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University of Missouri-Kansas City · 2 weeks ago

Financial Affairs Senior Business Intelligence Specialist, UMKC University Analytics and Institutional Effectiveness

Kansas City, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$65K/yr - $65K/yr

2+ years exp

The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) is seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Specialist for Financial Affairs. This role involves collecting, manipulating, and synthesizing data to create meaningful reporting solutions that support decision-making across various university departments.

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Responsibilities

Provide direct support to the various financial affairs offices for data-related needs. This will include drafting compliance and summary reports, evaluating returns on investments, completing inter-office financial data reporting requests, creating and executing intra-office data queries, and preparing datasets for new and existing campus-wide projects

Develop subject matter expertise in the business and financial services data elements, processes, software, and cycles used by the offices served to provide proactive assistance to the completion of reoccurring tasks

Coordinate efforts between staff members of the departments assigned to provide informed strategic analysis, data visualization, and data management and governance in a way that is understandable, reproducible, and rigorous

Analyze, recommend, and implement potential solutions to complex and atypical data issues using technical experience, judgments, and precedence

Perform a variety of assignments by collaborating with contacts inside and outside the work group to ensure efficient workflows, impact productivity, and improve data quality

Qualification

Business intelligence platformsStatistical softwareERP SoftwareFinancial Management SoftwareData analysisData visualizationData managementCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience is necessary

Preferred

Two years of relevant experience in accounting, economics, finance, research services, and/or higher education is preferred

Preferred experience with at least two of the following: Microsoft Fabric, Business intelligence platforms (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Cognos), Statistical software (i.e. SAS, R, SQL), ERP Software (i.e. Workday), Financial Management Software (i.e. Blackbaud), or CRM software (i.e. Ellucian, Peoplesoft)

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision plans

Retirement

Paid time off

Short- and long-term disability

Paid parental leave

Paid caregiver leave

Educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses

Company

University of Missouri-Kansas City

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UMKC, Kansas City’s only R1 public research university, is part of the University of Missouri System.

Founded in 1929

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.umkc.edu/

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$3.4M

Key Investors

US Department of Commerce, Economic Development AdministationMissouri Department of Economic DevelopmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology

2023-11-09Grant· $2M

2023-04-20Grant· $0.15M

2022-09-20Grant· $0.5M