PeopleSoft Techno-functional contractor

Position Type :
Fulltime
Name :
People Soft Techno-functional contractor (60% Technical, 40% functional)
Location :
Hercules, CA
Urgency :
Immediate

Job Description
This position reports to Global HRIS Manager. The techno-functional People Soft consultant will provide application support and manage small/medium projects for our key global application, People Soft (v8.9), used to support a workforce of 9,600+ (employees and contractors) in multiple languages. The consultant will work closely with HRIS team and HR functional experts to provide innovative solutions

Key responsibilities

• Lead System design, configuration/code and unit test People Soft related projects

• Gather business requirements, analyze business processes and provide options using best practices

• Develop and maintain integrations between People Soft core HR and external applications like Success Factors, ADP Payroll, Silk Road, Plateau LMS, Ceridian Benefits, etc.

• Manage documents including business requirements, business process flows (As-Is and To-Be), functional and specifications, Technical design, Test scripts, etc.

• Develop test scripts tied to business requirements and act as an independent tester

• Communicates with HRIS team and business process owners on a routine basis

• Manage mid-size projects within People Soft while engaging key stakeholders

• Manage IT Service requests/incidents related to People Soft and keep the cases within Target levels

• Work directly with Oracle (People Soft) and vendors on system issues, patches, upgrades, downtimes, etc. to provide excellent support and proactively communicate to users

Required Skills
General

• Excellent verbal and written skills to communicate with technical, functional experts and end-users

• Strong knowledge of and adherence to development standards and implementing best practices

• Self-motivated with an ability to work both as an individual contributor and in a team

• Ability to manage and organize workload effectively, prioritize tasks, manage time well

• Ability to communicate in non-English languages like French, German, Japanese or Italian is a plus

Education

• B.S in Computer Science, Engineering, Human Resources or a related field

• Lean Six Sigma or PMP certification will be a plus

Functional and Technical

• Functional experience in multiple functional areas such as core HR, Compensation, Performance, etc.

• Strong business analysis skills including requirements, design, process re-engineering, data analysis and reporting, Testing/QA, etc.

• Strong development expertise to build Reports/Queries/Interface development using tools - Oracle SQL , PS Query , SQR and App Engine Programming

• Strong knowledge of People Tools 8.49 or higher (People code, Application Designer, XML Publisher, Excel

ToCI, SQL, PS Query, SQR and App engine, etc.)

• Experience in People Soft Employee and Manager Self-service modules (MSS, ESS, AWE)

• Strong debugging skills on People code/SQRs/App Engine/and overall PS Application

• Experience in SDLC and Agile development processes

Experience

• 5+ years of experience using People Soft development tools

• 2+ years of experience supporting People Soft (core HR) in a functional or Business Analyst role

• 2+ full life-cycle People Soft implementations/upgrade projects preferably in a global company

• 1+ People Soft upgrade projects throughout their life-cycle; upgrade to 9.2 will be a plus

• 1+ year of experience supporting Success Factors application preferably in a multi-lingual environment
Thanks & Regards