Oracle Reporting Analyst III

Primary Purpose:

The Oracle Reporting Analyst III serves as the lead reporting professional responsible for driving complex reporting initiatives, defining reporting strategy, and ensuring the delivery of scalable, high-quality data solutions across Oracle Cloud ERP/HCM.

This role leads the design, development, and optimization of enterprise reporting solutions and acts as the primary liaison between IT and business leadership, translating data into actionable insights that support strategic decision-making across financials, and human resources. The position provides technical leadership, governance oversight, and mentoring to reporting resources, establishes reporting standards and best practices, and ensures alignment with organizational data strategy.

The Oracle Reporting Analyst III leverages Oracle BI tools including BI Publisher, OTBI, HCM Extracts, BICC, Microsoft Power BI, and Fusion Data Intelligence to deliver enterprise-ready reporting solutions. This role guides reporting architecture decisions and ensures consistency, performance, and sustainability of reporting frameworks.

ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY:

Located in the vibrant and diverse Tampa Bay region of Florida’s gulf coast, the University of South Florida (USF) is a Preeminent State Research University with campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee. Rated as one of the top places to live in the U.S., Tampa Bay offers a high quality of life, year-round sunshine, and easy access to top-rated entertainment. USF is one of the nation’s largest public universities, serving more than 50,000 students with an annual budget of $1.8 billon. Over the past five years, USF has been the fastest-rising university in the nation, public or private, on the U.S. News and World Report's list of best universities, which it ranks as the 44^th best public university in America.

USF is proud to be an innovating partner within the Tampa Bay region, listed by Forbes as the top emerging tech city in the country. 

USF Information Technology (USF IT) provides technology services and support for the University of South Florida. The IT team, led by the Vice President and CIO, provides the following services: Administrative Services, Client Support, Communication Services, Teaching and Learning, Analytics and Reporting, Mobile and Web Services, Consulting Services, Cybersecurity Service and Research Technologies. For more information, please visit: Information Technology | University of South Florida (usf.edu)

ADDITIONAL INFO FOR APPLICANTS:

The selected candidate must have current work authorization in the United States. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

USF offers GREAT BENEFITS to full time employees!!

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation Days
• Paid Sick Days
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Various Retirement Options, including 401K employer match
• Tuition Assistance (available for yourself, spouse, partner or dependent)

For more information about your total compensation package and other USF benefits, please visit: Work at USF

Primary Job Duties:

BI Publisher & Enterprise Reporting Leadership (45%):

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of enterprise reporting solutions using Oracle BI Publisher, OTBI, HCM Extracts, BICC, Microsoft Power BI, and Fusion Data Intelligence
• Establish and enforce reporting standards, templates, and development best practices
• Review and approve complex report designs, SQL logic, and data structures for accuracy and efficiency
• Ensure alignment with enterprise data models and reporting strategy
• Drive performance tuning and scalability of reporting solutions

Reporting Strategy & Governance (25%):

• Define and maintain reporting governance frameworks, including data standards, naming conventions, and documentation practices
• Partner with leadership to prioritize reporting initiatives based on business value and risk
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Oracle reporting tools and enterprise data usage
• Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and audit requirements
• Identify opportunities to consolidate, standardize, or retire redundant reports

Data Integrity, Environment, and Delivery Oversight (15%):

• Oversee report migrations, validations, and production readiness
• Lead stakeholder engagements to define reporting solutions aligned to strategic objectives
• Translate complex business needs into scalable technical designs and reporting roadmaps
• Influence decision-making by advising leaders on data availability, limitations, and best approaches
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between functional teams, developers, and data stakeholders

Team Leadership & Mentorship (10%):

• Provide day-to-day guidance and mentoring to reporting analysts and developers
• Review deliverables and provide feedback to ensure quality and consistency
• Support onboarding and skill development across reporting tools and Oracle data structures
• Promote knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the team

Continuous Improvement & Innovation (5%):

• Lead initiatives to improve reporting efficiency, usability, and automation
• Build proficiency in Oracle BI Publisher features and best practices
• Evaluate new Oracle capabilities and emerging technologies to enhance reporting
• Drive adoption of modern reporting practices and tools

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE   

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or IT related field and seven years of experience in report development or data reporting; OR ten years of experience in report development or data reporting or a combination of relevant experience and education.

Degree Equivalency Clause: Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree.
• Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310) is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
• SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
• A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed:
• (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree;
• (c) Six years of direct experience for a master’s degree;
• (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
• (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
• Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
• Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES 

Technical Skills:

Required:
Oracle Tools: Expert in OTBI, BI Publisher, Microsoft Power BI, HCM Extracts, and BICC (BI Cloud Connector)

Database & Querying: Expert knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL.

Functional Modules: Deep understanding of data models in Oracle Finance, and/or Human Capital Management (HCM).

Preferred:
Experience with Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)

Experience in Oracle GenAI, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services for AI, such as OCI Data Science, OCI Vision, and OCI Language and Microsoft Azure.

Soft Skills

IT Core Competencies

Growth Mindset - Takes ownership of personal growth and embraces the concept that intelligence and talent can be developed through continuous learning. Willing to take on new challenges, and views failure as an opportunity to grow.

Communication - Comfortable using a broad range of communication styles, and chooses appropriate, effective ways to communicate. Adapts communication style depending on the audience and situation. Listens and asks questions to develop a better understanding.

Collaboration- Collaborates with others in the pursuit of common missions, visions, values and goals. Fosters a sense of community within and across teams, building on mutual respect, trust, and drawing on the strengths of others.

Client Obsession-Client focused when creating solutions or solving problems, believing that everything we do is to earn and keep our clients’ trust.

Ownership-Takes responsibility, accountability and proactively focuses on areas they can directly influence. Understands their role within the team and recognizes that they share the team’s successes and failures.

Outcome Driven-Focuses on desired results, business outcomes, and how to achieve them. Takes appropriate actions to ensure commitments are met and results achieved.

Industry Knowledge

7 to 8 years of experience in Business intelligence concepts and operational reporting.

Proficiency in data visualization, dashboard creation, and data source integration.

Data governance principles and organizational data privacy standards.