Sr. PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Functional Consultant

Hybrid in Austin, TX, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
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Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
Hybrid
$80 - $90/hr
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  • PeopleSoft 9.2 Payroll module.

Summary

Job Title: Sr. PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Functional Consultant
Location: Austin, TX, (Telework)
Position Type: Contract
Interview Mode: MS Teams & In-person

Position Requirements. 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 HR/PY Payroll module support, including, but not limited to:
    • Provide day to day functional support for the PeopleSoft 9.2 Payroll module.
    • Troubleshoot payroll issues, including calculation errors, retro pay, tax discrepancies, and integration failures.
    • Support the full payroll cycle: pay calendars, paysheets, payroll calculation, confirmation, and post confirmation auditing.
    • Maintain payroll configuration, including earnings codes, deduction codes, garnishments, tax setups, pay groups, and tax reporting.
    • Collaborate with Time & Labor and Human Resources (HR) teams on end to end process accuracy.
    • Create, modify, and troubleshoot PS/Queries for payroll reporting and data validation.
    • Work with technical teams to support enhancements, integrations, data loads, and application fixes.
    • Assist in applying PUM updates, testing patches, and validating tax updates.
    • Document functional procedures, test scripts, and configuration changes.
    • Provide user support, training, and guidance to payroll operations teams.
    • Participate in audit activities and ensure adherence to internal controls.
    • Provide agencies with assistance with quarterly 941 reconciliations to resolve discrepancies.
    • Perform CYE configurations specific to CAPPS Central processing
    • Perform W-2 validation, and reconciliation.
  • o  Collaborate and coordinate with Payroll Policy to file W-2/W-3s with the Social Security       Administration on time and accurately
  • Responsible for assisting with payroll configurations and processing, including, but not limited to:
    • Setting up earning codes, accumulators, pay groups, rate codes, pay calendars, deductions, garnishments, and commitment accounting.
    • Running payroll cycles (On-Cycle, Off-Cycle, Return Monies, Cancellations/Reversals).
    • Troubleshooting payroll errors and resolving payroll production issues.
    • Creating and validating W-2 form during CYE.
    • Oversight for tax update implementations.
    • Handling Right-to-Stop incentives.
    • Oversight for 3rd-Party Sick Pay during CYE.
    • Creating and supporting the synchronization of CAPPS payroll with SPRS/USAS using an online interface in CAPPS.
  • Supporting payroll approval workflows between systems.
  • Responsible for assisting with functional configuration skills, including, but not limited to:
    • Setting up tables (job codes, positions, departments, compensation, etc.)
    • Understanding HR business units, Set IDs, and Table structures
    • Configuring workflow (AWE-Approval Workflow Engine)
    • Creating queries using PS/Query and SAP Business Objects
  • Responsible for providing functional support for the CAPPS HR/PY applications, and shall be a point of contact for CAPPS agencies as applicable.
  • Responsible for the CAPPS HR/PY 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).
  • Additionally, responsible for assisting with AWE – Approval Workflow Engine, including but not limited to:
    • Workflow Configuration and Setup
    • User and Role Management
    • Notifications and Worklist Management
    • Monitoring and Troubleshooting
    • Customization and Extensibility
    • Performance and Maintenance
    • Testing and Documentation
  • Responsible for technical skillsets for applicable tools, including, but not limited to:
    • Understanding Application Designer (records, fields, pages, components)
    • Integration Broker (Web Services, REST/SOAP Integrations)
    • 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 assisting with monitoring all payroll 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 assisting with 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
    • Ability to interpret the State of Texas HR policies into system configuration and code modifications
    • 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 (SPRS, HRIS, 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.
II.  CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
8
Required
Extensive knowledge of federal labor laws.
8
Required
Extensive knowledge and experience performing system configuration changes.
8
Required
Extensive technical skillsets needed with App Designer, Integration Broker, assorted SQR/SQL, BI Publisher, SAP Business Objects, etc. to support functional responsibilities.
8
Required
Extensive knowledge of security best practices, NIST standards, and multi-tenancy applicability for a statewide ERP instance.
8
Required
Extensive experience creating and managing a strategic roadmap by combining strong planning skills, functional insight, and effective cross-functional communication.
8
Required
Extensive experience supporting the Payroll module in PeopleSoft HCM version 9.2.
8
Required
Extensive knowledge supporting and providing support with batch jobs, i.e., Run My Jobs (RMJ)
8
Required
Experience preparing and presenting executive-level presentations.
8
Required
Experience gathering and presenting applicable data in support of a variety of audits and open records requests.
8
Required
Experience in interpreting contractual language and integrating it into daily workflows, while consistently holding vendors accountable to contractual requirements
8
Required
Experience in planning and coordinating the Fiscal Year Process at a statewide level
8
Required
Extensive knowledge and experience managing the Approval Workflow Engine (AWE)
8
Required
Experience preparing WCAG 2.1-compliant materials for distribution.
5
Required
Extensive familiarity with support tools such as PUM, Fluid, and Elastic Search.
5
Required
Experience providing direct payroll support to multiple agencies, including assisting with quarterly 941 reconciliations, resolving payroll discrepancies, and coordinating corrective actions across statewide systems.
3
Required
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
8
Preferred
Experience participating in Disaster Recovery exercises.
8
Preferred
CPA experience performing SQL actions needed to keep the CAPPS and SPRS systems in sync
8
Preferred
Experience providing Tier 2 Service Desk Support for a large network (30 or more) of agencies with a Managed Services vendor providing Tier 3.
8
Preferred
Experience performing functional project management activities in support of CPA’s CAPPS program
8
Preferred
Extensive knowledge and understanding of State of Texas applicable policies.
8
Preferred
Extensive Texas public sector experience, directly working for or supporting a large network (30 or more) of Texas state government agencies
8
Preferred
Experience with and knowledge of production support activities for CPA’s legacy Statewide Financial Systems
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91091585
  • Position Id: 1998-37720-
  • Posted 4 hours ago
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