Derrick Carter: Business Analyst Extraordinaire

If Derrick Carter could describe his role as a Business Analyst, he would say that he’s like a “Swiss army knife.” He does a variety of things, for a variety of people, and for a variety of reasons.

Carter was originally brought on for the FST Workday project, but now he’s continuing his role as a Business Analyst in a slightly new position with the Change Enablement and Continuous Improvement (CE/CI) team.

Mainly, he looks at processes. Between the start and end, Carter highlights the potential deficiencies. He analyzes this data and works with people to determine what training or systematical change is needed to make things better. After he finds problems, he helps teams fix them.

One of Carter’s favorite parts about his role is the variety of it all: “I like being able to jump and move to different things and see things from a different perspective, inside and outside of finance.” Previously, he worked a lot with the School of Medicine and Facilities Management, but for now, his focus is going to be on our UVAFinance teams and processes.

Within the CE/CI team, Carter collaborates with the training and development team to get data and point out specific points of need. He is also involved in several other projects to help the UVAFinance as a whole, including work on documenting workflow and approvals for various business processes and working with teams to develop standard operating procedures.

He reflects that he has, “the mindset to take on different challenges,” which contributed to this particular role. Overall, we’re excited he’s moving forward as a Business Analyst in UVAFinance! Best wishes as you continue your work, Derrick!