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About the Role
The Senior FAST Analyst is the lead subject matter expert for payment and disbursement operations, providing operational leadership, guidance, coordination, issue resolution, and continuous improvement. This role manages the accounts payable staff, monitors daily payment activities, and drives process efficiency, system optimization, control compliance, and audit readiness. It combines hands-on execution with strategic responsibility for effective financial system use and alignment with organizational objectives.
Responsibilities
- Provide process leadership and hands-on execution for the payable process, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant invoice processing and payment execution.
- Act as the primary point of contact for payment issues, managing escalations, resolving complex invoice and payment issues, and advising internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Execute complex payment activities, including invoice review, coding, exception handling, and payment processing, ensuring adherence to internal controls and policies.
- Identify, lead, and implement process and system improvements by leveraging capabilities within Jaggaer, Concur and AppZen to increase automation, reduce manual intervention, and enhance overall efficiency.
- Monitor, analyze, and present payment metrics and system data to identify trends, proactively address bottlenecks, and drive data-informed decision-making.
- Serve as a subject matter expert by providing guidance, recommending best practices, and helping standardize procedures to improve consistency, operational excellence, and payment processes.
- Ensure data integrity across payment systems, maintain audit readiness, and serve as the lead SME supporting system enhancements, testing, and implementation of technology and process changes.
- Design and deliver training initiatives for campus stakeholders on invoicing processes, procedures, and system use within Jaggaer and Concur, including development of clear, accessible documentation to drive compliance and improve the quality of invoice submission.
- Oversee the recruitment and selection of staff to assist in attainment of goals and objectives; carries out human resource functions for direct reports including hiring, evaluating, training, developing, supporting, coaching, and when necessary, counseling and initiating disciplinary actions.
- Establish a work environment that fosters collaboration, respect, and excellence.
- Work with all Institute staff to provide outstanding customer service for internal and external constituents.
- Other duties and projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, or related field
- Three (3) or more years of progressively responsible relevant experience
- Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered.
- Experience with Accounts Payable
- Experience with Banner or similar ERP systems
Skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to independently solve problems and be flexible
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task
- Demonstrated ability to work with others in large complex projects
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Excellent verbal, written, and organizational skills
- Self-motivated
- Ability to set priorities and when to seek clarification
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
- Commitment to exceptional customer service
- Ability to supervise others
- Experience with Jaggaer, Concur and AppZen
Location
- Upstate NY
Work Type
- Business Hours: Monday - Friday
- Local travel between campus locations only
Experience Level
- Senior
- Three (3) or more years of progressively responsible relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $75,000 - $85,000
Benefits
- Top notch employee health and retirement benefits
- Generous paid time off program
- Tuition remission
- Opportunities for career growth
- Comprehensive and affordable benefits package
- Comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan
About the Company
- Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the first technological research university in the United States.
- RPI brings creativity, science, and technology together to address society's greatest challenges.
- RPI cultivates exceptional problem-solvers by immersing them in a culture of rigorous inquiry, disciplined practice, and hands-on application.
- RPI Forward is the strategic plan charting a pioneering course for the next era of RPI.
- RPI is home to five schools, 32 research centers, three makerspaces, an observatory, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, and the IBM Quantum System One - the first university-based quantum computer in the world.
- Nestled on a beautiful 275-acre campus in upstate NY.
Equal Opportunity
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and above all values learning.
- We welcome candidates who bring a variety of perspectives to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's work and campus communities.
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.