Full job description Department: Location: Belknap Campus
Time Type:
Full time
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Req ID: R104439
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in a related field and two (2) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 7 (Salary).
Position Description: Job Title: Applications Analyst II (Procurement Systems Analyst)
Reports To: Director Procurement Systems and ProCard
Department: ProCard- Procurement Services
Job Summary
The Applications Analyst II (Procurement Systems Analyst) position requires knowledge of higher education procurement and procard processes including best practices, along with excellent technical and problem-solving abilities. This position will aid with leading the Workday Financials configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, reporting, and post go-live support to help ensure a smooth transition from the legacy accounting system to Workday Financials. This position will aid in providing data analysis of various Procurement and related spend across all university payment methods and provide technical systems support to the Procurement area. This position will provide operational support to the Procurement Systems and ProCard Offices. The candidate must be a team player with technical, statistical, leadership, and analytical aptitude.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Facilitate the design, preparation and distributing reports involving metrics of various Procurement Programs including contract administration across all spend methods. Which includes analyzing various in-house and 3rd party reporting that includes spend across all university payment methods to ensure contract compliance and provide recommendations to the Director of needed contracts. Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their procurement/procard needs and document specific requirements for Workday Financials. Plan and oversee the migration of procurement/procard data from our existing ERP system to Workday Financials. This includes data cleansing and mapping. Aid in coordination of the integration of Workday Financials with other systems or applications that the university uses, such as HR systems, OnBase and/or banking interfaces. Work with the implementation partner to design and configure relevant workflows, approvals, and business processes within Workday Financials to optimize efficiency and compliance. Develop and execute test plans to ensure that the configured system functions correctly. Work with implementation partners to address and resolve issues and discrepancies that arise during testing. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, processes, and workflows for reference and future audits. Act as a liaison between UofL and the implementation partner to communicate needs and resolve issues. Quickly address and aid in resolving any issues or discrepancies that arise during the implementation process. Aid with creating and configuring relevant procurement reports and dashboards within ERP that provide stakeholders with the data they need for decision-making. Assist in developing change management strategies and materials to help employees adapt to the new system, including communication plans, user guides, and training programs. Aid in providing training and support to end users to ensure they can effectively use Workday Financials for their daily procurement/procard tasks. Provide post go-live support, facilitating system issue resolution and maintaining alignment between business processes and system configurations. Investigate new system functionality and determine impact to organization and system configurations. Independently manage, plan, and organize, workload within established deadlines in a team-oriented, high-volume, fast paced environment. Proven self-starter with the ability to work with minimal direction and oversight. Perform related duties, special assignments as assigned and aid with providing strategic leadership to the Procurement Systems Operations. Preferred Qualifications Proficiency in Workday Financials, PeopleSoft Financials and OnBase. Higher Education ERP financials experience preferred. Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience. Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at or .
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