Phew….Am I right? Seems like yesterday managerial reporting
was kicking off the summer and here we are soundly into fall. Our orange data
and process improvement teams have been analyzing, we’ve continued the forward
movement with the Hyperion (HPCM) project, and we’ve continued to expand our
team.
Orange Data and
Process Improvement Teams
The
orange teams have spent the summer tirelessly doing analysis of the current
environment, talking to users, and envisioning the future. Their work
culminated in a list of recommended scope and future improvements. On
September 4th, we had over 50 orange team members come together for
a half day sessions to collaboratively discuss and work on initial prioritization
of recommendations. Once prioritization
is complete, teams will work on implementation. We look forward to this new
phase!
Hyperion Tool
The summer was a whirlwind on the Hyperion front we moved
through the development, QA, and production environment. The real BIG news, though, is that this week serves as the official launch! We have rolled the tool out to a small group of users, and we will be completing user training through early October.
More People, More
Fun!
We’re a little sad that our summer interns left us in early
August but were able to recover with the addition of new Reporting and
Budgeting Analyst Jennifer Hale.
Jennifer comes to us from GE. She will be partnering and
co-located within the University Budget Office, providing analytical
expertise and leadership in developing reporting and budgeting improvements as
part of the managerial reporting project scope. Since arriving in early
August her efforts have been focused primarily in supporting the team and
project in translating the budget into UFM terms. Many of you have
already met Jennifer, but I hope you’ll join me giving her a big “happy you’re
here, you’re awesome” welcome!
We also have a great position open. The Data Stewardship Lead will manage the complex current state
business process mapping and assessment for university wide data stewardship in
support of improvements in the overall management of the availability,
usability, and integrity of decision support information across grounds. This
position requires a depth of technical acumen, leadership in financial
operational data analysis along with the ability to work cross functionally
within the University community, the core project team and engage with external
professionals where applicable to support the common understanding of the data definitions
within the reporting environment. Check out the job posting at Jobs@
