Business Intelligence Analyst
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- University of North Texas
- Location
- Denton
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- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Welcome to the University of North Texas System, or UNT World as we like to call ourselves. UNT World includes the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of North Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region and we are committed to transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. Over the past decade, combined UNTS enrollment has grown by more than 25 percent to nearly 44,000 students.
Posting Title:Business Intelligence Analyst
Department:SYS-Budget & Planning-928000
Job Location:Denton
Salary Information:Salary Commensurate with Experience
Department Summary:Financial System Support (FSS) Group – supports financial systems, work flows, and access control to provide security, configuration, and troubleshooting thereby ensuring implementation and documentation of best practices.
Position Overview:The Budget & Planning department is seeking to hire a Business Intelligence Analyst to join our team. This position is responsible for assisting with the design, delivery, and maintenance of information solutions containing financial and administrative data, working closely with the business to build and enhance their methods of reporting according to the overall data architecture.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s Degree in related field and five years of professional experience in a related field; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Ability to analyze data, including numerical detail, identify patterns or trends, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to present various data in clear concise forms to a variety of audiences.
• Basic working knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, legal statutes, and analysis and reporting of financial data.
SAS or BI Reporting Experience
Work Schedule:Mon – Fri; 8am-5pm; flex or overtime as needed
Driving University Vehicle:No
Security Sensitive:This is a security sensitive position.
EEO Statement:The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.
Classification Title:Business Intelligence Analyst
Physical Requirements:Reaching, Standing, Walking, Grasp, Talk or Hear
o:• Implement reports, scorecards, and dashboard using Cognos BI.
o:• Experience with Data Warehousing, ETLs, De-normalization, and tuning techniques.
o:• Serving and building value-added relationships with internal and external customers by understanding customer processes and organizational needs.
o:• Conveying information and ideas clearly through a variety of media to individuals or groups.
o:• Making decisions based on information gathered and analyzed, considering pertinent facts and alternatives.
o:• Participating as a member of a team to move the team toward completion of goals by working closely with colleagues and other employees toward a common goal.
o:• Demonstrating business awareness, critical analysis, and integration of information as well as the ability to develop action-oriented plans
o:• Using technology to control and safeguard the collection, organization, structure, processing, and delivery of data.
o:• Mines financial and related information from a variety of sources in support of both internal and external reporting. Creates ad-hoc reports in data warehouse environments.
o:• Experience with Cognos BI reporting Tool.
o:• Reviews, investigates, analyzes and interviews stakeholders (end users) or subject matter experts to determine and document current business practices to translate into an ad-hoc system report. .
o:• Responds and consults with stakeholders (end users) to assist them in understanding reports and data.
o:• Prepares training materials and conducts training presentations with power points on new data warehouse system and knowledge transfer to end users regarding existing analytic tools.
o:• Creates, develops and documents data dictionaries and report guides corresponding to new modules released.
o:• Runs processes to update reports and determine data integrity.
Posting Number:S1454P
Quicklink for Posting:Organization
Working at University of North Texas
Since 1890, the University of North Texas has been a catalyst for transformation for its students and the North Texas region. As the nation’s 26th largest public university, UNT is dedicated to providing an excellent educational experience to its 36,000 students while fueling the intellectual, economic and cultural progress of one of the largest, most dynamic regions in the United States.
A student-focused public research university, UNT graduates more than 8,500 students each year from its 12 colleges and schools and offers 97 bachelor’s, 82 master’s and 35 doctoral degree programs, many nationally and internationally recognized. As UNT’s strengths in science, engineering and technology grow, the university continues to nurture its core areas of distinction in music, education, social sciences, business, the arts and humanities. Leading Texas public universities in the number of Goldwater Scholars and designated a “Best in the West” university by The Princeton Review, UNT is known for its academic excellence.
By providing access, welcoming diversity and strengthening collaborations with our many educational, business and community partners, as well as building new partnerships across the globe, UNT's faculty and staff work each day to prepare students for the challenges they will meet in our changing world.
Fostering global understanding and promoting cultural appreciation are central to preparing tomorrow's successful global leaders. Our strategic international partnerships seek to improve quality of life, facilitate the exchange of ideas and culture, and allow for important research addressing global issues. UNT's campus benefits from a rich diversity of about 2,500 international students representing 140 countries.
UNT faculty produce groundbreaking research in a wide range of disciplines spanning the sciences, mathematics, engineering and technology while also making nationally recognized contributions in the arts and humanities. The College of Music is one of the nation’s best music colleges with an internationally respected jazz program. UNT has the oldest program in emergency administration and planning and a unique program in applied philosophy and environmental ethics.
UNT also is home to many national centers and institutes, including the Net-Centric Software and Systems Center — a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center; the Center for Electronic Materials Processing and Integration; the Institute of Applied Science; the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling; and the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity.
UNT has developed many state-of-the-art research facilities, such as the federally funded Center for Advanced Research and Technology, one of the nation’s most extensive facilities for powerful materials characterization and analysis; a high-performance computational facility; and a clean room/nanofabrication research facility (under construction). UNT’s research extends outside the academy as well, with field stations as close as a neighboring lake and as far away as southern Chile.
In addition, UNT is developing Discovery Park, a research park with technology incubator facilities on a 300-acre property near the main campus. The university also has developed a Design Research Center in the heart of the Dallas design district.
As the largest and most comprehensive university in the North Texas region, UNT is growing as a national leader in education, research and scholarship, student support and community engagement — the pillars of a great public research university. UNT’s ultimate mission is to give a green light to greatness by helping its students, region, state and nation excel.
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