Job Title: Senior PeopleSoft HCM Functional Consultant – Payroll, Benefits, Core HR, Time & Labor, Absence Management & FSCM
Client: Higher Education (Proposal Opportunity)
Location: Remote (Preference for candidates with California Public Sector/Higher Education experience)
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
Our Higher Education client is seeking a Senior PeopleSoft HCM Functional Consultant with extensive experience in PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 and strong cross-functional knowledge of Payroll, Benefits, Core HR, Time & Labor, Absence Management, Commitment Accounting, Employee Self Service (ESS), and PeopleSoft FSCM. The ideal candidate will have recent experience supporting California public sector or Higher Education organizations, with a thorough understanding of California labor laws, payroll regulations, leave administration, and benefits administration.
This consultant will play a key role in business process optimization, functional design, system configuration, testing, and implementation of several HCM initiatives, while collaborating closely with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, and IT teams.
Project Scope
The consultant will support multiple functional initiatives, including:
- Payroll Journals / FSCM Integration
- Benefits Enrollment
- HR Optimization
- Rehire Tracking
- Leave Administration Optimization
- Employee Self Service (ESS)
- Fluid User Experience enhancements
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the functional lead for multiple PeopleSoft HCM modules.
- Lead business requirements gathering sessions with HR, Payroll, Benefits, and Finance stakeholders.
- Configure and support:
- Payroll
- Commitment Accounting
- Base Benefits
- Benefits Administration
- eBenefits
- Core HR
- Leave Administration
- Time and Labor
- Absence Management
- Employee Self Service (ESS)
- PeopleSoft Fluid functionality
- Design and validate Payroll Journal integration between PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM General Ledger.
- Configure and support Commitment Accounting and labor distribution processes.
- Optimize HR business processes, including:
- Rehire processing
- Employee lifecycle management
- Leave administration workflows
- Support Benefits Enrollment events and annual Open Enrollment.
- Analyze California labor law requirements and translate them into functional system configurations.
- Prepare Functional Design Documents (FDDs), configuration workbooks, process documentation, and training materials.
- Support system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and production support.
- Collaborate with technical teams on customizations, interfaces, reports, and data conversion activities.
- Provide production support and resolve functional issues across integrated HCM and FSCM environments.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor''s degree or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of PeopleSoft HCM Functional consulting experience.
- Extensive experience with PeopleSoft HCM 9.2.
- Recent experience in Higher Education, State Government, or Public Sector environments.
- Strong functional expertise in:
- Payroll
- Commitment Accounting
- Core HR
- Base Benefits
- Benefits Administration
- eBenefits
- Time and Labor
- Absence Management
- Leave Administration
- Employee Self Service (ESS)
- Experience integrating PeopleSoft HCM with PeopleSoft FSCM, particularly Payroll Journals and General Ledger.
- Strong understanding of payroll processing and financial integration.
- Experience configuring Fluid pages and Employee Self Service functionality.
- Experience leading business workshops and translating business requirements into functional solutions.
- Strong documentation, testing, and stakeholder communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- California public sector or Higher Education experience is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of:
- California labor laws
- California leave policies
- California payroll regulations
- Public sector benefits administration
- Experience with:
- PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM)
- HCM Implementations
- HCM Upgrades
- HCM Optimization initiatives
- Business process re-engineering
- Knowledge of Payroll Journal processing and financial reconciliation.
- Experience supporting large enterprise PeopleSoft HCM environments.
Required Functional Expertise
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2
- Payroll
- Payroll Journals
- Commitment Accounting
- Core HR
- Base Benefits
- Benefits Administration
- eBenefits
- Leave Administration
- Time and Labor
- Absence Management
- Employee Self Service (ESS)
- Fluid User Interface
- PeopleSoft FSCM Integration
- General Ledger Integration
- HR Business Process Optimization
- Functional Design
- Business Analysis
- Configuration
- System Integration Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- Production Support
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