Senior Applications Analyst Human Capital Management

Overview

At Augusta Health your work matters and so do you. Whether youre delivering direct patient care supporting operations or innovating behind the scenes every role contributes to our mission of promoting wellness and healing through compassionate service. We offer more than just a job we offer a purpose-driven career in a nationally recognized independent health system located in Virginias scenic Shenandoah Valley.

Learn more about career opportunities on our Careers Page .

Our team members thrive in a supportive culture that values collaboration integrity and excellence. With opportunities across clinical and non-clinical areas Augusta Health is a place where your skills make a difference and your growth is a priority.

Why Join Augusta Health

We believe in taking care of the people who care for our community. Thats why Augusta Health offers a comprehensive and thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your well-being career development and work-life balance. Whether youre launching your career or bringing in years of experience we provide the tools resources and encouragement to help empower you to reach your full potential personally professionally and financially.

Explore our Benefits current Hiring Incentives and our Taking Care of Us initiative which embraces Belonging Respect Inclusion Diversity Growth and Equity ( B.R.I.D.G.E. ) to see how we invest in our team members and culture.

Total Rewards & Benefits ( may vary by position )

• Comprehensive insurance package including medical dental and vision coverage
• Retirement savings plans and financial wellness support programs
• Earned Wage Access Program allowing eligible team members to access a portion of earned wages before payday
• Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling to promote work-life balance
• Career development programs including clinical ladders shared governance and advancement opportunities
• Personalized onboarding with dedicated preceptors and ongoing educational support
• Tuition reimbursement and access to onsite childcare
• Free onsite parking 24/7-armed security for your safety a Health Fitness Reimbursement Program and an onsite credit union and pharmacy
• Competitive pay with shift/weekend differentials
• Employee discounts at the cafeteria gift shop pharmacy and local entertainment venues (i.e. movie tickets)

Full details are available on our Benefits Page .

Job Summary

This position plays a critical role in supporting Augusta Healths mission and advancing departmental goals through measurable performance indicators and service excellence. This position contributes to a collaborative patient-centered environment and helps drive outcomes aligned with organizational priorities.

Provides expert-level functional and business-application support for complex enterprise applications. Primarily supports the Human Capital Management environment including UKG and related payroll human resources timekeeping scheduling benefits compensation workforce data reporting security and business processes. Analyzes user needs and implements optimizes supports and troubleshoots applications while guiding other team members on complex issues. Serves as a bridge among the HCM application team Payroll Human Resources Finance operational users vendors and Information Technology while maintaining disciplined testing documentation data integrity controls and support practices.

Essential Job Duties

• Application Analysis and Configuration

  • Collaborate with Payroll Human Resources Finance operational users vendors and Information Technology to ensure applications meet business needs.

  • Analyze workflows and requirements and translate them into system configuration workflow validation reports and supportable business solutions.

  • Configure and maintain assigned HCM modules business rules tables workflows security roles and system settings within approved governance.

• Testing Releases and Change Control

  • Plan prepare and execute test scripts for application release regression payroll-cycle integration-impact and user acceptance testing.

  • Document requirements design decisions test results changes defects procedures and approvals.

  • Support release readiness stakeholder communications training materials and post-release validation.

• Support Data Integrity and Controls

  • Provide expert application support triage troubleshooting root-cause analysis and escalation for complex HCM and payroll issues.

  • Monitor data quality application processing functional operation and data integrity; investigate exceptions and coordinate correction.

  • Develop operational and audit reports queries reconciliations and data-quality monitoring.

  • Support role-based application security segregation of duties privacy audit evidence access reviews and payroll-critical controls.

• Position Control Reporting and Analytics

  • Configure and maintain position-control structures job and position attributes organizational hierarchies supervisor relationships and related data-quality controls.

  • Develop workforce dashboards and recurring reporting for payroll accuracy overtime agency utilization vacancies turnover labor trends and position control.

  • Document definitions and reconcile reports and data outputs to authoritative sources.

• Optimization Adoption and Knowledge Management

  • Maintain assigned portions of the HCM application portfolio inventory including module ownership vendors dependencies business owners configuration inventories and documentation.

  • Support workflow and policy standardization by documenting current-state processes and translating approved future-state processes into configuration and testing scenarios.

  • Develop job aids training materials readiness checklists communications and post-release adoption monitoring.

  • Support implementations upgrades vendor coordination projects cross-training and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in information systems computer science business human resources accounting healthcare informatics or related field.
• Licensure/Certification: Platform-centric certification if required by the supported application.
• Experience: Five or more years supporting complex business applications including requirements analysis configuration testing troubleshooting reporting integrations or data quality.
• Drivers License: N/A
• Eligibility to work in the United States and meet Virginia state employment requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Education : Bachelors degree in a related field.
• Licensure/Certification: UKG or comparable HCM/workforce platform certification.
• Experience:

  • Healthcare experience.

  • Direct support of HCM payroll timekeeping scheduling benefits compensation or human resources workflows.

• Prior experience in a hospital healthcare system or related service-oriented environment
• Familiarity with Augusta Healths systems workflows or organizational culture is a plus

Competencies Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Application analysis and problem-solving

• Cross-functional collaboration and service

• Organization and prioritization

• Functional configuration and testing

• Reporting and data analysis

• Documentation and training

• Confidentiality cybersecurity and privacy

• Continuous learning and process improvement

About Augusta Health

Augusta Health is an independent nonprofit mission-driven health system located in Fishersville Virginia in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. We offer a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services including Augusta Medical Centera 255-bed facilityand Augusta Medical Group which operates 40 practice locations and four urgent care centers. Our commitment to excellence innovation and compassionate care makes Augusta Health a leading employer and healthcare provider in the region.

Discover more about our history values and community impact on our About Us Page .

Equal Opportunity Statement

Augusta Health recruits hires and promotes qualified candidates for employment without regard to age color disability gender identity or expression marital status national or ethnic origin political affiliation race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation veteran or military discharge status and family medical or genetic information.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace in accordance with federal and Virginia state employment laws.

Required Experience:

Senior IC