Business Systems Consultant

Ohio State University; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio State University seeks a Business Systems Consultant for Health System Shared Services. You will analyze business needs, document requirements, and translate them into BI solutions, collaborating with stakeholders to improve user experiences and operational productivity.

You will configure and test software, deliver trainings, and support data migration, reporting, and integration initiatives using Tableau, Power BI, SSRS, and SQL. Strong communication and self-motivation are essential.

Qualifications

• College degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically 6 years' experience in business analysis or information technology (preferably data warehousing, BI, reporting and analytics).
• Excellent communication skills and professionalism.
• Ability to manage tasks without direct supervision.
• Self-motivated and keeps up with technology and healthcare trends.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to gather, document, and validate business requirements.
• Assist in data migration, report development, integration design, and configuration activities.
• Provide trainings and create training materials for end users and teams.
• Perform QA, validate data, and support testing of implemented solutions.

Skills

Detailed planning

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Analytical abilities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or Computer Science

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SSRS

SQL

Job description

Job Title

Business Systems Consultant

Department

Health System Shared Services | Technology Deployment

Position Summary

Business analysts drive our growth and success by developing and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance user experiences, efficiency, and productivity. The ideal candidate is a detailed planner, critical thinker, skilled communicator, and expert analyst, committed to finding innovative solutions in a dynamic digital and technological healthcare environment.

The role of the Business Analyst is to facilitate dialogue with multiple project stakeholders to effectively gather, document, configure, test, and deliver trainings on the solution as it relates to the implementation of various software products, projects and/or processes. The ability to convey difficult, complex and/or sensitive information will be important. The Business Role plays a key part in data migration, custom report development, integration design, and software configurations. In the event that new features are requested by the customer, this role would document the new requirements and transition this knowledge to the Development team. This individual will become a product subject matter expert to best understand and apply client goals to project, product or process initiatives. Additionally, the Business Analyst may assist in additional project responsibilities (some highly complex), including but not limited to, project planning, creation of status reports, time tracking, project financials, creation and delivery of training materials, product support, etc. These projects may have significant and mid to long term impact to the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization.

Provides customer support to current users by report creation, current report maintenance and custom data requests for the enterprise platforms in use (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, SSRS, SQL scripts, etc.). Provides ongoing communication with customers on system status and data issues. Performs business analysis functions, including gathering and documenting user and functional requirements, business rules, and data sources for new data needs and applications, creating specifications for development, developing test cases, source data identification and profiling, etc.

Assists in providing customer training, creation of materials, schedule and coordinating training and education events. Troubleshoots and maintains existing applications, monitor systems processes and schedules, performs QA of data, conduct error correction activities and system testing. Provides technical consulting on moderately complex enterprise data platform projects.

Qualifications Required

• A college degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Typically has 6 years' experience in business analysis or information technology (preferably experience in data warehousing, business intelligence, reporting and data analytics)
• Requiring excellent communication skills and professionalism
• Ability to manage task without direct supervision
• Self-motivated and must be able to keep self-abreast of technology and healthcare trends

Additional Information

Location: Ackerman Rd, 660 (0242)

Position Type: Regular

Scheduled Hours: 40

Shift: First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.