Business Systems Analyst II -Partner Integration/Relations

Quick Facts

• Position: Business Systems Analyst (Fully remote)
• Pay range: $73,200/yr - $115,000/yr

Description

The Business Systems Analyst is instrumental in carrying out Paylocity's primary mission of driving client satisfaction by ensuring their needs are fully understood and we are successful in meeting them. Business System Analysts define requirements, design integration systems, recommend automated integration controls, and refine systems/processes to solve integration issues, including needs assessments, cost/benefits analysis, and soliciting end-user product/enhancement requirements to convert requests into workable integration solutions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze, define, model, validate, and document integration system requirements/specifications
• Identify project milestones, phases, and elements; keep projects within timeline
• Manage new integration projects through promotion of standard interfaces
• Drive use of core system functionality to reduce needs for customization
• Construct workflow charts and diagrams for communication of system capabilities
• Study, understand, create, keep up to date on, and document integration system capabilities/specifications
• Conduct user acceptance testing; update procedural documentation of calculations, extracts/imports, and integration configurations
• Create internal and external system integration user documentation
• Create, analyze, and validate detailed functional/technical specifications for integrations with vendors and/or clients
• Improve systems by studying current practices and designing modifications
• Explain integration options, functions, and capabilities to clients and/or vendors
• Explain rules, interfaces, reports, and calculations to clients and vendors to ensure integration customizations meet their needs
• Troubleshoot problems during integration testing using API, FTP, and/or SQL skills
• Partner with internal teams to refine requirements and/or identify alternative integration solutions
• Manage communication with Sales/Implementation/Customer Service regarding integrations
• Interface with customer Payroll, HR, and Time & Labor data using system knowledge, MS SQL, and other programs
• Mentor/assist with training new employees and level I’s while balancing current workload
• Assist in driving process improvements
• Manage partner escalations and change requests
• Lead team meetings; organize and maintain agendas/notes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• At least six years’ experience in Payroll and HR industry
• At least three years’ experience in a front-line customer facing role
• Experience writing business specifications required
• Experience defining software requirements preferred
• Experience working in a project-based environment
• Knowledge of API’s and experience troubleshooting API integrations
• Knowledge of the data interface functional space
• Intermediate knowledge of FTP/SFTP
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL
• Intermediate knowledge of XSLT translation routines
• Intermediate knowledge of JSON data format
• Intermediate knowledge of SAML SSO technology practices
• Knowledge of EDI/XML file security preferred
• Experience working with company-to-company file transfers preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401(k) match
• Perks supporting you, your family, and your finances
• Career development opportunities
• Eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance