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ERP Business Analyst (Hybrid)
Location:
Telecommute
- Job Ref:
- 61830
- Talent Area:
- Information Technology
- Job Shift:
- 1st - Day
- Job Type:
- Full-Time
- Posted Date:
- Oct. 1, 2024
At Houston Methodist, the ERP Business Analyst position is responsible for analysis, functional documentation, support, development and advancement of PeopleSoft business applications through upgrades, new releases and optimization of implementations. This position utilizes critical thinking, attention to detail, and effective communication skills to understand common business analysis tools and methodologies and to apply them to solve enterprise wide technical and operational problems. The ERP Business Analyst position partners with technical teams to define specifications for assigned projects and serves as a facilitator between technical teams and business owners.
- PeopleSoft 9.2 FSCM Expertise:
- General Ledger (GL)
- Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Purchasing (PO)
- Supplier Gateway
- Financial Planning & Budgeting
- Grants Management
- Procurement
- Vendor management
- ServiceNow IT Service Management:
- Hands-on experience handling Incidents, Requests, Changes, Problems, and Demands with ServiceNow IT service management
- Certifications:
- ITIL certification is a plus.
- Scrum Master certification is a plus.
- Technical Skills:
- Basic experience with the following PeopleTools:
- SQL
- Application Designer
- Application Engine
- nVision
- PeopleCode
- Basic experience with the following PeopleTools:
- Preferred Experience:
- Experience with third-party applications such as Stratajazz and Giftmap is a plus.
Requirements:
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Partners with business owners to ensure projects and service requests are on time and within scope through the application of project management methodologies.
- Initiates and maintains positive relationships with key customers and co-workers.
- Partners with stakeholders to support and evaluate change management efforts on assigned solutions.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Utilizes strong communication skills through active collaboration with the customers. Provides proactive updates and alerts customers to potential issues.
- Partners with customers and team members to translate business requirements into viable solutions, identifying potential benefits, and re-engineering workflow /processes to achieve anticipated benefits.
- Proactively seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships and effectively manages client expectations.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Proactively coordinates regular status sessions with key customers.
- Develops detailed system test plans, executes system test cases and provides issue tracking and consolidation. Manages a coordinated User Acceptance Test (UAT) effort.
- Participates in monitoring and meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with key customers.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Coordinates, cost and resource estimates, and progress reports on assigned projects.
- Identifies solutions to optimize performance of existing systems and gains customer consensus on instituting changes; institutes changes when approved.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Proactively seeks out opportunities and solutions that encourage innovation, continuous improvement and growth.
- Accountable for consistency as changes in process, tools, and overall practice is developed, ensuring a focus on continued integration and overall system benefit.
- Recommends innovative solutions for custom Information Technology to department management.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
Qualifications:
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business or related field
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Three years' experience in PeopleSoft Business Systems analysis, requirement gathering and documentation
- Three years' experience in business process analysis, system requirements, data modeling and detailed functional design
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
- N/A
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
- Superior documentation expertise, including experience creating Project Scope, Business Requirements, Functional and Nonfunctional Requirements, Workflows, etc.
- Strong project management skills and knowledge of project management tools
- Ability to analyze complex transactional data including creating queries and using Excel pivot tables
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to effectively presenting ideas to executive management via discussions and presentations
- Ability to resolve conflict and manage customer expectations
- Knowledge of principles, practices, procedures and configuration in assigned PeopleSoft function
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding analytical and critical thinking skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and creatively solve problems
- Extensive PC software skills including Microsoft Word/Excel/Access/Project, and other database management and reporting software
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs No
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) No
ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.
- On Call* Yes
TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes
Company Profile:
Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. Houston Methodist consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, and seven community hospitals throughout the greater Houston area. Houston Methodist also includes an academic institute, a comprehensive residency program, a global business division, numerous physician practices and several free-standing emergency rooms and outpatient facilities. Overall, Houston Methodist employs more than 27,000 employees and is supported by a wide variety of business functions that operate at the system level to help enable clinical departments to provide high quality patient care.
Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
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