Sr. HR Business Analyst at UNC Finance and Operations

This position is a 100% remote work arrangement, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside in North Carolina, within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.

The primary purpose of the position is to provide support for the Human Resources / Benefits / Payroll portion of UNC Chapel Hill's PeopleSoft HCM system, including business analysis and development for PeopleSoft and related HR/Benefits/Payroll 3rd party systems. The incumbent will provide functional support for the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirements gathering to post go-live support and report development. The position incumbent has routine and ongoing contact with a wide variety of campus users and ITS technical staff and must be able to communicate clearly and effectively.

• Gathers and synthesizes functional specifications to design, develop, enhance, implement, and maintain system applications.
• Performs independent system analysis, unit/system testing, and debugging.
• Analyzes current processes and evaluates more efficient solutions where needed. Investigates PeopleSoft functionality not currently utilized and makes recommendations for future implementations.
• Develops and provides reporting solutions of medium complexity using PS Query and/or SQL.
• Partners with technical resources to maintain existing and develop new interfaces to/from external systems.
• Troubleshoots and resolves tickets and reported application issues, provides support for system testing.
• Troubleshoots and analyzes problems with complex HR actions including understanding the downstream impact for Benefits, Payroll, and Commitment Accounting processing.
• Completes analysis and resolution of system and data issues related to processing for bi-weekly and monthly Payroll and Commitment Accounting processes.