Ellucian Banner consulting for colleges and universities
Banner holds the records a campus runs on: admissions and registration, financial aid, student accounts, finance, and HR. We help institutions configure it well, keep it current, connect it to the rest of campus, and support the people who use it every day.
We’ve supported Banner through enough registration periods, aid disbursements, and fiscal year-ends to plan work around the academic calendar instead of against it.
What we do in Banner
Student
Admissions, registration, academic history, and student accounts configuration, plus the Self-Service pages students and advisors actually use.
- Admissions and registration setup
- Academic history and grading
- Accounts receivable and student billing
- Banner Self-Service configuration
Financial Aid
Aid year setup, packaging and disbursement rules, and the reconciliation between Financial Aid and student accounts.
- New aid year setup and rollover
- Packaging, awarding, and disbursement rules
- COD and ISIR processing support
- Reconciliation with student accounts
Finance and HR
Chart of accounts, procurement, budgets, grants, and the HR and payroll processes that depend on them.
- Chart of accounts and approvals
- Procurement, budgeting, and grants
- HR, position control, and payroll
- Fiscal year-end processing
Upgrades and testing
Banner upgrades, Ellucian patches, and the regression testing that keeps registration and payroll safe.
- Upgrade planning around the academic calendar
- Patch and release regression testing
- Reusable test scripts for your staff
- Cutover and go-live support
Integrations with campus systems
Banner rarely stands alone. It feeds the LMS, the CRM, housing, the card system, payment processors, and state and federal reporting, and every one of those connections is a place for data to drift. We build and repair integrations using Ellucian Ethos APIs and Banner’s own tools, and we document each one so the next person can maintain it.
- Ellucian Ethos and Banner APIs
- LMS, CRM, housing, and payment integrations
- State and federal reporting extracts
- Data quality checks between systems
Where we usually come in
Every engagement is different, but many start with one of these.
An upgrade with no room for downtime
Registration and financial aid can’t stop. We plan the upgrade around the calendar, test against real scenarios, and schedule cutover for when it does the least harm.
A module nobody owns anymore
The person who knew Financial Aid setup retired. We document what exists, fix what’s drifted, and train whoever is next.
Reports that don't match
The registrar, the bursar, and institutional research each have their own numbers. We trace them to the source and agree on one definition.
Help through the busy seasons
Extra hands for registration, aid disbursement, and year-end, without a permanent hire.
Frequently asked questions
Which Banner modules do you support?
Banner Student, Financial Aid, Finance, and Human Resources, along with Self-Service, Ethos integrations, and the reporting around them.
Do you work with Banner in the Ellucian cloud?
Yes. We support Banner whether it runs on your own servers or in Ellucian’s managed cloud. The configuration and integration work is the same, and we coordinate with Ellucian when the environment is theirs.
Can you help with a Banner upgrade?
Yes. We plan the upgrade around your academic calendar, build regression tests for registration, aid, finance, and payroll, run them with your staff, and support the cutover.
How do you handle integrations with other campus systems?
We use Ellucian Ethos APIs and Banner’s own integration tools, add error handling and monitoring, and document every interface so your team can maintain it.
Do you offer ongoing Banner support?
Yes. Support can be a monthly retainer or a defined scope such as Financial Aid or integrations, with extra capacity during registration and year-end.
How do we start?
Tell us which module or process is causing the most pain. We’ll set up a short call, review your setup, and give you a straight read on what to fix first.
Keep Banner working for your campus
Tell us where Banner is slowing your staff down, and we’ll give you an honest read on what to fix first.