University of Rochester
: Administration Block, Nakuru, Kenya
Date : 2023-03-28
Opening Full Time 40 hours Grade 053 University IT / P&SD Schedule 8 AM-5 PMResponsibilitiesGENERAL PURPOSE:The Junior Report Writer is responsible for design, development, configuration, testing, implementation, maintenance, security of reporting and associated applications supporting the core University systems and applications. The Junior Report Writer utilizes software to generate metrics and develops actionable recommendations. The Junior Report Writer provides support to research teams or management by collecting and analyzing data and reporting results based on the needs of end users and collaborates with various functional teams depending on their area of focus, and IT to achieve business results. The primary focus of this role is Workday HCM with expansion into Workday Finance, Procurement and/or Student.SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:Technical Responsibilities:
- Works with users to understand and document reporting requirements. Assists in the translation of the business requirements into report objects with appropriate security comprehended. Develops and enables solutions (reports, visualizations) to support the University’s goals.
- Responsible for the design and development of executive reports as well as function specific reporting.
- Develops and enables simple reporting solutions to interact with cloud-based solutions.
- Writes simple adhoc queries and reports using various reporting/database tools to support research, financial, and executive initiatives.
- Analyzes and synthesizes diverse information gathered from senior management and end users to develop new reports and reporting systems as needed.
- Designs, develops and implements dashboard reports and visualizations for data warehouse and clarity.
- Participates in the development and maintenance our environments that support the applications used for report writing.
- Responsible for the development and support of strategies for warehouse implementation, data acquisitions and archive recovery.
- Responsible for running SQL queries and recommending modifications to facilitate problem resolution and reporting needs.
- Participates in design sessions to capture requirements and data for report development.
- Develops report specifications and ensures those requirements are met across all functional areas (e.g. procurement, finance, student, human resources, executive/University-wide etc.)
- Performs analysis activities and creates and participates in the creation of the functional specification under the direction of more senior applications development staff.
- Develops and maintains security architecture, security administration and workflow automation within the applications suite.
- Prepares necessary paperwork and documentation to ensure conformance to departmental/university standards and procedures.
- Executes unit tests. Works with application testers on the preparation of test plans, test data and integrated unit testing
- Delivers executive reports as well as function specific reporting.
- Writes reports using cloud-based data sets.
- Writes adhoc queries and reports using various reporting/database tools to support research, financial, and executive initiatives.
- Designs, develops and implements dashboard reports and visualizations for data warehouse and clarity.
- Supports development and maintenance of environments that support the applications used for report writing.
- Coordinates with other resources (programmers, analysts) to achieve goals and collaborate for solutions.
- Maintains current knowledge of technology, equipment, and/or systems.
- Performs other related duties, including presentation of seminars, courses and instruction on computer services as required. Participates in on-call, responding to application issues as they occur.
- Bachelor's degree in related discipline such as Computer Science, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Science or Engineering
- 2-3 years of related experience
- or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in higher education field.
- Proficiency with reporting tools Workday Report Writer, IBM Cognos, SSRS or Tableau
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Ability to translate business needs into solution requirements
- Good understanding of the basics of OO programming required
- Experience in the Oracle on Unix DBMS environments
- Experience with SQL programming
- 1+ years of Finance experience preferred, specifically with reporting
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Proven customer oriented approach to problem solving
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet required deadlines
- Ability to contribute both individually and as part of a team
- Ability to provide on-call support as required.
- Tableau Desktop Associate Level 1
- Workday Report Writer certificate
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