implement process improvements and policy changes designed to improve efficiency and the user experience with the system

Ensure secure, end-user access and data integrity across the Workday platform

Participate in the change management and go live support processes during upgrades; help maintain end-user training and job aids

Understand Workday security including adjusting domains and security groups

Support critical system maintenance and operational tasks within Workday

Generate and maintain a variety of reports, queries and dashboards using appropriate Workday tools

Qualification

Workday Student Information SystemSystem ConfigurationIntegrationsPrism AnalyticsHigher Education PracticesCommunication SkillsRelationship Building

Required

Bachelor's degree or related experience sufficient to enable the candidate to perform the duties of the position

3-5 years of Workday specific experience, preferably in a higher education setting

Working knowledge of higher education business practices

Excellent written and verbal communication skills – including the ability to impart ideas in both technical and user-friendly language, demonstrating natural ease and effectiveness working across levels and teams with varying levels of ambiguity or uncertainty

Strength and experience building relationships and collaborating across lines of difference, balancing stakeholders needs, managing expectations, and leading/owning cross-team projects with great attention to detail

Preferred

Experience managing a portfolio of projects simultaneously

Expertise in higher education functional areas preferred (e.g., Human Resources, Finance, Registration, Admissions, Financial Aid, Development)

Company

Marymount University

Marymount University is an independent catholic university that provides education for undergraduate and graduate level students.

Founded in 1950

Arlington, Virginia, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.marymount.edu/

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