Senior Business Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Senior Business Analyst

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Hiring Department:

University Development Office

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Oct 02, 2024

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

About The University of Texas at Austin

What starts here changes the world.

The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world with top national programs across 19 colleges and schools. By creating educational opportunities for all and leading cutting-edge research at scale, the University fosters positive social change, technological advancement, and economic progress showing the world that change really does start here.

Following our 10-year strategic plan, UT will become the world’s highest-impact public research university, unleashing knowledge, opportunity and innovation from the heart of Texas.

Learn more about UT’s mission and values, leadership and Change Starts Here strategic plan.

Why Join Texas Development?

The University of Texas at Austin is on the front lines of the future: sparking the imagination, driving discovery and transforming lives. And it’s only possible because generous supporters believe in the power and promise of our state’s flagship university to change the world.

Together, through one of the largest fundraising efforts in our state’s history, we will support our people, amplify the unmatched potential of our place, and lead innovation through world-changing pursuits. With more than $5 billion raised over the past six years, Texas Development is quickly becoming one of the best fundraising programs in higher education.

Texas Development is a dynamic community of 500+ fundraising professionals across the Forty Acres. We strive to reach the highest levels of achievement and success in all that we do by creating meaningful and powerful experiences for our donors.

Join us and change the world.

Benefits

The University provides a competitive benefits package that includes insurance and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services.

Texas Development supports growth by offering professional development opportunities that help every team member accomplish their goals, enrich their skillset and deepen their engagement with UT.

Purpose

Reporting to the Director of Business Analytics for the University Development Office (UDO), the Senior Business Analyst supports fundraising, constituent-engagement, and operational goals by partnering with UDO and campus stakeholders in the development, deployment, management, and optimization of business processes and technology.

The Senior Business Analyst conducts the documentation, analysis, identification of gaps, and communication of current and future business processes, information systems, and technical solutions with a focus on service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional workgroups or teams in documenting requirements and processes using various elicitation techniques. Facilitates discussions, builds consensus, and provides documentation supporting the collection, analysis, refinement, and prioritization of functional and technical requirements in alignment with business strategy.

• Partners with stakeholders and team members to work through shifting priorities and identify issues, risks, dependencies, and impacts as well facilitate developing options and proposals for addressing these items as they arise.

• Serves as a liaison between the business and technology experts during requirements gathering, design, and throughout the entirety of a project or initiative.

• Develops charts, diagrams, training material, structured communications, and other relevant documentation to accurately capture and communicate a variety of complex requirements, issues, options, system customizations, and solutions to a broad audience.

• Leads the planning, development, and execution of te