Title:  Senior Functional Analyst [Oracle HCM Cloud Core HR, Talent, Compensation]

(Contract-to-Hire or Full-Time)

Location:  North Orange County, CA

Term:  Contract-to-Hire or Full-Time

** This position will start remote during the COVID-19 crisis, but the expectation would be on-site work, once it is safe to return to work location. **

Job Summary

The Senior Analyst (Sr. Analyst) is an IT professional whose skills, experience and in-depth understanding of the ERP and other business application’s functionality, capabilities, tables and development tools allow this role to provide the project team with detailed functional and technical design recommendations for configurations and customizations of the ERP or other business applications. In this role, the analyst must be able to interact with business clients, schedule and facilitate meetings, document business needs and translate them into a system solution and/or process, both from a functional and technical standpoint. The Sr. Analyst will consult with the development, testing, and training groups on application requirements, and ensure that each group has the business and technical information they need to produce deliverables. The Senior Analyst will research industry trends to support goals and objectives within enterprise-wide applications, as directed. The analyst in this role may also be called upon to perform sub-project management tasks on smaller IT projects. This position requires a minimum of 8 years professional experience. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field or equivalent work experience. This role has no direct reports.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• At least two to three implementation experience and production support. Experience with implementing and supporting Oracle HCM with Core HR, Talent management, Compensation, benefits, Absence, Time and Labor
• Managed at least 3 Compensation/Goals/Performance cycles for large organization..
• Must be experience with HCM Cloud payroll configuration such as Elements, Process configuration group, page personalization, setup and maintenance,, HDL, HSDL, Fast Formulas, Workflow, Transaction console, BPM and OTBI reporting.
• Advise and assist other ERP Application Analysts in areas of special knowledge, i.e. Employee self-service, Manager self-service,HR, Benefits, Compensation, Talent, Integration with other cloud payroll products and Kronos/ADP/other agency.
• Testing and implementation of Oracle cloud Quarterly/Monthly patches.
• Must be experience with providing trainings to end users, prepare user documentation and managing UAT sessions
• Understanding of requirements mgmt., gap analysis, effort estimation, building out as is - to be business process flows, Prepare BRD, functional and technical specs
• Experience with SDLC, Agile Methodology and working experience at large companies
• Experience of working with sourcing vendors/IT partners and remote/offsite employees as well.
• Conduct meetings with client representatives to identify and create functional requirements.
• Conduct meetings with Development Team to document technical design requirements.
• Meet with other members to review completed functional specifications, technical specifications and customizations.
• Perform systems analysis and design activities.
• Determine and resolve application and program problems.
• Assist in the creation and review of test scripts.
• Document meeting minutes, action items, and issues as assigned by the project manager.
• Escalate priority issues to project managers and/or lead application analysts.
• Requires little to no assistance in designing custom applications, interfaces, Flow charts, scripts, and its impact on applications. 

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience

Required Experience

• Requires minimum of 8 years professional IT experience. 5 years of experience with Implementation or production support experience with Oracle cloud Payroll.
• At least 2-3 cloud payroll implementation or support experience.
• Strong analysis skills that have been proven in an application development / ERP implementation environment.
• Ability to identify and understand problems and/or issues and develop solutions.
• Proven ability to meet project deadlines.
• Relevant industry knowledge of widely used systems and subsystems.
• Ability to manage sub-project tasks, deliverables, and milestones.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, along with the ability to present to mid-level management.
• Understanding of the Systems Implementation Life Cycle.
• Proven ability to perform advanced SQL and application specific query skills using various tools.
• Knowledge and understanding of ERP capabilities, tables and development tools

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Preferred Experience

SharePoint, Power point, Visio, SQLs, MS Project experience.>

** This is an urgent requirement.  For immediate consideration, please email updated MS Word formatted resume to:  ************* .  Please included highlights of relevant experience in body of email, target compensation (salary and hourly), location, and availability to start new position. **