HR/Payroll & Mainframe Analyst

Overview

Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 33 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced HR/Payroll & Mainframe Analyst to be a key resource on a technical services team.

 

Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law.  Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background checkAllied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.

Responsibilities

The client Work may include, but is not limited to, the following as assigned by client:

• The CAPPS Functional Payroll Consultant will perform highly advanced consultation and analysis of CAPPS Payroll. Evaluates business needs, analyzes processes and creates business cases for changes and process improvements. Identifies problems and proposes innovative solutions. Develops reporting and system requirements. Provides system expertise and functional support throughout the application development and application change processes, and agency deployment activities, including functional configuration set-ups. Develops test scenarios and test scripts, executes test scripts and records results using automated test tools. Communicates complex concepts clearly, accurately, and effectively both verbally and in writing. Works with PeopleSoft technical and functional resources effectively. Performs other duties as assigned.
• Oversees and/or participates in project coordination, planning, and scheduling; performs strategic analysis and planning; prepares charts, diagrams, and tables that depict the present and proposed systems in terms of costs, benefits derived, and processes accomplished. Provides internal and external training in areas of expertise.
• Provides system expertise and functional support throughout the application development and application change processes.      
• Creates and/or maintains concise and accurate documentation in support of the CAPPS application and assist client with vendor deliverables.
• Performs all duties following client’s processes, policies, and procedures within project scope and on schedule accordance with milestones, deliverables, and due dates.     
• Performs all work in accordance with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) principles and practices for IT activities such as IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) that focus on aligning IT services with the needs of the business.
• Supports client’s Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes and procedures which may consist of, but is not limited to, the various phases as follows:
• Planning: Performs requirements planning activities to ensure requirements are captured which may include, but not be limited to:
• Performs planning activities, including identification of security and privacy controls.
• Requirements Analysis:Performs requirements analysis activities to ensure requirements are captured which may include, but not be limited to: 
• Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing and to improve existing functionality for implementations and production support, which includes reporting requirements.
• Assists with processes or systems analysis work, understanding business objectives and requirements, identifying risks and issues, and proposing innovative solutions for resolution.
• Evaluates business needs and analyzes processes for changes and process improvements.
• Reviews CAPPS and/or mainframe system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if a requested program change is possible within CAPPS.
• Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be summarized, and formats for reports.
• Performs business or systems analysis using a defined methodology, which includes requirements analysis for software and/or infrastructure.
• Analyzes software fits/gaps and determines impact to business processes and CAPPS and/or mainframe functionality. 
• Design: Performs design activities to ensure requirements have been met which may include, but not be limited to:
• Develops functional design documents for all required code modifications (enhancements