The expertise your Ellucian Banner environment demands — from a team that's lived it.
Banner is the ERP backbone for more than 1,400 institutions worldwide — powering student information, financial aid, finance, HR, advancement, and the integrations that connect them all.
SIG has been helping colleges and universities optimize Banner since 1988. We’ve delivered 200+ Banner implementations, SaaS migrations, and optimization engagements for institutions of every size. In 2025, Ellucian named us Service Partner of the Year. The award is nice. But what matters more is that our clients trust us to optimize Banner to help them fulfill their important missions.
Ellucian Banner Consulting Across the Lifecycle
Ellucian is actively moving Banner to SaaS, which means most institutions are navigating some version of the transition right now. No matter where you are in the process, we can help.
From first implementation to ongoing managed support, SIG covers every phase of the Banner journey. Our functional experts and technical specialists will work side by side with your team and stay engaged after go-live to make sure everything performs the way it should.
Banner SaaS Readiness & Migration Planning
Prepare your institution for the move to Banner SaaS before the migration begins. SIG’s SaaS readiness engagements assess your current environment, identify business process gaps, evaluate custom code and integrations, and build a realistic roadmap that accounts for your timeline, resources, and institutional priorities.
Learn more about our Banner SaaS Readiness & Migration Planning work at St. Thomas University.
Implementation Services
A Banner implementation done right sets the foundation for everything that follows. SIG brings senior consultants to every engagement so nothing falls through the cracks between functional areas.
Banner Modules We Implement
- Banner Accounts Receivable & Student Accounts
- Banner Advancement — Alumni, Campaign Management, Gift Processing
- Banner Finance — Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, General Ledger
- Banner Financial Aid — COD, FAFSA, SAP
- Banner Human Resources & Payroll
- Banner Student — Degree Works, Enrollment, Registration
Banner SaaS Migration Consulting
SIG’s migration methodology addresses the hard parts that trip most institutions up — business process redesign, data cleansing, custom code remediation, integration retooling, and organizational change management. We'll guide you through every stage of the move to Banner SaaS without derailing your daily operations.
Optimization & System Health
Optimization work surfaces all your Banner environment's accumulated technical debt, underused functionality, and reporting fallacies. SIG evaluates how your system is actually configured versus how it should be, identifies quick wins and longer-term improvements, and helps you build a roadmap for getting more from the investment you've already made.
Banner Integrations: Ethos, APIs & 3rd-Party Systems
Banner connects to a network of tools, platforms, and third-party systems. Keeping those integrations healthy is its own area of expertise.
Integration Tools and Platforms SIG Supports:
- Cognos, Argos, and Ellucian Insights reporting
- Degree Works technical and scribing support
- Ellucian Ethos API and Data Connect
- Ellucian Experience portal configuration
- LMS, CRM, payment processors, and identity management
- Process Maker workflow integrations
- Self-Service Banner (SSB9) rollout and customization
Support | Managed Services
SIG provides dedicated, ongoing Banner support tailored to your institution. From functional support to technical coverage to DBA services, you can select the engagement level that's right for you: on retainer, on-demand, or through a dedicated resource model.
If you're weighing the cost of a Banner DBA vacancy against the flexibility of a managed services arrangement, we're here to help.
Why Higher Ed Institutions Choose SIG for Banner
SIG is an Ellucian Premier Service Partner and the 2025 Ellucian Service Partner of the Year — a recognition earned by delivering consistently excellent work across hundreds of Banner engagements.
Our Banner consultants average more than 15 years of higher education experience. They are former registrars, financial aid directors, CIOs, DBAs, and Banner developers who’ve spent their careers inside this platform. That depth means faster ramp-up, fewer surprises, and a partner who understands how Banner works and why your institution configured it the way it did.
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Every day is a chance to dismantle the status quo.
I almost look at SIG as our safety net. We have Ellucian implementing the software, we have our Broward team, but then we have SIG. If we’re going to stumble or fall, SIG is going to be there to help pick us up—because they’re in it with us for the long haul.
Liz Perrone, Implementation Director, Broward College