Full-Time
HRIS Analyst
The Scion Group
501-1,000 employees
Student housing owner, operator, advisor
Compensation Overview
$73k - $85k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Chicago, IL, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
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- Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of HRIS administration or HR systems experience, preferably with UKG.
- Experience supporting HRIS configurations, reporting, and system troubleshooting.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
- Experience developing HR reports, dashboards, and workforce analytics.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and provide high-quality user support.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort working with HR data.
- Experience with ClickUp is a plus.
- Proven experience troubleshooting system issues and performing data cleanup to ensure accuracy and integrity.
- Hands on experience building and optimizing UKG analytics, reports, and dashboards
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Ability to work independently and to collaborate with internal teams
- Ability to take ownership of system performance and continuous improvement
- Serve as the primary administrator for the UKG HRIS, managing system functionality, user access, and ongoing system maintenance.
- Configure and maintain system workflows, business rules, security roles, and organizational structures within UKG.
- Troubleshoot HRIS issues and provide end-user support and guidance to employees and managers.
- Monitor the Total Rewards inbox for UKG-related system requests or troubleshooting needs.
- Develop, maintain, and distribute HRIS reports, dashboards, and analytics to support HR and business leadership.
- Partner with HR, Payroll, and IT to optimize system processes and improve operational workflows.
- Lead system upgrades, patches, testing, and implementation of new UKG features or modules.
- Strong technical and back-end expertise within UKG, with the ability to support and enhance system functionality
- Maintain electronic employee records to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.
- Generate and distribute reports related to staffing changes, payroll updates, and workforce metrics.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and system enhancements within UKG and other HR technologies.
- Build and optimize UKG analytics, reports, and dashboards for HR and key stakeholders.
- Design, develop, and implement new features and enhancements within the UKG platform.
- Maintain a deep understanding of UKG system architecture and back-end processes resulting in ongoing system integrity.
- Review and interpret UKG release updates, with the ability to recommend and implement new features and functionality.
- Utilize a strong analytical mindset to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of system performance and continuous improvement.
- Utilize problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving system gaps.
- Utilize strong communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with HRIS and business stakeholders.
- Experience with ClickUp is a plus
The Scion Group owns, operates, and advises on student housing across North America, using a portfolio of four brands to offer options from budget to upscale and to tailor living experiences. Its properties generate rental income, while it also provides advisory services to universities and property owners to improve student housing offerings. The company combines property management with strategic consulting and a multi-brand approach to meet diverse campus needs with local relevance at scale. Its goal is to improve the student living experience across campuses by delivering high-quality, varied housing options and expert guidance.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
1999
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 30, 2026 refinancing locked $555.6 million of floating-rate, interest-only debt across 14 properties.
- May 2026 Ares JV bought 7,578 beds for $910 million near Auburn, Florida, and Notre Dame.
- Scion's June 2026 Student Quarters acquisition adds 21 markets and deepens control over university housing demand.
What critics are saying
- Student housing rent growth slowed to 0.4% in early 2026, squeezing margins across portfolios.
- Scion's Student Quarters deal has 77% overlap, so integration mistakes hit 13,000 beds immediately.
- Four Fannie Mae credit facilities and balance-sheet funding concentrate refinancing risk if capital markets tighten in 2027.
What makes The Scion Group unique
- Scion controls 190 communities and nearly 118,000 beds across 94 university markets by June 2026.
- Its vertically integrated model combines ownership, operations, and advisory services across student housing assets.
- Scion repeatedly uses scale to buy portfolios like Harrison Street's 7,578-bed sale and Student Quarters.
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↑ 8%Scion Group secures $556M student housing refi. A major advisory firm arranged the note. The Scion Group has secured $555.6 million in financing for a 14-property student housing portfolio totaling 4,295 units and 10,454 beds across nine states. Walker & Dunlop arranged the transaction on behalf of Scion. The assets are located in Arizona, Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas. The company secured a floating-rate, interest-only loan through an existing Fannie Mae credit facility. One property included in the portfolio was Lark Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., according to Yardi Matrix. The, 416-unit, 995-bed community serves students attending the University of Central Florida. The Scion Group owns the property along with CPP Investment Board and GIC, Yardi Matrix shows. For the fall 2026 semester, the community is 88.9 percent preleased. This transaction continues a longstanding relationship between Walker & Dunlop and The Scion Group. The financing closed within one of Scion's four Fannie Mae credit facilities, all of which were originated by Walker & Dunlop. In 2024, the firm arranged another $380 million Fannie Mae credit facility refinancing for another 11-property student housing portfolio. For this most recent deal and the 2024 transaction, Walker & Dunlop's Capital Markets Real Estate Finance team of Colin Coleman, Brendan Coleman and Will Baker arranged the financing. Scion's recent expansion activity. Scion is one of the largest owners and operators of student housing communities across the globe with 190 communities and 118,000 beds under management. This past May, the company formed a joint venture with an Ares Real Estate fund to acquire a 12-property portfolio with 7,578 beds. The partnership purchased the assets from Harrison Street Asset Management for $910 million in the largest student housing transaction of the year. Communities are located across 10 states. Also in June, Scion announced that it was acquiring Student Quarters' operating platform in a transaction valued at $1.5 billion. The acquisition will add 29 assets totaling nearly 13,000 beds at 21 campuses. The deal will close later this quarter.
