Business Analyst- PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

Who We Are:

ThoughtFocus is a privately held IT services, software engineering and business process management firm with offices in the US, India and the Philippines. It helps clients in the financial services, manufacturing, education, aerospace and technology industries with their key business and technology challenges. ThoughtFocus brings

critical program acceleration to client initiatives while minimizing costs and risks with intellectual capital, technical and process frameworks, operating models and software infrastructure

It has 1,300+ employees globally and is growing rapidly across all its offices. In the US ThoughtFocus has locations in California, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Georgia and Texas.

As an organization, ThoughtFocus strives to build lasting relationships. ThoughtFocus was founded in 2004 and continues to be an employee owned company with a minority investment from the Blackstone Group.

Position Summary:

Participate on project teams as appropriate to implement new system functionality within the PeopleSoft HCM application. Analyze, test and document custom modifications required to address University business requirements. Support the HR / Student split activities and Campus solutions upgrade from 9.0 to 9.2

Primary Responsibilities:

Conduct unit, system, integration and regression testing of PeopleSoft bundles, maintenance pack releases, PeopleTools and Oracle upgrades, and university updates and fixes. Coordinate program and functional specification development/testing as well as time and cost estimates for customizations, upgrades and other project activity.

• Undertake special projects as directed including working with other SME teams to facilitate cross training and coverage of all application areas.
• Create and maintain functional documentation required to support the University PeopleSoft HCM application.
• Collaborate with all Application Development teams to understand and resolve campus application issues as needed.
• Produce deliverables that adhere to quality standards and comply with Application Development procedures and practices.

Required Skills:

Required skills and experience: -This position requires a BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience, as well as course work in the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions application.

• Minimum 3-5 years of HR functional experience working with the PeopleSoft HCM application is required.
• Expert level functional knowledge across Student Records, Campus Community, Student Financials, Financial Aid.
• Excellent application implementation life cycle skills including experience developing requirements, fit/gap analysis, application configuration and security functional specifications and the ability to translate business requirements into functional designs.
• Excellent written and advanced verbal communication skills (including exceptional listening mentoring and collaboration abilities).
• Working knowledge and experience with University practices and systems in a higher education environment and proficient knowledge of PeopleSoft rules based processing is preferred.

Life at ThoughtFocus:

ThoughtFocus is a global company that brings together skilled professionals from many diverse industries and experiences. Within a broad framework of teamwork, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, we encourage our associates to achieve and excel in ways they may never have imagined for themselves.

Solving complicated client problems requires great people. ThoughtFocus is a firm built on the talent of its people. We work hard every day to nurture and expand the capabilities of our team members. As a member of the ThoughtFocus team you will be challenged every day to deliver innovative business solutions, elegant technology, and sophisticated business services focused on our client’s end goals.

Affirmative Action Statement:

ThoughtFocus adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.