PeopleSoft Financial Systems Senior Business Analyst

Job Description Summary:

Responsible for the ongoing and enhanced use of the PeopleSoft (PS) Finance (AP, PO, AM, GL, KK, GM, Banking, Workflow) and Human Capital (Payroll and Time & Labor) modules including related financial applications. Serves as the functional expert in these modules and is the technical liaison between the business owners and IS&T resources. Facilitates continuous business process improvement by identifying and implementing system efficiencies. Supports all applicable interfaces within the PeopleSoft ERP (HCM/FSCM/CS) environments and any third-party applications. Mentors less experienced business analysts. Performs other duties as assigned. Voluntary flexible work from home options available.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading all elements of project/enhancement requests, including planning, design, requirements definition, analysis, testing, communication, training, and production support. Independently manages projects throughout the SDLC.
• Liaison with business stakeholders from various areas such as Payroll, Accounting, Budgets, and Grants as well as technical team members from IS&T to drive the process of gathering and documenting functional requirements
• Develop solution designs around business needs incorporating configurable solutions while minimizing custom development
• Lead user acceptance testing, develop test cases from analyzing business and system requirements and execute testing
• Trouble shoot production issues and collaborate with IS&T as needed to apply fixes
• Act as team lead on designated projects or assignments and provide work direction to team members as needed
• Engage with business partners to identify potential areas of process improvement and design best practice solutions
• Create/maintain reports using PeopleSoft Query Manager or other system reporting tools such as Pyramid Analytics or Power BI
• Conduct user training and prepare training materials used to educate the user community on changes made to business applications and processes
• Review system security to identify gaps and collaborate with IS&T to ensure appropriate user access
• Support integration points between PS HCM, PS Campus Solutions and PS FSCM, and other financial applications
• Contribute to the development of system standards and procedures
• Engage in cross-functional training/learning of PS ERP modules and other financial applications within our business analyst team
• Support other financial applications/processes such as the chart field maintenance process in PS FSCM

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience with PeopleSoft or other comparable ERP system with functional system knowledge in at least 3 modules listed above, including at least two full lifecycle implementations. Payroll/Time & Labor modules preferred. Extensive functional experience and knowledge in managing and supporting PeopleSoft HCM/Financial applications.
• Must have Bachelor’s degree in computer science, management information systems, finance or accounting, or an equivalent combination in education and experience
• Expertise and possess a broad-based knowledge of end-to-end finance and payroll/time & labor systems and can identify business process impacts when re-designing
• Experience in setup and maintenance of one or more recently released PeopleSoft Suites such as, HCM 9.x, FSCM 9.x, and PeopleTools 9.x
• Experience implementing and managing PeopleSoft databases, with understanding of Peoplesoft’s internet architecture, user security, tool patches/fixes, upgrade methodologies and best practices
• Advanced knowledge of interfaces between payroll and the general ledger. Ability to conceptualize and apply business needs and processes into actionable solutions
• Expert ability analyzing and troubleshooting software systems and implement design changes

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working for a university or higher education setting
• Experience in Peoplesoft ERP preferred or other large scale ERP system

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $103,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person