City Of New York

Business and Systems Analyst

City Of New York$80K — $110K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; advanced degrees are a plus.
  • 4+ years experience in data/application analysis and PeopleSoft systems; 8+ years preferred without a degree.
  • Extensive knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM modules, especially HR and Benefits Administration.
  • Proficiency with PeopleSoft technical tools such as PeopleCode, SQR, and SQL.
  • Solid understanding of business processes in payroll and personnel within NYC's framework.

Responsibilities

  • Create functional designs for PeopleSoft application enhancements and reports.
  • Configure and test PeopleSoft HCM applications.
  • Act as a functional expert for NYCAPS to support PeopleSoft-related queries.
  • Facilitate communication between project teams and Department of Education representatives.
  • Support payroll rate changes and ensure compliance with contracts from the Office of Labor Relations.
  • Manage data interfacing and reconciliation between PeopleSoft and legacy systems.
  • Coordinate user acceptance testing and ensure issues are promptly resolved.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
  • Pension and Deferred Compensation Plan with investment options.
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefits and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Additional benefits including dental and vision care.
  • Union representation through District Council 37 - Local 2627.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Financial Information Services Agency (FISA) has a vacancy for a Business and Systems Analyst. The Business and Systems Analyst is responsible for data/application analysis, creation and review of functional designs, and documentation of the business requirements.
He/she will work in a functional/technical capacity with a good understanding of the City of New York's Automated Personnel and Payroll business processes.

The primary role of the analyst will be to:

- Create functional designs for PeopleSoft application customizations/enhancements including interfaces and reports.
- Configuration of PeopleSoft HCM applications and perform business tests of the related configuration.
- Provide NYCAPS functional application expertise to support the PeopleSoft product.
- Review functional specifications with business owners for approval.
- Serve as a PeopleSoft liaison between the central project team and Department of Education agency representatives in resolving issues and implementing new modules.
- Support contractual mass pay rate changes for all New York City employees as per contracts approved by Office of Labor Relations and Office of Payroll Administration.
- Support New York City configuration and reference table functionalities in PeopleSoft and their interface to the payroll system.
- Work on interfacing data between PeopleSoft and the legacy systems and work on reconciling data between these systems.
- Review functional specifications with technical staff during transition to technical design and coding phases of the project and work with the testing team during systems testing phase.
- Create business test scenarios and provide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, testing, and production stabilization support.
- Run simulations of the business event processing to ensure that software modifications have not introduced errors into the processes.
- Work with various teams including business, development, testing and infrastructure during all phases of the project cycle.
- Coordinate user acceptance test activities with the City business users.

Preferred Skills:
- Extensive PeopleSoft 8.x/9.x (v. 9.2 is plus) techno-functional experience with HR and Benefits Administration.
- Experience in documenting processes for HR, and/or benefits; should also have five (5) full-lifecycle PeopleSoft HR and/or Ben Admin implementation experience.
- Working knowledge of Workforce Administration, Workforce Development, Organizational Development, Recruiting, Garnishments, North American Payroll, Payroll Interface, MSS/ESS modules, Global Payroll and Absence Management.
- Working knowledge of app messaging (integration broker) is a must.
- Extensive experience with PeopleCode, SQR, SQL, App Designer, PS Query and SQL developer.
- Working knowledge of Data Mover, Mass Change, Import Manager and STAT.
- Excellent knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM Database model.
- Excellent understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies.
- Experience working with an enterprise wide, large-scale implementation.
- Excellent communications skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required.

Additional Information

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The City of New York offers a comprehensive set of benefits and programs to employees, including health insurance, pension plan, Deferred Compensation Plan (with 457, 401K and Roth IRA options), pre-tax Commuter Benefit program, pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts programs and more. Additional benefits such as prescription drug coverage, dental benefits, vision care benefits and more are also available through District Council 37 - Local 2627, the union that represents employees in this title

To Apply

Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: www.nyc.gov/jobs and apply to Job ID: 783730. While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Hours/Shift

35 hours Weekly/Day.

Work Location

5 Manhattan West, NY, NY

IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER - 95714

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or,

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or,

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

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