Les Schwab - Business Systems Analyst II HCM

The HCM Business Systems Analyst (BSA) II will be responsible for performing process definition, requirements gathering and analysis to help identify and understand Workday Payroll, Human Resource and UKG time and resource management business needs as part of individual assignments. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Improvements: Business Analysis, Requirements Definition, Business Process Analysis, Gap  Analysis, and Solution Evaluation

• Coordinates and leads discovery activities with business owners to gather detailed requirements and expected outcomes through interviews, documentation and facilitated working sessions

• Leads analysis of requirements to determine the systems’ potential and defines the impact to other business units and systems while providing input to the development effort

• Identifies and quantifies business opportunities

• Provides cost/benefit analysis, risk assessment, and scope definition of proposed requirements

• Assists with defining and documenting project scope and business requirements

• Manages changing requirements and associated documentation

• Participates in solution evaluations, including evaluation of third party products and / or custom development options and technical requirements

• Helps design new solutions by analyzing requirements; constructing workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications

• Identifies and understands broader business impact and determines solution and/or escalates issues when appropriate

• Creates process models based on business requirements in order to determine the completeness of the information and process components; including defining current ('as is') and future ('to be') business process states

• Operational Support: Activity Coordination and Execution

• Leads individual(s) or sub project tasks affecting single or multiple business and IT departments

• Identifies, analyzes, proposes and documents appropriate solutions for problems and issues that may impact a current business process; designing improvement suggestions

• Defines and articulates business rules required improving or resolving data quality issues

• Facilitates and performs ‘light’ testing by developing, and executing unit/system test cases, scripts and plans to ensure original requirements are met

• Service Levels: Stakeholder Communications

• Engages with stakeholders to ensure requirements are reflecting the needs of the company

• Monitors business decisions and manages requirements documentation and communication

• Evaluates project impact through consultation with the business, regulatory, information technology management, development, quality assurance, validation, and training teams

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Educational/Experience Requirements: 

• Four-year college degree in a related field, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or similar. 

• Minimum of three (3) years’ IT experience owning the financial function in an ERP (Workday prefered) system.

Required Technical Skills/Knowledge: 

• Experience in a Payroll / Accounting Analyst role.

• Experience supporting Payroll /Accounting operationally or in an implementation role, Workday experience a plus.

• Solid understanding of payroll and accounting concepts and processes. Expertise trouble-shooting system integration and data discrepancies.

• Exhibiting a breadth/depth of experience and knowledge supporting users and working with business solutions. 

• Including a practical knowledge in application development / implementation and governance with a preference in managing solutions with SaaS based providers.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.