PMCS SERVICES
Austin, TX
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Job Description :
We are looking for a Full-time contractor or employee for a Business Analyst role.
The Candidates will be part of the FM Centralized Accounting Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) State of Texas Accounting and Reporting Resource (STARR) project team. Work will involve analyzing and understanding CAPPS STARR user requirements; reviewing, assessing, and developing business processes relating to the procured software; and creating and validating user acceptance testing. Where applicable, Candidates will provide feedback and contribute expertise to improve applications and development processes[CR1] .
 
The Candidate will perform the following tasks as a CAPPS STARR Business Analyst:
  • Work with internal business users to evaluate business needs, analyze processes, and document decisions for the procured software.
  • Prepare or receive detailed specifications to describe the sequence of steps that the procured software and interfacing applications must follow including the input, output and logical operations involved.
  • Identify problems and propose innovative solutions.
  • Participate in project management, coordination, planning, and scheduling with client staff in an Agile environment as needed.
  • Provide system expertise and functional/technical support to other team members by communicating complex concepts clearly, accurately, and effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Provide functional and technical expertise for legacy mainframe systems, PeopleSoft and/or other ERP modules, as they exist and interface in a highly customized and complex environment. 
  • Attend stand-up meetings with developers and business users to coordinate activities.
  • Gather business requirements that will be created as user stories for the procured software.
  • Prepare mockups, charts, diagrams, and tables that depict the present and/or proposed requirements. 
  • Review, coordinate and gather historical legacy data for migration into procured software of the IT division’s data warehouse, where applicable.
  • Participate in user acceptance testing for the implementation of user stories into production environment.
  • Take ownership of reported issues and complete assigned tasks in an efficient and timely manner reporting progress to the CAPPS STARR project team. 

Skills(Required):
  • Experience and hands on knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures related to governmental accounting, budget and payee systems
  • Successful experience as a business analyst leading large organizations in upgrading/modifying a legacy financial system
  • Experience in use of USAS, TINS, or SPA.
  • Experience in use of PeopleSoft, or other CAPPS ERP systems.
  • Experience with creating and documenting requirements using Agile and/or other SDLC development methodologies.
  • Experience in developing a cost saving budget and operating plans
  • Experience with unit and system testing, and documenting results.
  • Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience in project management with IT related projects.
  • Experience in providing consultation to business users and technical resources.
  • Experience in collaborating and communicating effectively across multiple subject matter groups.
  • Experience with highly complex application security requirements and determining security requirements
  • Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective.

Skills(Preferred):
  • Knowledge of JIRA environment.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint
  • Knowledge of facilitation techniques and experience using them in work groups
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Visio or other workflow software.
             

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