PeopleSoft Financial System Analyst

Job Title: PeopleSoft FSCM System Analyst

Client: Texas Health & Human Services Commission

Location: Austin, TX (701 W 51st St, Austin, Texas 78751)

Work Type: W2 (No Benefits)

Work Location: Texas only (100% Remote)

Work Hours: Monday Friday 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Central

Application Closing Date: 04/26/2024

The PeopleSoft Financials Business Analyst role is ideal for a candidate with a strong business analyst background and deep understanding of business processes. Prior experience in a techno-functional role is not required, and a focus on business acumen is preferred. The Business Analyst will be part of a dedicated CAPPS Financials upgrade project team.

An ideal candidate will be someone with; 8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Job Description

• Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system:
• 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.
• Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program.
• Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Additional job details and special considerations

• The Business Analyst must have a solid understanding of both the PeopleSoft General Ledger and Commitment Accounting modules and fund accounting in government. In addition, they must be able to serve as a backup on one or more of the Accounts Payable, Purchasing, or Asset Management modules.
• The core duties include requirement analysis, conducting review meetings with subject matter experts (SMEs), documenting complex system requirements, processes, test scenarios, test scripts, and training, performing hands-on testing, and supporting multiple test cycles
• Must demonstrate and excel in communicating and working with a diverse team with collaboration tools competently in a remote work environment. Also, must be able to estimate work, set deadlines, and communicate effectively.

Minimum Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience as a Business Analyst on PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM) on implementation or upgrade projects.
• Experience as a Business Analyst with PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 General Ledger and Commitment Accounting.
• Experience as a Business Analyst in identifying requirements and creating formal functional documents for key business stakeholders and SMEs.
• Experience as a Business Analyst in conducting formal work sessions and functional analysis presentations
• Experience in performing hands-on end-to-end system integration and external interface testing
• 4-8 years of experience with Microsoft O365 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• 2-8 years of experience with MS Team and Channel communication with a large team.
• 2-4 Years of experience with MS Team and Channel communication with a large team
• Demonstrated experience working with the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) CAPPS Financials.
• Experience with PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 eProcurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Contracts.
• Experience with PeopleSoft Approval Workflow Engine (AWE)
• Experience with SharePoint
• Experience working with the Scrum framework
• Experience with Jira
• Experience with STAT