Houston City College · 1 hour ago
Senior Analyst, Technology Projects
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expHouston City College is seeking a Senior Analyst for Technology Projects. The role involves planning and supporting software applications for financial planning and budget processes while mentoring team members and providing project management expertise.
EducationHigher EducationTraining
Responsibilities
Responsible for planning, implementing, administering and supporting software applications which support Houston Community College’s Financial Planning and Budget business processes
Lead and mentor other team members within Office of Financial Planning and Budget by providing expert in-depth knowledge of Financial Reporting systems, including functional support, configuration, data reporting and security
Focuses on supporting the development of analytics and capabilities using a variety of systems, processes and metrics to ensure that timely, accurate and insightful information is available to organizational leadership across the college system
Provide advanced level project management expertise to oversee the planning, implementing and tracking of financial and budget technology projects
Serve as a subject matter expert for HCC’s financial management system, including system administration, maintenance, data integrity, security, reporting, project management and customer support
Make recommendations regarding staff training and provide on the job training as required
Train, mentor, monitor and ensure coordination of the day-to-day activities and performance of the Technology and Project Analyst
Collaborate with Financial, Planning and Budget team and Information Technology on finance system configurations to provide the correct functionality and to better leverage the system for greater effectiveness
Support department users to meet automated financial, budgeting, business, statistical, and forecasting needs
Actively monitor the software vendor website for upgrades and fixes and work with stakeholders to develop appropriate test cases necessary to perform validation testing on all required system modifications, customizations, fixes, interfaces and updates
Manage the vendor relationship and work with the vendor for the best system support
Evaluate business processes and recommend improvements in order to maximize the use of financial and budget reporting systems, including position budget management in human capital management commitment control system
Lead the system configuration and administration of large Financial Management System projects by providing expert knowledge and support, and make necessary changes to meet business requirements
Troubleshoot and resolve system related problems; coordinate with relevant System Administrators and/or third party vendors regarding configuration, user support and problem resolution
Extract data from multiple data sources using a variety of query languages and tools
Understand the data available in applicable business systems and write queries
Responsible for requirements gathering, analysis, design, implementation, validation, and maintenance of ad-hoc and scheduled reports focused on understanding core business operations
Assist in the development and ongoing reporting of performance metrics and benchmarking, keeping requestor informed of progress
Translate, clean, and validate large data files, in multiple formats
Generate reports providing key insights and metrics using a variety of reporting tools and technologies
Choose tools and technologies appropriate for requirements of the project
Develop dashboards and other visual management tools that allow key stakeholders to make educated and informed decisions around their processes
Provide strong support/management in timely flow of business intelligence information to requestor by meeting deadlines and being responsive to requests
Collaborate on special projects
Keep current with the latest technology; regularly attends technical training in order to maintain functional technical expertise
Lead, train and mentor other team members on Finance systems support
Assist to develop policies, procedures, programs, scripts, or web pages as required
Provide functional support to users experiencing difficulties with applications and serve as a liaison for IT for technical assistance
Create user documentation, job aides, and/or Standard of Operations (SOP) for better system and customer support
Work with end-users to identify their reporting requirements and assist with software functionality
Provide periodic system and project status reports to management
Perform other duties, tasks and assignments as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related field required
5 years managing Financial Systems, data integration and business intelligence experience required to include project management
Preferred
Experience implementing information management systems, managing security, quality assurance, and training operations preferred
Experience with cloud-based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software (Anaplan, Vena, Everstage etc.) is a plus
Project management training and/or certification preferred
Company
Houston City College
Houston City College is one of the largest institutions of higher education in the country with more than 70,000 students each semester, including more international students (nearly 8%) than any community college in the country.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.25MKey Investors
Federal Aviation AdministrationTexas Workforce CommisionUS Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation
2024-03-05Grant· $0.4M
2022-07-07Grant· $0.1M
2021-04-06Grant· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Marshall Bard Heins
Senior Vice Chancellor - CFO and Chief Business Officer
Art. Tyler
COO
Recent News
2025-04-17
2025-03-31
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