Job No. 155159
- Job Title:
- Admissions Systems Analyst
- Employer:
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Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
- Location:
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Bowling Green , OH
- Posting Date:
- 14-Mar-2025
- Description:
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Summary
The purpose of the Systems Analyst position is to provide solutions for admissions business processes, employing various admissions systems, identifying the most efficient processes for the institution’s enrollment goals, determining the solution that will actually accomplish the business area's true needs and protecting the department’s data assets. The steps needed to do this are: analyze and document the current business process, solicit and define solutions, record process descriptions, define possible solutions, identify business risks and mitigations, estimate costs, identify resources, recommend and justify solutions. Once the project is approved, managing project resources (both internal and external), assisting with project tasks (both functional and technical tasks based on the needs), providing regular updates to project stakeholders and sponsors, identifying issues with appropriate solutions and guiding the project to a successful and timely implementation. This position is the link between functional areas (interpreting their needs) and technical areas (constantly learning new technologies to support enrollment strategies) as well as the various campus partners that leverage admissions systems and data. The Systems Analyst will provide guidance on the processing and/or technical resources of freshmen, transfer, graduate, College Credit Plus, domestic, international, Main Campus, Firelands Campus, and BGSU Online prospects, inquiries, and application generation and completion.
Essential Functions
Project Management
Develops project plans including scope, scheduling and issue tracking components
Identify resources needed to complete project effort on time
Collects and analyzes business requirements
Facilitates project meetings
Minimize exposure and risk to BGSU
Communicates project requirements and needs to management
Takes input from management and appropriately applies comment/feedback
Train necessary staff upon completion
System support for Admissions related to Technolutions Slate, CSS, as well as internally developed information system
Perform system configuration in Slate to support Admissions and campus-wide recruitment efforts and tracking
Manages interfaces with remote systems by creating and maintaining the import and export of files. Writes programs to interface with existing web services.
Design and execute test plans and scripts for system testing duties related to upgrades and new feature testing
Investigate and identify technical solutions to meet identified business processing needs
Work in role of liaison with Information Technology services related to system development efforts
Works in conjunction with Application Specialist position to maintain and improve data integration between systems
Problem solve day to day processing issues
Document business processes and procedures
Reviews business practices and processes as it relates to the system, suggest changes for increased efficiency/effectiveness.
Support of data analysis
Receive requests for and build reports via query tools and/or custom SQL to satisfy data requests from Admissions staff and management as well other BGSU offices and outside entities charged with recruitment
Create work lists and reports for other units
Data change management in regards to standard and ad hoc reporting
Support of data Reporting
Facilitate report creation within reporting tool(s), query, and through custom SQL
Perform data validation
Stay current on data reporting technologies and tools
Other related duties
Attend applicable meetings, training and conferences related to the responsibilities of the position
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
The following Degree is required:
Bachelor’s degree required. Degree must be conferred at the time of application.
The following Degree is preferred:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems, or a related field
The following Experience is required:
1 year of work experience in one of the following:
CRM or IT technical design
CRM or IT development
CRM or System analysis
The following Experience is preferred:
1 year with Technolutions Slate as a technical lead (e.g. “Slate Captain” or “Slate Admin”) in configuration, processing, and/or procedure development of the system.
- Contact information:
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
- Bowling Green, OH 43403
- United States
- Employer's Website:
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