Senior Business Systems Analyst – HR Systems

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

The Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) serves as the technical functional lead for the HR systems portfolio, partnering with HR and IT to design, implement, and optimize enterprise HR technology solutions. This role bridges deep HR process knowledge with strong systems analysis capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and well-integrated solutions across the HR ecosystem.

The Senior BSA is responsible for requirements gathering, functional architecture design, configuration oversight, integration alignment, data governance, and production support across HR platforms. This role acts as a systems solution expert, translating business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Business Systems Analysis & Solution Design

• Lead end-to-end requirements gathering, including workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process decomposition.
• Produce detailed functional specifications, user stories, system design documents, data flow diagrams, and integration mappings.
• Conduct current-state vs. future-state architecture analysis and fit-gap assessments across HR systems.
• Define scalable system design solutions aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance standards.
• Serve as the primary liaison between HR stakeholders, IT development teams, integration teams, and external vendors.

HR Systems Configuration & Optimization

• Lead configuration and enhancement efforts across core HR platforms (HCM, case management, workflow automation, security, and reporting).
• Partner with technical teams on system integrations (APIs, middleware, file-based integrations).
• Support system releases, upgrades, and regression validation.
• Perform root cause analysis for production issues and drive sustainable resolution.
• Ensure configuration and design decisions support maintainability and scalability.

Data, Integrations & Governance

• Define and document data models, integration requirements, and transformation logic across HR systems and adjacent enterprise platforms (Payroll, Finance, Identity Management, Benefits vendors, etc.).
• Partner with integration architects to design inbound/outbound interfaces.
• Ensure data integrity, auditability, and compliance with data privacy regulations.
• Support reporting architecture, security role design, and access controls.
• Drive improvements in data quality, system controls, and governance frameworks.

Testing, Change Management & Support

• Develop and execute unit, system integration, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategies.
• Author test scripts and validation documentation.
• Assess downstream impacts of system changes across integrated platforms.
• Support release management processes, change controls, and deployment governance.
• Contribute to knowledge management and documentation standards.