PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Functional Analyst

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Position Details:
Title: PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Functional Analyst
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 Months (Possible extension)
Employment Type: Contract
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide end-to-end functional support for PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Payroll, including daily operations and production support.
• Troubleshoot payroll issues such as calculation errors, retro pay, tax discrepancies, and integration failures.
• Support full payroll lifecycle: pay calendars, paysheets, payroll processing, confirmation, and post-processing audits.
• Maintain payroll configurations including earnings, deductions, garnishments, tax setup, pay groups, and commitment accounting.
• Run and support on-cycle, off-cycle, reversals, cancellations, and other payroll processing activities.
• Support year-end processes including W-2 creation, validation, reconciliation, and 941 reporting.
• Assist with tax updates, third-party sick pay, and regulatory or legislative payroll changes.
• Develop and maintain PS Queries, SQL queries, and reports using BI Publisher and SAP BusinessObjects.
• Support payroll integrations, data loads, and system interfaces with legacy and external systems.
• Work with technical teams on enhancements, fixes, Application Designer objects, and Integration Broker services.
• Support Approval Workflow Engine (AWE) configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Assist with PUM updates, patching, regression testing, and validation of system changes.
• Perform functional design, configuration changes, and documentation (functional specs, test scripts, procedures).
• Conduct UAT, regression testing, and support defect resolution.
• Monitor payroll batch jobs, schedules, dependencies, failures, and performance issues.
• Provide end-user support, training, and guidance to business users and payroll teams.
• Support audit, compliance, SOC controls, and ITIL-based incident management (P1/P2).
• Participate in disaster recovery, upgrade testing, and system validation activities.
• Collaborate with HR, Time & Labor, Payroll Policy, and multiple business units for payroll accuracy.
• Ensure adherence to security, multi-tenancy, and accessibility (WCAG 2.1) standards.
• Support Level 2 service desk operations and coordinate with Tier 3 support teams.
• Participate in fiscal year-end and calendar year-end payroll processing and reconciliations.
• Follow ITIL practices for incident, change, and service management processes.

• 8+ years of extensive knowledge of federal labor laws.
• 8+ years of experience performing system configuration changes.
• 8+ years of technical expertise in PeopleSoft tools including Application Designer, Integration Broker, SQR/SQL, BI Publisher, SAP BusinessObjects, etc.
• 8+ years of experience with security best practices, NIST standards, and multi-tenancy in statewide ERP environments.
• 8+ years of experience building and managing strategic roadmaps with cross-functional coordination.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience supporting PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Payroll module.
• 8+ years of experience supporting payroll batch jobs (e.g., Run My Jobs/RMJ).
• 8+ years of experience preparing and delivering executive-level presentations.
• 8+ years of experience supporting audits and responding to data requests (including open records requests).
• 8+ years of experience interpreting contractual requirements and ensuring vendor compliance.
• 8+ years of experience planning and coordinating statewide fiscal year-end processes.
• 8+ years of experience managing Approval Workflow Engine (AWE).
• 8+ years of experience creating WCAG 2.1-compliant documentation and materials.
• 5+ years of experience using PeopleSoft tools such as PUM, Fluid UI, and Elasticsearch.
• 5+ years of experience supporting payroll operations across multiple agencies, including 941 reconciliation and payroll discrepancy resolution.
• 3+ years of experience with ITIL-based IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) practices.

• 8+ years of experience participating in Disaster Recovery exercises.
• 8+ years of experience performing SQL activities to maintain system synchronization across integrated environments.
• 8+ years of experience providing Tier 2 Service Desk support in large, multi-agency environments with Tier 3 managed services support.
• 8+ years of functional project management experience supporting enterprise payroll programs.
• 8+ years of knowledge of State of Texas policies and procedures.
• 8+ years of experience in Texas public sector environments supporting 30+ state agencies.
• 8+ years of experience supporting production environments for legacy statewide financial systems.