Job Opportunities API

How you’ll  make an impact   As a Software Implementation Consultant, you lead projects and work in partnership with our higher education customers to implement our exciting portfolio of performance management solutions, including Budgeting, Forecasting, Strategic Financial Planning, Tuition Revenue Planning, Commitments, Allocations and more. You will manage the day-to-day activities with customers across the distinct phases of the implementation process, including system design, configuration, training, and deployment. You will be part of a highly collaborative team of consultants with a wealth of higher education finance experience, working to translate business needs into demonstrable capabilities in the application and modify our products to align with specific customer requirements.   In this role, you will:   Lead multidimensional software implementation projects and develop valuable customer relationships   Collaborate with customers at all levels (executive to end-user) to understand their business objectives and configure optimal software systems to fulfill these goals   Train customer finance leadership teams on our software and our recommended best practices   Train customer system administrators to maintain systems post-deployment and enhance end-user adoption   Provide advisory services to help customers optimize their use of our software products   Use your industry knowledge, experience and technical skills to design and build tools tailored to customer requirements   What  we’re  looking for   Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel   3-5 years of relevant experience in a finance role (e.g., Financial Analyst/Budget Analyst, Senior Financial Analyst/Senior Budget Analyst, Assistant Budget Director, College Operations Manager, etc.), preferably involved in the higher education budgeting process. Your experience may include the following, or similar, activities:   Engagement in annual process and workflows for operational budgeting, labor planning, and/or capital budgeting   Involvement in tuition or fee revenue planning, pre/post-award grants administration   Development of complex analyses such as program profitability, forecasting or similar, bringing together data from various sources   Monitoring budget to actuals activity and/or communicating financial positions to stakeholders who are not finance professionals   Experience with data input or outputs to your institution’s ERP system   Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills   Excellent communication and people skills   Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines while providing quality results   Highly organized and analytical, with the ability to adapt and think creatively to solve problems   High energy, entrepreneurial mindset, and enthusiasm for being part of a growing vertical   A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to contribute ideas and share insights   Willingness to travel within the U.S. to customer locations up to  10–25%  as needed   You can wow us with    Additional years of experience in higher education finance and/or budgeting   Experience working within academic medical centers or schools of medicine   Familiari