HR Systems Business Analyst II

POSITION SUMMARY: The Business Analyst, Human Resources Systems is responsible for analyzing the needs of the various functional business areas within Republic Services and recommending best fit system solutions or procedures to their client community. The Business Analyst, HR Systems is a liaison between Human Resources and the technical teams. This position ensures that scope of work requested to enhance or modify existing application processes are clearly documented, communicated and validated. The Business Analyst, HR Systems works closely with technical teams and/or outside vendors to design, develop, document and test solutions that meets the business requirements.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as the primary liaison and point of contact between Human Resources, IT/vendor technical teams, and other cross functional business areas for software development and enhancement projects
• Coordinates functional requirement gathering from applicable business stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Performs research and analysis for proposed projects in order to determine feasibility and presents findings to management
• Assists others with creation of the value proposition (ROI) for proposed projects
• Maintains a system enhancement request database and coordinates the related application enhancement release schedule
• Works jointly with management to create detailed project work plans
• Creates detailed documentation of functional, system (non-functional), user and reporting requirements that may include but is not limited to: Use Cases, Logical Models, Process Flow Diagrams, Report Specifications and Data Mapping & Flow Diagrams
• Coordinates status meetings and produces progress reports
• Responsible for knowledge transfer to other team members or the support team
• Maintains and builds working relationships with software application vendors.
• Manages projects, follows up with stake holders, tasks owners for deliverables and holds them accountable for deliverables.
• Supports the creation test scripts and coordinates testing for enhancements and projects
• Hosts project status meetings and sends out meeting notes with action items and next steps.
• Provides support to functional and user acceptance testing groups
• Performs other job related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience using Structured Query Language (SQL) for data analysis.
• Experience with human resources and information technology.
• Business Analysis or Project Management Professional certification
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Competent to work on most phases of systems analysis while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Understanding of system modeling using standards such as UML.
• Strong analytical skills and creative thinking abilities.
• Ability to project plan, monitor and implement projects in timely and cost effective methods.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 3 years of job experience in a business or technical analysis role.
• Minimum of 1 year project management/coordination tracking, and organizing business analysis documentation for projects.