CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst

Working Title:  CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst [Remote] [3 Year Term]

No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

This is a 3 year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs, funding availability, and performance.

About the Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative

The Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative (CEMI) is a multi-year program designed to improve the experience of students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, patients, and partners by unifying and enhancing administrative systems and processes across all Cornell University locations. Its name CEMI is said as “See Me” because the focus is on you: the people who use Cornell’s systems and data to accomplish your goals.

What will you do:

The CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst is responsible for providing high level of business analysis for the CEMI project. This role operates with a high degree of independence and is expected to provide expert‑level business analysis, guidance, and leadership throughout the project lifecycle.

This role requires a combination of business process knowledge, system analysis/support, and ERP implementation experience to be successful. The CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and various IT teams, ensuring business requirements are understood, accurately captured, and translated into various functional and technical specifications.

In addition, this role collaborates across related initiatives where business processes and supporting systems intersect, helping ensure alignment and coordination beyond a single functional domain.

The CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst collaborates with stakeholders to evaluate complex business processes, lead the development of refined future‑state workflows, define and validate system requirements, and shape solution design in alignment with university‑wide strategic goals. A major responsibility is driving the establishment of common, best‑practice business processes across diverse advancement organizations and contributing to governance structures that will oversee the new enterprise technology environment.

The CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst leads requirements development activities, facilitates process mapping and cross‑functional workshops, performs advanced data analysis, and contributes to system design and integration planning. The analyst produces high‑quality documentation, leads testing strategy and execution efforts, and plays a significant role in change management and stakeholder communication. With strong analytical capabilities and a continuous‑improvement mindset, the senior analyst ensures that technology solutions meet complex operational, technical, and strategic needs across multiple platforms, units, and initiatives.

Throughout the implementation of the ERP, the analyst serves as a significant contributor in requirements analysis, process optimization, system configuration support, testing oversight, data validation, and readiness planning. The CEMI Senior IT Business Analyst will provide critical expertise to support the transition and to ensure long‑term system sustainability and functional continuity.

This is a 3 year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs, funding availability, and performance.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance, HR, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5–7+ years of progressively responsible experience in business analysis, systems analysis, or IT project delivery, preferably in a complex, multi‑unit environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading requirements gathering, facilitating workshops, and translating complex business needs into clear, actionable system requirements.
• Proven experience in business process analysis and redesign, including mapping current‑state and future‑state processes for lar