Ellucian
Banner Finance Consultant
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Finance
🗓️ January 23rd, 2025
SaaS
Edtech.com's Summary
Ellucian is hiring a Banner Finance Consultant. The role requires leading the implementation of administrative solutions for higher education institutions, involving consulting, training, and deployment of finance processes. The candidate will lead clients, provide best practices advice, and support transitions from existing finance systems, contributing significantly to institutional success.
Highlights
- Lead Banner Finance implementations and influence client teams.
- Advise on best practices for Banner Finance implementation.
- Support system transitions with change management advice.
- Analyze client requirements and document business processes.
- At least 3-5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
- Banner Finance experience required.
- Proven project management skills.
- Comprehensive health coverage and flexible time off.
- 401k with match and Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account.
- Professional development and education assistance programs.
Banner Finance Consultant Full Description
Banner Finance Consultant
US
Services
About Ellucian
Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.
Values Rooted in Purpose
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian is on the hunt for a dynamic and experienced Banner Finance Consultant to join our North American Professional Services team. In this role, you'll lead the charge in implementing our cutting-edge administrative solutions for colleges and universities. You'll be instrumental in consulting with our customers and delivering services that provide the quickest path to institutional success with training, onboarding, and deployment of Banner financial processes. You'll leverage your significant experience in the areas below to help higher education customers transform into modern campuses, leveraging technology and solutions to enable student success.
Where You Will Make an Impact
Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.
Values Rooted in Purpose
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian is on the hunt for a dynamic and experienced Banner Finance Consultant to join our North American Professional Services team. In this role, you'll lead the charge in implementing our cutting-edge administrative solutions for colleges and universities. You'll be instrumental in consulting with our customers and delivering services that provide the quickest path to institutional success with training, onboarding, and deployment of Banner financial processes. You'll leverage your significant experience in the areas below to help higher education customers transform into modern campuses, leveraging technology and solutions to enable student success.
Where You Will Make an Impact
- Lead with Influence: Act as a thought leader and key contributor to our Banner Finance implementations, leading and influencing client teams at all levels.
- Advise on Best Practices: Provide advice and guidance on industry best practices for implementing Banner Finance in the US and abroad, ensuring the solution aligns with institutional processes and academic and business needs.
- Smooth Transitions: Support customers in transitioning from their existing finance systems to Banner Finance processes through implementation efforts and ongoing consulting, including change management advice.
- Analyze and Document: Perform and document business process reviews and analyses of client business requirements. Gather and document business requirements, discuss adoption of Finance recommended practices, and brief the implementation team.
- Maximize Value: Work collaboratively with clients to derive maximum value from the Banner Finance solution, in conjunction with other Ellucian solutions.
- Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with existing Finance consulting resources to support continuous improvement of the consulting practice, refine delivery materials, and participate in team activities.
- Internal Initiatives: Take an active role in identifying, communicating, and advancing internal process improvement suggestions and initiatives.
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Participate in Ellucian company-wide cross-departmental initiatives as required.
What You Will Bring
- Finance Expertise: At least 3-5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting, with roles demonstrating a deep understanding of Finance and Accounting standards and practices at accredited higher education institutions.
- Consulting Experience: At least 1-2 years of experience in a training or consulting context, with experience in team trainings, system implementation, or other collaborative learning/teaching experiences.
- Banner Finance Experience: Must have experience with Banner Finance.
- Effective Communication: Ability to explain solutions to diverse customers and ensure they can use applications effectively.
- Enthusiasm and Energy: A disciplined self-starter with enthusiasm, energy, and a willingness to learn and adapt quickly.
- Project Management Skills: Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and meet or exceed deadlines.
- Collaboration Skills: Ability to collaborate effectively and willingly as part of a large, experienced team.
- Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills with credibility and experience in the subject matter.
- Independent and Team Work: Proven ability to work independently or as part of a team.
What makes #Ellucianlife
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible time off
- Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
- Parental Leave
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Telemedicine
- Wellness
- Headspace Care (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
- RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
- Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:
- Education Assistance Program
- Professional development opportunities
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At Ellucian, we believe in the “power of together.” We embrace an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace, and believe that our differences help inspire a culture of acceptance that makes our company more collaborative and innovative. We’re proud to provide equal employment opportunities for job applicants and for our employees, and we are committed to providing a process and an environment that is free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), and other legally protected classifications. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs. To enable employees to perform essential functions of their positions and to offer applicants a meaningful opportunity to be considered for positions, we also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices. Additionally, this job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. If we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, the information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly.
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