POSITION SUMMARY
The Colleague Finance Consultant works in partnership with clients, working through the Service Delivery Lifecycle, to engineer solutions for new system rollouts, major/minor enhancements, and/or ongoing maintenance of existing systems and applications; within scope and budget agreed with client.
The Consultant roles report up through professional services, specifically working under a Director and ultimately a VP of Professional Services.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Support application design and configuration of client systems through customization and coding of screen layouts, user interfaces, printed outputs, and interfaces with other systems to enable client strategies.
- Write and maintain technical specifications/documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, testing, changes, and corrections.
- Provide technical assistance by responding to inquiries from others regarding errors, problems, or questions regarding ERP and integrated systems.
- Attend both internal and external meetings and trainings.
- Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, safety processes and standards, hardware and operating system environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs.
- Train end users or technical support staff to use programs.
- Build and apply technical, safety, industry, and functional standards to support efforts in enabling value creation for clients.
- Support the analysis and design of business processes.
- Maintain technical/professional currency and share knowledge with others.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of consulting experience in a higher education setting
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Ellucian Colleague Finance
- Strong understanding of financial processes, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Fixed Assets (FX), Projects Accounting (PA) Purchasing (PU) and Budgeting
- Ability to analyze and troubleshoot system issues effectively
- Experience in delivering user training and facilitating workshops for end-users
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and resolve complex financial system challenges
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and present to various stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- Preferred: Proven experience in creating detailed business requirements and system configuration documentation
