Business Process and Reporting Analyst - Financial Aid

🇺🇸 Springfield, MO 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $56K 💻 Financial Aid 🗓️ March 5th, 2026

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Missouri State University is hiring a Business Process and Reporting Analyst - Financial Aid. This role provides technical leadership and support to improve business processes within the Office of Student Financial Aid by designing, enhancing, and maintaining student information system functionality and reporting solutions. The analyst collaborates with IT and Financial Aid leadership to manage system updates, develop complex reports, ensure compliance, and support training and documentation efforts.

Highlights

Serve as primary liaison between Financial Aid, IT, and external vendors translating federal, state, institutional, and donor aid requirements into system solutions.
Analyze business needs and regulatory requirements; design and enhance student information system (SIS) functionality using project management and SDLC methodologies.
Own and provide subject matter expertise on financial aid SIS modules including packaging, awarding, disbursement, compliance tracking, and integrations.
Plan, implement, test, and document system enhancements in coordination with IT focusing on performance, security, data integrity, and integration.
Lead testing efforts for system updates and communicate impacts and risks to leadership.
Design, develop, and maintain complex financial aid reports, dashboards, and data extracts for operational, audit, compliance, and executive decision-making purposes.
Develop and maintain system documentation, training materials, and support communication for new or modified systems and processes.
Monitor regulatory and industry changes impacting financial aid processing and compliance; lead relevant system or workflow changes.
Represent Financial Aid on institutional committees related to SIS, reporting, data governance, ensuring data privacy and security best practices.
Education required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination; preferred fields include technology-related disciplines.
Minimum two years’ experience in IT project leadership, data systems analysis, or advanced report writing using at least three relevant tools or languages such as PL/SQL, SQL, Argos, HTML, ASP, XML, Grails, Oracle tools.
Preferred experience with Ellucian Banner, ODS/EDW, web development, and supervisory roles; higher education experience preferred.
Strong analytical, communication, and multi-project management skills needed; ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Annual salary: $55,890.