The Scion Group has agreed to acquire Atlanta-based Student Quarters in a deal valuing its properties at roughly $1.5 billion. The transaction will add 13,000 beds across 21 markets to Scion's portfolio. This marks Scion's second major expansion in two months. Following the acquisition, the company will own 190 properties with nearly 118,000 beds total, cementing its position as the largest owner of student housing in the United States. The deal continues an aggressive growth strategy for Scion in the student housing sector.
Scion Group and Ares acquire Harrison Street's $910M student housing portfolio. * Scion Group and Ares Management formed a joint venture to acquire a 12-property student housing portfolio for $910 million, totaling 7,578 beds at $120,000 per bed, marking a significant investment in the sector. * The portfolio, sold by Harrison Street Asset Management, includes assets near major universities such as Auburn, Arizona State, Ohio State, and Washington State, highlighting strategic locations across key college markets. * Despite steady demand driven by a 1.8 percent rise in college enrollment and strong pre-leasing, rent growth slowed to 0.4 percent year-over-year in early 2026, down from 3.5 percent the previous year, indicating a cooling rental market. Original article: - Advertisement -
Scion, Ares launch student housing JV with $910m Harrison Street portfolio buy. L-R: Ben Mohns, Harrison Street's global head of asset management for real estate, and Andrew Holm, head of U.S. diversified equity for Ares Real Estate Harrison Street Asset Management has sold a 12-property U.S. student housing portfolio for $910 million to a newly formed joint venture between The Scion Group and an Ares Real Estate fund, in what the parties described as the largest student housing portfolio sale completed in 2026. The transaction marks the first investment between Scion and Ares, with Scion serving as operating partner. The two firms said the venture will target off-campus student housing in U.S. markets with strong enrollment fundamentals and limited new supply. The portfolio comprises 7,578 beds across 10 states and 12 universities, including Arizona State University, Auburn University, the University of Florida, the University of Notre Dame, The Ohio State University, and James Madison University. Harrison Street had assembled the assets over the past decade through five fund vehicles. * Grove at Auburn University Harrison Street, which manages $109 billion across infrastructure, real estate, and credit strategies, has invested more than $24 billion in 431 student housing properties totaling over 237,000 beds in North America and Europe since inception. The firm has sold 252 student housing properties for approximately $11 billion over the same period. "This portfolio reflects the culmination of years of disciplined acquisition and development activity, operational enhancement and optimization by our team, and local market expertise across some of the strongest university-driven housing markets in the country," said Ben Mohns, Harrison Street's global head of asset management for real estate. Harrison Street and Scion have closed multiple large transactions together since 2017, including a nearly $900 million student housing portfolio sale in November 2024. Robert Bronstein, CEO of The Scion Group, said the transaction marks two milestones for the firm: the start of a partnership with Ares and the expansion of Scion's owned portfolio to more than 105,000 beds, which he said makes Scion the world's largest owner of student housing. Scion has deployed approximately $10.2 billion of capital since 2016, with $3.4 billion of that in the past 24 months. Ares Real Estate managed approximately $117 billion in assets as of March 31, with more than 700 professionals across 38 offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. "By combining our scaled real estate platform with Scion's strong capabilities, we believe we are well positioned to unlock value across this portfolio and capitalize on the continued institutionalization of the student housing sector," said Andrew Holm, head of U.S. diversified equity for Ares Real Estate, who noted that the deal underscores the continued institutionalization of the student housing sector. The deal lands a week after Core Spaces closed its latest flagship fund, CSF IV, with about $1.64 billion in commitments from global investors for a strategy targeting student housing in major U.S. university markets. Pension systems including the Kern County Employees' Retirement Association, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, and San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund have allocated to Kayne Anderson Real Estate Partners VII and other funds targeting student housing. Advisors. Walker & Dunlop advised on the financing of the transaction, which was led by BMO.
ACC names Chelsea Bennett vice president, public-private partnerships and business development. March 29, 2026 Austin, Texas - American Campus Communities (ACC) has named Chelsea Bennett to the role of vice president of public-private partnerships and business development. She joins the Austin, Texas-based firm with nearly 15 years of experience in higher education. Bennett previously served as vice president of advisory services with The Scion Group.