Role Overview

Kastech is seeking a Banner Student Functional Analyst to support implementation, enhancement,

optimization, and managed-services engagements for higher education customers. The role requires strong functional knowledge of Ellucian Banner Student processes and the ability to translate institutional business requirements into Banner configuration, testing, documentation, and functional solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead functional analysis and support for Ellucian Banner Student processes, configuration, and issue resolution.
- Work with university stakeholders to understand current-state processes, business requirements, pain points, and desired future-state outcomes.
- Configure and support Banner Student functions across areas such as general student records,

admissions processing, registration, curriculum/course catalog, academic history, grading,

degree/award processing, and related student lifecycle activities.

- Analyze functional issues, identify root causes, recommend solutions, and coordinate with Banner technical resources where code or integration changes are required.
- Prepare functional specifications, configuration documentation, process flows, test scenarios, and user acceptance test scripts.
- Support regression testing, system testing, UAT, go-live preparation, and post-production stabilization.
- Participate in Banner upgrades, SaaS readiness, migration, and modernization initiatives from a

Student functional perspective.
- Provide knowledge transfer and functional guidance to customer teams and offshore/onshore delivery resources.

Required Skills & Experience




- 6+ years of relevant Ellucian Banner Student functional experience.
- Solid hands-on knowledge of Banner Student business processes and functional configuration.
- Experience in multiple Student functional areas such as student records, registration,

curriculum/catalog, academic history, grading, admissions processing, or degree/award processing.
- Ability to perform requirements analysis, fit-gap assessment, configuration validation, and functional troubleshooting.
- Experience preparing functional specifications, process documentation, test scenarios, and UAT scripts.

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- Experience supporting Banner upgrades, enhancements, production issues, or implementation projects.
- Ability to work directly with registrar, admissions, academic affairs, IT, and other institutional stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and customer-facing skills.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with Banner SaaS readiness, Banner modernization, or cloud transition initiatives.
- Broad understanding of integrations and reporting dependencies around Banner Student.
- Experience with Ellucian Self-Service applications and student-facing processes.
- Familiarity with U.S. higher education terminology,



academic calendars, registration cycles, and institutional operating processes.
- Experience working in an AMS/managed-services or multi-client consulting environment.
- Understanding of FERPA and higher education data/privacy practices.

Recruiter Screening Criteria

- Confirm the candidate has 5+ years of hands-on Banner Student functional work rather than primarily technical development experience.
- Ask which Banner Student functional areas the candidate has independently configured or supported.
- Request an example of a complex Student business-process issue the candidate analyzed and resolved.
- Confirm experience creating functional specifications and leading or supporting UAT/testing.
- Prioritize candidates who can engage directly with business users and explain Banner functionality in non-technical terms.

Ideal Profile: A strong Banner Student functional consultant who can independently work with institutional users, understand the business process behind an issue or enhancement, configure or recommend the appropriate Banner solution, and drive the requirement through testing and stabilization.

Sourcing Guide

Suggested Keywords Ellucian Banner Student; Banner Student functional; registration; student records;

curriculum; course catalog; academic history; grading; degree processing; UAT.

Resume Evidence to

Prioritize

Direct functional configuration ownership, registrar/admissions stakeholder interaction, Student process redesign, functional specifications, testing/UAT leadership, and Banner production support

📌 Banner Student - Functional Analyst (India)
🏢 Kastech Software Solutions Group
📍 India