Sr. Business Systems Analyst

About the roleYou'll own the configuration and advisement of the strategic direction of our Avature ecosystem along with other TA tools and technology. You'll work closely with the Technical Product Owner, Talent Acquisition leadership, and technology partners to turn business needs into clear requirements and sound platform decisions. As the subject matter expert for Avature and the connected TA technology landscape, you'll reduce delivery risk, minimize rework, and operate with a continuous improvement mentality. What you'll do* Own end-to-end Avature configuration, including workflows, data model, forms, templates, permissions, communications, portals, and reporting.* Lead discovery workshops and stakeholder interviews to understand objectives, current-state processes, and pain points across the talent acquisition lifecycle.* Translate business needs into epics, features, and user stories with acceptance criteria. Design future-state process flows and solutions, weighing options for scalability, maintainability, and governance.* Design and support integrations with Workday, ServiceNow, and other TA tools, defining data mappings, field-level logic, and error handling.* Establish and enforce configuration governance, including standards, naming conventions, environment strategy, change control, and release management. Lead impact analysis for scope and change requests.* Lead data migration and data quality efforts, including mapping, transformation rules, validation, and reconciliation.* Deliver dashboards, KPIs, and analytics that give TA leadership visibility into pipeline, process, and data quality.* Develop test strategies and lead system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing before release. Evaluate vendor release notes and recommend adoption paths.* Design and champion self-service, automation, and AI-enabled solutions, such as intake agents and user deflection, that reduce manual effort for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates.* Serve as Tier 3 escalation for Avature issues and partner with the vendor on support cases and enhancement requests.* Create documentation and training, and deliver administrator and end-user sessions.What you'll bring* 5+ years implementing and administering talent acquisition or enterprise business platforms, including 3+ years configuring Avature or a comparable enterprise ATS/CRM (for example Workday Recruiting, iCIMS, or Phenom).* Deep knowledge of TA processes: sourcing, CRM, requisitions, candidate management, onboarding handoff, and recruiting operations.* Demonstrated ability to independently configure complex workflows, data models, and permissions in a well-governed way.* Experience leading requirements gathering, process design, test scripting, and change control on complex initiatives.* Experience with HRIS and enterprise integrations (Workday preferred), data mapping, migration, and reporting.* Familiarity with agile delivery and tools such as Scrum, Jira, and ServiceNow.* Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior business and technology stakeholders.* Sound judgment in balancing configuration flexibility against governance, scalability, and technical debt.* Ability to manage multiple workstreams, work independently, and drive work to closure with urgency and tact.* Active Avature certifications, or willingness to earn them after joining.Nice to have* Experience using AI tools to draft requirements, user stories, and test scripts, or building and governing AI-assisted automation.About UsSlalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact. What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days. Compensation and BenefitsSlalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for this position is $100,000 to $125,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.    We will accept applicants until October 23, or until the position is filled.We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [1] View email address on click.appcast.io. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.EEO and AccommodationsSlalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [2] View email address on click.appcast.io if you require accommodations during the interview process. ReferencesVisible links1. mailto:View email address on click.appcast.io. mailto:View email address on click.appcast.io