Business Analyst Ii, Waveworks

Business Analyst II, WaveWorksProject Management and Strategic Consulting Location: New Orleans, LASummary The Business Analyst (BA) in Tulane's Office of Project Management and Strategic Consulting (PMSC) plays a key role in the team supporting the change management and project management functions for the planning and implementation of the new, cloud-based Oracle platform that will replace Tulane's legacy financial and human resources systems.
The Business Analyst will support change management actions such as updating change management plans, scheduling and supporting training sessions, working with a change agent network across Tulane, and creating and updating project communications across multiple channels. Project management functions performed by the BA may include maintaining and updating project plans, working with leaders of various project workstreams to track progress, preparing project reports, identify potential challenges and solutions to address them, and escalate critical issues to senior members of the PMSC team. The BA will also assist in preparing presentations to key stakeholders such as Tulane executive leaders, arranging, scheduling, and supporting project related meetings and communications events. The Business Analyst operates with moderate supervision.
Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in business administration, IT or related field• 1-2 years experience in supporting of projects across organizations

Preferred Qualifications • Project management certification or significant study of project management.• Change management certification or experience.• Experience with major system implementations (ideally ERP systems), including deliverables and related analysis, scope definition, requirements gathering, analysis, business process improvement, and benefits analysis.• Understanding of business processes, practices, vocabulary and reporting of Finance and Human Resources departments in large organizations.• Experience in complex analysis and tasks involving the development, implementation, and support of major project(s).