Peoplesoft Payroll Functional Consultant

A Columbia, SC client seeks a highly qualified PeopleSoft Payroll Functional consultant to join their team.

Candidates will be required to work on site.

Estimated Start Date: July 27, 2015
Estimated to last 6-9 months

DESCRIPTION:

- The client is looking for a consultant to join their team that can assist in:
- The near term with functional specification documentation
- The transition to test script development
- Testing support
- Training support
- Transition to operations support
- Higher-Ed experience is preferred
- Some similar experience to public higher-ed institutions is warranted (eg state/fed govt, large K-12, etc.).

PRIMARY TASKS WILL INCLUDE:

- Functional specification documentation (primarily integrations & conversions)
- Functional support for development activities (eg architecting test data, clarifying requirements/specs, etc.)
- Creation/maintenance of test scripts and scenarios for System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Documentation and migration (across pre-production/production environments) of PeopleSoft configurations to meet the clients unique business requirements
- Tier 1 triage support for SIT and UAT
- Provide functional input as a working member of the Security team in support of designing and testing assigned module application security models (including work centers)
- Provide functional input as a working member of the Change Management team in support of designing desktop procedures and job aids (using UPK)
- Create analytics to include PS Queries, nVision, Dashboards, and other reporting needs
- Validate various configuration, conversion, and transactional data

REQUESTED SKILLS:

- Ability to work on all remaining project phases including configuration, testing, and transition to operations
- Assist the team in fully integrating the PeopleSoft system into their current business environments and provide input on best practices
- Advise on options, risks, and any impacts on business processes or systems
- Minimum of five years PeopleSoft experience
- Experience with PeopleSoft 9.x/PeopleTools 8.53.x or higher
- Solid understanding of integration of all HCM modules
- Strong knowledge of Payroll and related modules
- Training experience preferred - including experience with PeopleSoft's User Productivity Kit (UPK)
- Proven public sector and higher-ed business knowledge
- Demonstrated ability to manage project scope and client expectations
- Clear and effective communication
- Consistently produce clear, concise status reports
- Ability to work closely and effectively with the lead consultant for the Grants/Project Costing/AR/Billing/Contracts effort.