CAPPS Financials General Ledger Analyst - REMOTE

Job Description:

***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted

The CPA Work includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Performing highly advanced (senior-level) consultative services and functional assistance work related to supporting the CAPPS Program.
• Responsible for functional CAPPS General Ledger (GL), Commitment Control Accounting (KK), Budgeting and Cash Receipts (CR) and Project Costing (PC) module subject matter expertise, including, but not limited to:
• Module Ownership Coordination and Expertise
• Production Support and Issue Resolution
• Configuration and Maintenance
• Business Process Leadership
• Change Management and Enhancements
• Testing (Functional and UAT coordination)
• Integrations with other Modules
• Compliance and Policy Alignment
• Training and User Support
• Reporting and Analytics
• Release Management and Patch Release
• Responsible for functional configuration skills, including, but not limited to:
• General Ledger setup and configuration
• ChartField design and maintenance
• Journal entry/ Generator configuration and troubleshooting
• Allocation setup and processing
• Inter-Agency accounting
• USAS - GL Screens knowledge
• Ledger and Ledger Group configuration
• Closing processes (monthly, quarterly, yearly)
• Consolidations and financial reporting
• Combination Edit rules set up and maintenance
• Accounting Entry Templates
• Tree Manager and reporting hierarchies
• Financial reporting using PS Query
• GL security and role-based access
• Reconciliation and audit support
• Project setup and maintenance
• Cost tracking and allocations
• Budget monitoring
• Project billing support
• Project-to-GL reconciliation
• Loading CAPPS – Cash Receipts
• Process Receipts
• CR Definition setup, Fee Codes Reference Types and Fee Codes Maintenance
• Integration with Cash receipts, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Asset Management, and Project Costing
• Responsible for technical skillsets for applicable tools, including, but not limited to:
• Understanding Application Designer (records, fields, pages, components)
• SQR and BI Publisher report customization
• SQL Proficiency
• Understanding of PeopleSoft security, inclusive of State of Texas multitenancy requirements
• Planning, designing, developing, implementing, supporting, and maintaining the information technology security measures to safeguard system information.
• Responsible for monitoring all CAPPS GL batch jobs, including, but not limited to:
• Tracking job schedules
• Monitoring job execution
• Detecting and responding to failures
• Validating output
• Managing dependencies
• Performance tuning
• Documentation
• Proper communication and escalation
• Ensuring compliance when schedules must be altered
• Responsible for tools and environment knowledge, including, but not limited to:
• PUM (PeopleSoft Update Manager) and Change Assistant
• Fluid UI changes and page navigation
• Lifecycle management and selective adoption
• Elasticsearch/Search Framework
• Data migration and compare reports
• Responsible for cross-functional collaboration, including, but not limited to:
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting
• Requirements gathering for applicable break/fix or system enhancements
• Documentation and testing (UAT, regression testing)
• Incident management in systems like ServiceNow and BOSSDesk, with the ability to keep multiple systems synchronized with timely updates
• Communication skills when working with policy personnel, other analysts, 100+ agencies, and our Managed Services Tier 3 vendor.
• Understanding and accounting for interdependence on legacy systems (USAS, TINS, etc.).
• Providing structured cross-training to support junior analyst capability growth.
• Providing comprehensive training and support to agency personnel in accordance with established requests and organizational requirements
• Responsible for project-level coordination and participation, including, but not limited to:
• Expansions that include additional module implementations or enhancements for agencies
• Understanding and accounting for interdependence on legacy systems (USAS, TINS, etc.).
• Cyclic processes such as fiscal year-end.
• State of Texas legislative changes, federal mandates, and third-party integrations.
• Performs all duties following CPA’s processes, policies, and procedures within project scope and on schedule in accordance with milestones, deliverables, and due dates.
• Responsible for coordination of the Fiscal Year-End, including but not limited to:
• Planning, scheduling, and communicating
• Reconciliations and Verifications
• System Configurations and Maintenance
• Responsible for the CAPPS Financials functional design phase, which includes creating and/or reviewing Functional Design Documents (FDDs), performing functional configuration system changes, and other functional activities assigned. Functional configurations include, but are not limited to, PeopleSoft delivered features (e.g., Page and Field Configurator, Drop Zones, Event Mapping, Page Composer, and others).
• Performs all duties following CPA’s processes, policies, and procedures within project scope and on schedule in accordance with milestones, deliverables, and due dates.
