Enterprise Business Analyst
This is a fully remote position, allowing you to work from home or location of record within the U.S. with no in-office requirements. You must be available five days per week during designated work hours. The work arrangement for this role is subject to change based on business needs and individual performance.
About the role
The Enterprise Business Analyst is instrumental in carrying out Paylocity's primary mission of driving our largest clients’ satisfaction by ensuring their needs are fully understood and we are successful in meeting them. Responsible for handling needs assessments, cost/benefits analysis, establishing internal/external relationships, and soliciting product and enhancement requirements from end users in order to convert requests into optimal sustainable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Engage in Enterprise pre-sales process with Project Manager/Enterprise Solutions Consultants, documenting estimation of work.
- Conduct a discovery call with all stakeholders to answer product questions, collect data for configuration, understand client priorities, and craft appropriate timelines for their needs (Whiteboard session).
- Understand and explain limitations, developing alternatives early in the process, identifying custom work or Development team involvement as early as possible.
- Work with primary decision makers using a consultative approach and project management skills to uncover their needs, create, analyze, and validate detailed cross-functional/technical specifications, and drive them to completion.
- Drive increased use of core system functionality to reduce needs for customization, manual processes, and help create efficiencies for our largest clients.
- Improve systems by studying current practices; designing modifications, driving functional change across Product Groups.
- Perform quality assurance checks to ensure all setup work has been completed accurately, to help reduce defects requiring maintenance work down the line.
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of Paylocity’s products and partnerships, understanding all system functions/release features to ensure clients realize maximum benefit of our system.
- Stay up to date with government regulations to ensure compliance and sustainability.
- Build confidence by articulating expert interpretation to all stakeholders both internal and external.
- Establish professional intra- and interdepartmental relationships to prioritize needs, communicate project status and timing expectations.
- Assist in driving process improvements, documenting requirements, creating use cases and process models.
- Represent Tech Services in cross-team escalation meetings.
- Travel up to 20% may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience writing business specifications.
- At least five years’ experience in Payroll, HR, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience defining software requirements preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma experience preferred.
- Strong technical aptitude preferred.
- Comfort/experience communicating with Executives.
- Technical facilitation experience.
- Project Management experience.
- Experience in Accounting, specifically experience with journal entries and A/P is recommended.
- Advanced understanding of cost and labor allocations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Perks that support you, your family, and your finances.
- Career development opportunities.
Pay
The pay range for this position is $63,800/yr - $101,300/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed.