Senior Business Systems Analyst — Research IT & Analytics

Harvard Central Administration (CADM) Talent Acquisition; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Harvard University Central Administration (CADM) Talent Acquisition is seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to design, implement, and validate enterprise solutions for research administration and compliance workflows.

The role focuses on vendor-provided applications for effort reporting and Oracle Analytics Suite; strong data analysis, testing, and reporting skills are essential. Hybrid onsite work is available in Cambridge, MA.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience.
• Experience with Oracle Analytics Suite and Oracle APEX.
• Experience developing and executing tests including regression tests.
• Strong project management, organizational, analytical skills.
• Strong background in sponsored research and financial data.
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in report and solutions development including design, testing, implementation, and documentation.
• Experience in data analysis including SQL and data querying / data modeling tools.

Responsibilities

• Participate in planning and facilitation of business requirements sessions (workshops, meetings, user research).
• Develop, document, and deliver user research/feedback sessions to gain insight into user needs.
• Meet with business partners to understand systems needs, workflows, and propose solutions.
• Coordinate with partners on timing, testing, business process redesign, and training; align with project team.
• Draft systems and reporting specifications detailing logic, configuration, and security requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into systems requirements and scoping.
• Define systems requirements, conduct gap analysis, and identify feasible solutions.
• Support daily, monthly, and quarterly monitoring and analysis for processes including interfaces and data validity.

Job description

Harvard University Central Administration (CADM) Talent Acquisition is seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to design, implement, and validate enterprise solutions for research administration and compliance workflows.

The role focuses on vendor-provided applications for effort reporting and Oracle Analytics Suite; strong data analysis, testing, and reporting skills are essential. Hybrid onsite work is available in Cambridge, MA.