The University of Mississippi's Academic Computing department is establishing a new Data Warehouse and Analytics Team to support project Encompass and its new warehouse and reporting tool, Ellucian Insights. This role will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting reporting and analytic solutions within Ellucian Insights and other data visualization tools for Student Information System (SIS) and Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) specific requirements.
Requirements
- Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), spreadsheet modeling, data querying languages (e.g., SQL), and data formats (e.g., JSON, CSV)
- Proven experience managing complex datasets and conducting advanced quantitative analysis.
- Experience with ERP and SIS (e.g., Workday, Banner, SAP)
- Familiarity with institutional data and reporting.
- Experience with statistical or programming tools such as R or Python
Responsibilities
- Create reports, dashboards, models using the GUI and SQL editor via Ellucian tools for reporting.
- Support university offices with requests for data products (reports, models, visualizations)
- Become fluent in Ellucian Banner data tables, naming conventions, and UM’s data processing.
- Design, development, and delivery of analytical reports, dashboards, and data visualizations to inform decision-making at the executive and departmental levels.
- Create functions, custom views, custom data tables for report writing via Ellucian tools.
- Perform complex data analysis, including forecasting, trend analysis, and scenario planning to support strategic initiatives.
- Integrate data from multiple sources, including ERP, HR, and various external student systems, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Management and Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field
- Six Years Experience
- Masters degree in related field
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate data into strategic insights.
