Business Analyst HCM-Finance (Mid/Senior)

Company Description

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Pay Range

$111,600 - $136,656 at the EO1.3 level
$133,950 - $164,028 at the E01.4 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Business Systems Analyst/ Business Systems Analyst Lead to support finance processes and product operations in PeopleSoft as we transition to Oracle HCM Cloud. You will support, and lead, functional teams and systems in a combination of the areas of Payroll and Time & Labor. You will be responsible for partnering with functional area subject matter experts, learning and documenting processes, ensuring technical review actions are tracked, internal and external deliverables are managed and completed on time, identifying support plans, and ensuring communication systems are in place and working properly.

Our HCM applications span Payroll, Time & Labor, Absence, Core HR, Benefits, and Compensation functions and are currently supported using Peoplesoft 9.2. This position is in the Office of the CFO reporting within the Finance Department.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization.

These positions will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Partner with functional experts to understand and analyze current business processes and workflows, assist in maintaining operations, and facilitate implementation of changes needed for regulatory compliance or bug fixes.
• Be responsible for end-to-end process maps and create or enhance existing process documentation and mapping.
• Identify and evaluate standards to improve process efficiency and work to build fully functional and controlled business processes.
• Perform complex analysis to assess and identify opportunities to improve functional process or system performance. Develop and implement strategies for addressing process gaps.
• Serve as the Product Owner for assigned application to provide in-depth consultation, partnering with functional experts and IT to set a vision that informs technology roadmap prioritization and backlog.
• Develop solutions to present to senior business stakeholders and technical staff that identify requirements and industry best-practice solutions to enhance the efficiency and integrity of Finance systems. Create fit/gap analysis presentations that help facilitate Finance product decisions.
• Perform initial analysis of requests to change, add or enhance existing processes or system functionality, engaging a variety of functional and IT stakeholders as appropriate. Analyze the impacts of change requests, effort needed to implement, document the requirements and disposition as a bug fix, enhancement or project with a recommended priority level.
• Train and mentor others in the development of self-service products and training materials. Conduct training and end-user engagement sessions designed to improve system adoption.
• Write test plans and conduct test cases for system changes.
• Lead cross-functional process improvement project teams, gather and translate complex user requirements, deliver process streamlining methodologies, make recommendations for new system strategies, and communicate solutions to stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  Additional job responsibilities, at the E01.4 level
• Plan, conduct and direct the analysis of current business processes that require an in-depth understanding of the end-to-end process without