PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Functional Analyst Job Austin area,Texas USA,IT/Tech

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

Key Responsibilities:

Provide end-to-end functional support for People Soft 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 Business Objects.
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.

Required Skills:

8+ years of extensive knowledge of federal labor laws.
8+ years of experience performing system configuration changes.
8+ years of technical expertise in People Soft tools including Application Designer, Integration Broker, SQR/SQL, BI Publisher, SAP Business Objects, 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 People Soft 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 People Soft 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.

Preferred Skills:

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…