PeopleSoft Senior Payroll Consultant

Sierra-Cedar

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Sierra-Cedar is seeking an experienced PeopleSoft Senior Payroll Consultant to join our robust consulting practice. If you thrive on helping clients use progressive technology solutions to help optimize their business practices, our team is looking for consultants like you. If you are eager to leverage your core PeopleSoft knowledge and the thought of contributing to a collaborative, client-success driven space is exciting, our Payroll Lead opportunity is likely a fit for you.

The ideal candidate will have proven end-to-end PeopleSoft project experience leading PeopleSoft Payroll. It is critical to understand how to align key deliverables and milestone metrics for project success and deliver comprehensive business solutions for client system optimization. As a key member of our talented team, you will work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, and consultants to develop, plan, and implement PeopleSoft solutions.

An Oracle Partner with over 30 years of proven customer success, Sierra-Cedar has become one of the largest consultancies focused on delivering a full range of application services to cities, counties, states, school districts, public utilities, public transportation authorities, higher education, commercial, and healthcare clients. Our goal is to implement modern platforms that provide today’s workforce with the tools to deliver progressive, mobile-ready services for ongoing success. We offer a flexible work environment and competitive compensation and benefits packages. Are you ready to reach the next milestone in your PeopleSoft career?

Requirements

• Must have a solid understanding and work experience as a Functional Lead with the following:
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Functional Lead role
• Ideal candidate has completed two end-to-end PeopleSoft implementations in PeopleSoft Payroll
• Must have experience with full lifecycle implementation and upgrade experience with Payroll modules
• Experience with PeopleSoft HR/Benefits highly desired
• Ability to lead other functional leads through the different project phases
• Commercial and Public Sector experience is preferred
• Bachelor's degree is required at a minimum
• Hold meetings on camera on a daily basis, and travel to client sites as needed during project milestones
• Must already be living in the US
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• All work to be performed in the US
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope and client expectations on individual assignments
• Demonstrated follow-through on assignments and issue resolution
• Communicates clearly and effectively with clients, account executives, and management
• Consistently produces clear, concise status reports
• Builds confidence and trust with clients
• Displays effective analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Provide functional PeopleSoft consulting services by acting as subject matter expert and leading clients through the entire implementation life cycle
• Identify functionality gaps and build extensions for them
• Advise client on options, risks, and any impacts on other processes or systems
• Configure the applications to meet client requirements and document application set-ups
• Write business requirement documents for reports, interfaces, data conversions, and application extensions
• Assist clients in preparing validation scripts and testing scenarios, and developing test scripts
• Lead migration of configuration, integrations, and extensions to production
• Effectively communicate and drive project deliverables
• Complete tasks efficiently and in a timely manner
• Interact with the project team members responsible for developing reports, interfaces, data conversion programs, and application extensions
• Provide status and issue reports to the project manager/client on a regular basis
• Share knowledge to continually improve implementation methodology

Benefits

• We offer a flexible work environment and competitive compensation and benefits packages.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, cafeteria plan benefits which include medical, dental, and vision, 401(k) plan with employer contributions, PTO, and professional development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level