University of New Orleans
Business Analyst - Payroll & Grants (HCM)
New Orleans, La
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About the role
- Business Analysis & Functional Leadership (30%)
- Serve as the primary functional analyst and subject matter expert for the Workday Payroll and Grants functional areas.
- Analyze payroll, labor costing, grant administration, and workforce management processes to identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Human Resources, Payroll, Finance, Budget, Sponsored Programs, Research Administration, Academic Affairs, Internal Audit, and departmental business administrators to evaluate operational needs and improve business processes.
- Develop business requirements, functional specifications, workflow diagrams, business process maps, use cases, testing scenarios, and implementation documentation.
- Support strategic initiatives associated with LSU Enterprise Workday migration activities.
- Support payroll processing cycles, payroll reconciliation activities, effort certification, labor distribution reviews, grant funding updates, and fiscal year-end processing.
- Develop standardized operating procedures, business process documentation, and functional workflows.
- Support institutional governance initiatives involving payroll approvals, grant funding, labor costing, delegation of authority, and internal controls.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a closely related field.
- Three years of progressively responsible experience supporting enterprise payroll systems, grant administration, ERP platforms, or business applications.
- Experience analyzing payroll, human resources, finance, or sponsored program business processes and translating operational requirements into technology solutions.
- Experience supporting payroll reporting, workforce analytics, financial reporting, or enterprise reporting.
- Knowledge of payroll operations, labor costing, grants administration, and internal controls.
- Experience facilitating stakeholder meetings and documenting business requirements.
- The required information is listed below in the job posting.
- You must complete all required portions of the application and attach the required documents in order to be considered for employment.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a related discipline.
- Experience implementing or supporting Workday Payroll and Grants modules.
- Experience supporting sponsored research administration, grant accounting, labor costing, payroll accounting, or workforce financial management.
- Experience with Workday Report Writer, Prism Analytics, Composite Reporting, or Adaptive Planning.
- Experience supporting enterprise SaaS ERP implementations.
- Experience with business process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma.
- Workday Pro Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, or Grants certifications (or equivalent Workday functional training).
- Experience participating in enterprise governance, ERP implementations, organizational change initiatives, or audit and compliance activities.
Compensation
- The Business Analyst – Payroll & Grants serves as the functional lead and subject matter expert for the Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, Labor Costing, and Grants functional areas.
Visa & Work Authorization
- comply with university policies, LSU System standards, federal and state regulations, grant sponsor requirements, and applicable labor laws.
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