Role : Business Analyst-PeopleSoft Finance
Location : Roanoke, VA, zip: 24012
Duration : 10 Months
Required Skills- Must haves:
PeopleSoft BA experience
Finance
At least 9.1
Testing experience/willingness to test
ebill
statements
Good Communication
Notes:
AAP went live on 9.2 last may and this project is part of the integration to bring Carquest's AR (Oracle) into AAP's AR (PeopleSoft).
Role is 100% focused on AR. They currently have 100+ requirements/pain points that this resource will be responsible for consolidation them. The majority of the requirements are focused on eBilling & statements between the 2 companies. This role will be responsible for getting more color around the current requirements and presenting them to IT/Business Users to determine which requirements are 'nice to haves' and which need to be prioritized immediately. One area where they are having performance issues us around AR batching...Ask if they are familiar with AR batching/running performance tests around the batching process. Many of the requirements gathering sessions will be done via phone, email, and webex, because many of the users sit in Raleigh (Carquest location).
Project is 9.2, but 9.1 is OK. Candidates should be experts in requirements gathering, writing specs, and UAT testing...they should also have some config experience as they'll be asked to support the business users who do the configurations. NOTE - this is NOT a Functional Config resource. This is a BA who should understand how the configurations affect the upstream and downstream business processes.
Day-to-Day based on phase of project -
Gathering requirements, determining what they are and how the system works. Understanding the statements work and then performing the consolidations & doing the design.
Job Description-
PeopleSoft Finance BA | |
Role | The PeopleSoft Business Analyst will gather user requirements and business objectives, propose configurations and processes as needed, identify and work to mitigate risks, and will work with the Order to Cash team to translate requirements into a functional design for project delivery. This role will collaborate with the Finance IT Department, Planning and budgeting team, Front Office IT application teams, business stakeholders, and the development team to define and confirm requirements and designs. The Business Analyst will need to manage the effort required to complete assigned tasks, as well as provide status updates to the project manager. |
Responsibility | § Integrate the use of client’s project development lifecycle into project delivery. § Facilitate requirements gathering sessions/workshops with multiple stakeholders. § Gather/document/confirm business processes and requirements. § Conduct gap analysis against requirements to determine modifications required § Develop configuration documents and functional designs for report, interface, conversion, extension, form and workflow modifications. § Develop test scripts and related documents. § Document/consolidate/distribute meeting minutes accordingly. § Perform related duties as assigned or requested. § Must manage time and effort in order to meet project deadlines. |
Deliverables | § As-Is and To-Be Business Process Flows § Business Requirement Documentation § Functional Designs § Test Scripts and related documents |
Preferred Experience/ Certification | § PeopleSoft functional consultant with experience in V9.2 in PeopleSoft Finance modules: GL/AP/FA/eBill § Knowledge of PeopleSoft processing, accounting procedures, applications and data. § Must be able to work independently to create and deliver requirements. § Experience with configuration, conversions and integrating third party application. § Analytical and organizational skills. § Strong verbal and written communication skills. § Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio. § Ability to work with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical and business experience. |