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The Senior Service Center Analyst reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The MyNM Service Center provides support to the NM Workforce through self-service functions and Service Center Representatives. The Senior Service Center Analyst supports a variety of internal teams by using business, technical and analytic experience to improve processes and solve problems. The Senior Analyst serves as an innovative, insightful, and trusted partner, soliciting feedback and advising team members and leadership with data-driven recommendations.

The Senior Analyst facilitates and captures stakeholder’s requirements and use cases while understanding the business strategy and ensuring processes, tools, and templates are utilized consistently.

Responsibilities:

• Identify process improvement and service expansion opportunities within the MyNM Service Center to enhance operational effectiveness and build capabilities
• Promotes proactive approaches in using technology to solve business needs/problems.
• Works to develop new and innovative ways to automate functions and processes to gain efficiencies
• Demonstrates the ability to develop project plans and times lines, including task and critical path identification, and issue tracking and resolutions
• Facilitates project meetings with teams in the completion of designated projects.
• Leads initiatives for implementation of new processes and/or procedures
• Effectively communicate with the business users to gather functional requirements, use cases and stories for system changes/enhancements
• Guide users through decisions and alternatives for improving their business processes
• Understand industry-specific trends that impact the organization
• Monitor and measure continuous improvement outcomes         
• Work with other IS functions to deliver technology changes that support continuous improvement initiatives
• Monitor daily service center metrics, provide analysis on general operations, identify and advance continuous improvement initiatives

Additional Responsibilities; HR Transaction Team:

• Provides oversight for PeopleSoft HCM data, ensuring data integrity and timely processing of all transactions.
• Provides tier two support for HR data transaction processing
• Analyze, translate, and compile HR data for acquisitions and integrations.
• Serves as an escalated point of contact for data-based problems/issues as it relates to HR Technologies
• Prepares and/or analyzes specialized, recurring reports and queries as needed to support business processes, analysis of issues, or data integration and reporting needs.
• Performs best practice analysis to determine the root cause of problems and issues to determine the best overall solution
• At higher levels, may provide functional guidance, advice and/or training to less-experienced HR Transaction team staff.

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Required:

• BA or BS Degree with concentration in human resources, information technology or related human resources
• 5 or more of years relevant experience combined experience in IS, HR, Finance, Supply Chain or similar function and/or experience as an analyst supporting processes and systems
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills and logical reasoning
• Experience and understanding of Service Center technologies, HR information systems, and system interfaces
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy while managing multiple tasks
• Ability to listen and question effectively
• Ability to work effectively as an individual and as a member of a team
• Openness to partner with a variety of users and develop a thorough understanding of their business
• A curiosity to experiment with innovative ideas, methods, procedures, and technologies
• Ability to communicate complex topics, ideas, or analytics in ways that clarify customers’ needs and supply them with the insights

Preferred:

• 5+ years of experience in HR as a Business Analyst with proficient understanding of Human Resource processes and systems; 3+ years of experience in lieu of advanced degree
• Proficient knowledge and experience (prefers 5+ years) working with PeopleSoft HCM data and table structures, specifically Workforce Administration Self Service and Manager Self Service.
• Experience writing and updating PeopleSoft Queries
• Advanced knowledge and usage of Excel including but not limited to pivot tables, logical functions, conditional formatting, graphics, etc.
• Intermediate MS Access skills; or ability use other software to manipulate large datasets that are too complex for Excel
• Ability to write and manipulate SQL statements

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.