Production Support Analyst

Production Support AnalystData Science / AnalyticsHarrisburg, PA • Full-Time/RegularPHEAA is a nonprofit student aid organization that holds a mission of providing affordable access to higher education.Give back tomorrow by joining us today!Salary: Grade 12, Commensurate with experience starting at $42,351Shift: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Hybrid 2 days a week onsiteLocation: PHEAA Headquarters 1200 North 7th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102Benefits: Please click here to learn about PHEAA's Total Rewards Benefits.Department: ConversionsJob Purpose and SummaryThis position provides operational support to the Conversions Department to ensure efficient day-to-day processes. This role will support Conversions with complex account, processing, technical, and data-related questions, or issues by identifying ways to automate/streamline processes for the business unit to be more efficient and address portfolio concerns.Primary Duties and ResponsibilitiesEnd User Operational SupportProvide support and guidance to Conversions on system usage and account processing. Gain an understanding of user processing needs/problems and educate the users on the functionality available to meet those needs.Collaborate with loan operations management on escalated issues to ensure proper and timely resolution.Provide knowledgeable support to include a range of systems and support products that best meet the business needs.Ensure systems are set up and used correctly for onboarding processes to maintain data integrity, processing accuracy, and required confidentiality.Maintain business unit procedure documents and ensure documents are up to date with accurate information based on internal guidance, lender guidelines, credit agreements, state laws, and federal regulations to ensure customer contacts and account adjustments are completed accurately.Operational SupportSupport other analysts by investigating and providing recommendations for repetitive errors across multiple accounts, schools, and/or systems/tasks/interface, based on day-to-day activityServe as liaison between other analysts and management staff.Collaborate with management with recurring processing problems and issues identified.Support outstanding system change requests; monitor progress, and communicate to management – test change requests to ensure any impacts to the Business Unit are identified and corrected prior to productionParticipate in operational meetings to discuss process improvements and operational issues.Perform tasks to support the department's operational needs.Test system changes and defects reported through the change control process in support of quality assurance.Provide input, recommendations or decision making to operational meetings to discuss process improvements and operational issues. Supports leadership with processing problems and issues identified.Other Duties and ResponsibilitiesReview, analyze and provide feedback for system business requirements and outgoing communications.Comply with the Agency's enterprise security and privacy policies and departmental procedures.Provide recommendations for improving the work team or department's performance, efficiency, or workflow.Other duties as assigned.Required SkillsAssociate's degree and related customer service experience or at least two years with progressively complex work in a Student Loan environment or the equivalent combination of training, experience, and/or certifications.Proven attentive listening skills.Demonstrated analytical skills.Effective time management organization and prioritizing.Balanced interpersonal skills – good established networks, at the same time delivering information in a timely manner.Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.Required ExperienceAssociate's degree and related customer service experience or at least two years with progressively complex work in a Student Loan environment or the equivalent combination of training, experience, and/or certifications. Pheaa