Subject: THREE VERY URGENT REQ FOR A HUGE PROJECT PEOPLESOFT CONSULTANT
Individuals should possess hands-on functional experience with implementing and upgrading PeopleSoft North American Payroll, Time and Labor, or Human Resources with employee populations over 50,000. Experience with Peoplesoft 8.9 or 9.0 is required. The individuals will initially be responsible for leading and conducting the fit-gap analysis effort. Fit-gap analysis sessions will be inclusive of all configuration, interfacing, data conversion, query, and reporting requirements. The initial duration of this assignment is for a 9 to 12 month period. REQUIRED SKILLS (7 years minimum experience): 1. Time and Labor Functional Consultant * Hands-on working knowledge of PeopleSoft Time & Labor 8.9 or 9.0 including Employee/Manager Self Service for Time & Labor, Time Administration, interfacing with TCDs, configuration for complex rules. * Demonstrated experience leading and conducting a Time and Labor fit/gap for large employee populations with complex rules and union representation. * Ability to facilitate understanding of existing and new functionality, identification and resolution for areas where business processes depart from delivered PeopleSoft 9.0 software solutions and to recommend best practices from past experience. * Working with the project team and functional areas to achieve consensus in identifying, areas where customizations should be reapplied or eliminated. * Experience with all phases of testing including unit, system, integration parallel and user acceptance. * Public Sector experience is preferred. 2. Payroll Functional Consultant * Hands-on working knowledge of PeopleSoft North American Payroll 8.9 or 9.0 including configuration of earnings and deductions, garnishment processing, union requirements. * Demonstrated experience leading and conducting a North American Payroll fit/gap for large employee populations with complex rules and union representation. * Ability to facilitate understanding of existing and new functionality, identification and resolution for areas where business processes depart from delivered PeopleSoft 9.0 software solutions and to recommend best practices from past experience. * Working with the project team and functional areas to achieve consensus in identifying, determining, and recommending areas where customizations should be reapplied or eliminated. * Experience with all phases of testing including unit, system, integration parallel and user acceptance. * Public Sector experience is preferred. 3. Human Resources Functional Consultant * Hands-on working knowledge of PeopleSoft Human Resources 8.9 or 9.0 including the person model, position management, and base benefits. * Demonstrated experience leading and conducting a Human Resources fit/gap for large employee populations with complex rules and union representation. * Ability to facilitate understanding of existing and new functionality, identification and resolution for areas where business processes depart from delivered PeopleSoft 9.0 software solutions and to recommend best practices from past experience. * Working with the project team and functional areas to achieve consensus in identifying, determining, and recommending areas where customizations should be reapplied or eliminated. * Experience with all phases of testing including unit, system, integration parallel and user acceptance. * Public Sector experience is preferred. Job Duties (applicable to all 3 positions): 1. Lead and provide functional direction and oversight for other project team staff members during Fit-gap analysis sessions and the testing phases of the project. Including providing hands-on functional expertise, experience, and ongoing daily support. 2. Gain a thorough and in-depth understanding of the current and future customers' business processes that need to be supported by the assigned application. 3. Lead all PS application administration tasks throughout the upgrade project providing direction, analysis, advice, and training to other project team staff. 4. Working in concert with other functional teams (HR, Payroll, Time & Labor), supporting all phases of testing including unit, system integration, simulated production and user acceptance. 5. Ensure that work done meets customer business needs and will execute correctly and efficiently within a production environment by creating functional design artifacts, developing test plans/strategies, developing test scripts, performing detailed and thorough testing and actively lead and/or participate in walkthroughs of artifacts. 6. Keep up to date on job related technical issues, new trends, and product directions and be a resource for other team members. 7. Thoroughly identify customer requirements and document according to the Commonweatlh of Massachusetts methodology. 8. For all functional assignments, coordinate all activities and resources to meet project goals and schedules. Proactively notify functional project manager(s) if deadlines are in jeopardy of being missed. 9. Clearly and concisely communicate status of all assigned tasks to management and users according to published workflows, including the preparation and delivery of presentations to upper management on project direction and status. 10. Perform other duties as required
