Business Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Business Analyst

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Hiring Department:

Red McCombs School of Business

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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:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Texas McCombs believes that diversity in our faculty, student, and staff populations is integral to our core purpose of educating leaders that create value for society. We welcome applicants from under-represented groups and those who can demonstrate a commitment to inclusion.

Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought-leadership of a world-class faculty. The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is diverse, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

For more information about Texas McCombs please visit: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

Purpose

The Business Analyst will be the recruiting and admissions point person for mapping out Slate/Salesforce improvements, business process improvements, and will be the point of contact between the recruiting and admissions team and the McCombs IT team.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the MBA Admissions team to support business activities and processes as the Salesforce/Blackthorn subject matter expert. Evaluate business processes to understand how to best leverage Salesforce technology and regularly collaborate with the School’s Salesforce team on decisions that impact MBA Admissions processes.

• Build reports and analyze data to assist the Director in decision making. Assesses and produces relevant, standard, or custom reports showing business solutions tailored to new trends, demands and concepts. Serves as a resource for non-routine inquiries such as requests for statistics or surveys. Collaborates with Director to standardize and systemize routine reports, dashboards, and metrics.

• Provide technology expertise and support in the development, management, and usage of systems, databases, electronic communications, reports, and data used by Recruiting and Admissions team in order to recruit, admit, and enroll students. Lead cycle prep for our portfolio of MBA programs when we start a new recruiting and admissions cycle.

• Responsible for working with recruiting and admissions to understand their automation needs. Analyze and document the requirements, workflows, rules and processes necessary to automate solutions.

• Provide technical and data-related service, support and training to the Recruiting and Admissions team related to records management, data retention, reading online applications, communications, form building, and event management. Leads the implementation of data standards and common data elements for data collection. Determines and recommends additional data collection and reporting requirements.

• Test prototype software and participate in approval and release process for new software enhancements.

• Other related function as assigned. 

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree. 

• Two years of business analyst experience 

• Ability to work successfully with little supervision. 

• Strong attention to detail and previous success managing multiple competing priorities in a high-pressure environment. 

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (oral and written) with a service-oriented attitude. 

• Works well in a team environment. 

• attention to detail. 

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce administration certification 

• FormAssembly experience 

• Experience Cloud experience 

• Five years of business analyst experience 

• Experience working in higher education 

Salary Range

$55,000 - $60,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Working in a standard office with repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

• This is an Austin, TX-based position and is eligible for hybrid work.

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. This position is not eligible for sponsorship of work visas.

• Work schedule is Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm with nights and weekend work when needed. 

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer , complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the 2021 report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe, Suite UTA 2.206, Austin, TX 78701.