• Provides Level 2 Service Desk support, including complex ticket handling, advanced troubleshooting, clear documentation, and basic system configuration, all following established, auditable processes in coordination with a Managed Services vendor responsible for Tier 3 work.
• Responsible for ensuring that all digital products and content meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards. This includes maintaining perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust experiences for all users, regularly reviewing content for compliance, and implementing updates or remediation whenever accessibility issues are identified.
• Works under minimal supervision, relying on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performing a variety of complicated tasks.  Established processes and procedures must be followed.
• Responsible for overseeing and acting as the first line of support to ensure that only accurate data is produced, security, including multi-tenancy, is enforced, that the system performs efficiently, and that all applicable policies are enforced.
• 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.
• Actively participates in CPA’s Major Incident Management (MIM) process for P1 and P2 incidents according to module responsibilities.
• Participates in Disaster Recovery and Upgrade Testing activities.
• Makes presentations at CAPPS User Groups and the CAPPS Steering Committee as requested.
• Participates as directed in an annual SOC-1 attestation audit designed to ensure that controls are effectively designed and operated to ensure the accuracy and security of all information contained/processed via CAPPS. Any enhancements, process changes, or system fixes consider security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy as solutions are suggested, approved, and implemented.
• Performing other related Work as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of State of Texas applicable policies.
• Extensive technical skillsets needed with App Designer, Integration Broker, assorted SQR/SQL, BI Publisher, SAP Business Objects, etc. to support functional responsibilities.
• Extensive knowledge and experience performing system configuration changes.
• Extensive knowledge supporting and providing oversight with batch jobs, i.e., Run My Jobs (RMJ)
• Extensive knowledge of security best practices, NIST standards, and multi-tenancy applicability for a statewide ERP instance.
• Experience working with the General Ledger/Commitment Control core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Extensive Texas public sector experience, directly working for or supporting a large network (30 or more) of Texas state government agencies
• Extensive experience creating and managing a strategic roadmap by combining strong planning skills, functional insight, and effective cross-functional communication
• Extensive familiarity with support tools such as PUM, Fluid and Elastic Search
• Experience performing functional project management activities in support of CPA’s CAPPS program
• Experience providing Tier 2 Service Desk Support for a large network (30 or more) of agencies with a Managed Services vendor providing Tier 3.
• Experience supporting Priority 1 and Priority 2 incidents in coordination with the Major Incident Management (MIM) process.
• Experience participating in Disaster Recovery exercises.
• Experience preparing and presenting executive-level presentations.
• Experience gathering and presenting applicable data in support of a variety of audits and open records requests.
• Experience in interpreting contractual language and integrating it into daily workflows, while consistently holding vendors accountable to contractual requirements
• Extensive experience supporting the CAPPS Financials tower in PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience developing requirements, analyzing, designing, developing, testing, and implementing components of two or more of CPA''s statewide systems: CAPPS, TINS, SPA, and USAS
• Experience planning and coordinating the Fiscal Year Process at a statewide level
• Experience preparing WCAG 2.1-compliant materials for distribution.
• Experience working with the CAPPS Financials Cash Receipts module
• Knowledge of 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
• Experience working with PeopleSoft Project Costing module version 9.2

 Desired Skills:

• Experience working with the Asset Management core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience working with the Accounts Payable core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience working with the Purchasing/eProcurement core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• CPA experience with and knowledge of production support activities for CPA’s legacy Statewide Financial Systems
• Experience working with the Accounts Receivable/Billing non-core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience working with the Inventory non-core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience working with the Project Costing non-core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience working with the Strategic Sourcing non-core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2
• Experience working with the Travel & Expense non-core module of PeopleSoft FSCM version 9.2