Business Systems Analyst

Business Systems Analyst, Thomson Tax & Accounting

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Business Systems Analyst with an unwavering 'can-do' attitude to join the Payroll Product team at Thomson Reuters. You will make an immediate impact on how our clients accomplish their work. In this role, you will participate in the design, development, documentation, and testing of our payroll products. In addition, you will collect, analyze, and prioritize requirements from various entities including external taxing authorities and our internal sources - all to provide the most reliable U.S. payroll tax software in the industry.

This position requires an individual who can successfully work in a dynamic environment where priorities change based on continually evolving business needs. Our iterative approach to development processes requires a professional with excellent adaptability and communication skills.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Business Systems Analyst, you will:

• Produce various levels of documentation, such as product requirements, user stories, user interface designs, test plans, and user documentation
• Research customer needs and payroll legislative changes, and identify new potential opportunities and functionality
• Analyze payroll tax forms and related laws to ensure our software is kept up-to-date and accurate
• Work closely with software engineers to implement product enhancements
• Manage, adjust for risk, and prioritize product backlog
• Communicate on an ongoing basis with cross-functional teams such as Product Excellence, Content, and Customer Success
• Create and implement test plans on an ongoing basis. Fully test and verify that the product complies with all functional specifications and exceeds customer expectations
• Evaluate competitor products and brainstorm with others on potential future projects and product enhancements

About You

You're a fit for the role of Business Systems Analyst if your background includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of relevant work experience, specifically around U.S. payroll and/or income tax compliance, is preferred
• Highly organized and detailed-oriented
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; fluent in English
• Ability to collaborate with developers, other departments, and customers in a highly dynamic environment
• Strong technical aptitude for learning and understanding technology and tools.
• Working knowledge of software development using Scrum/Kanban methodology and software industry experience is a plus

What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters cafe networking.
• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose-Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, and inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 20,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.

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We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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