PeopleSoft Finance Senior Business Analyst

PeopleSoft Finance Senior Business Analyst

Spend your days supporting the enterprise financial systems that help power South Carolina's flagship university while working in the heart of Columbia, one of the Southeast's most vibrant and growing capital cities. Join a dynamic team within the Division of Information Technology as we continue to enhance and modernize our PeopleSoft Financials environment to better serve faculty, staff, and students across the university. As a Senior PeopleSoft Finance Business Analyst, you will lead impactful projects, drive process improvements, collaborate with stakeholders across campus, and serve as a trusted expert in delivering innovative, customer-focused technology solutions. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference, expand your professional expertise, and contribute to the operational excellence that supports USC's mission of education, research, and service.

In this role, you'll be a strategic partner helping shape how USC's financial systems serve the university community. We're seeking someone with strong PeopleSoft Financials experience with a background in post-award Grants Management, Receivables, and Billing who enjoys balancing production support, business analysis, process improvement, and project leadership. You'll have the opportunity to work with a talented team, contribute to major initiatives, and make a visible impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of our financial operations.

Key responsibilities include supporting PeopleSoft Financials users by leading incident triage, troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, and developing ad hoc PeopleSoft queries to support business users and operational needs. You will lead business process analysis, system enhancements, and project delivery by evaluating current processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, defining requirements, creating functional specifications, and supporting and testing complex application modifications and upgrades.

You will serve as the functional subject matter expert for assigned PeopleSoft modules, providing guidance and support to business stakeholders, business analyst peers, and technical teams on processes, system functionality, and best practices. You will lead and support strategic PeopleSoft initiatives by serving as the business analyst on mid-size to large projects, partnering with vendors and stakeholders, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, supporting release and change management activities, mentoring team members, and providing project estimates, status updates, and recommendations to leadership.

What you'll bring includes PeopleSoft Financials expertise: 5 or more years' experience supporting PeopleSoft Financials (FSCM) 9.x or higher, with demonstrable knowledge of application configurations, transaction processing, and underlying data relationships. Experience with post-award Grants Management and Accounts Receivable is highly desired. Additional experience in one or more of the following areas is also preferred: Billing, Accounting, Finance, Accounts Payable, Travel & Expenses, Purchasing, or related business operations.

Strong reporting and analytical skills are required: proficiency with SQL, PeopleSoft Query Manager, and nVision reports, with the ability to leverage data to support business decisions, process improvements, and issue resolution. A collaborative problem solver with proven ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors to deliver customer-focused solutions; experience with Phire release management is a plus.

Why join us? Drive enterprise-wide impact: help shape and support the University's critical PeopleSoft Financials platform, delivering solutions that directly support Administration & Finance operations across USC. Lead meaningful work: take ownership of complex system enhancements, process improvement initiatives, upgrades, and strategic projects that improve efficiency, strengthen operations, and enhance the user experience. Be a trusted expert: serve as a key functional and technical resource for PeopleSoft Financials, partnering with stakeholders, IT professionals, and leadership to solve complex business challenges and deliver innovative solutions. Grow with a high-performing team: join a collaborative and supportive team that values professional development, continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and innovation.

Perks of the University of South Carolina include a downtown location: enjoy working in the heart of Columbia, SC, with easy access to vibrant city life, dining, and cultural events. Energetic leadership: thrive under the guidance of an energetic and innovative leadership team dedicated to transforming IT at USC, making your role impactful and exciting. Exceptional benefits that invest in you: enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes health and life insurance, state retirement programs, paid tuition assistance, dependent scholarships, generous annual and sick leave, 13 paid holidays (including an extended December break), paid parental leave, and robust professional development opportunities designed to support your personal and professional growth.

Minimum qualifications include extensive knowledge of capabilities, techniques, and intricacies of enterprise resource planning (ERP) information systems including deep knowledge of at least one of the following area: General Ledger, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Contracts, Grants Management, Projects, or Banking. Ability to understand and carry out complex technical analysis, instructions and requests. Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner including creating and giving presentations. Ability to work effectively with users, vendors, and IT personnel. Ability to identify and resolve problems. Ability to plan, direct, instruct, and review the work of technical personnel. Ability to lead complex technical projects. Extensive knowledge of technical documentation. Working knowledge of information system software, internet software, spreadsheet software and word processing software as well as basic PC applications and operations including Word, Excel and other MS Office products. Project management skills. Occasional work at other than normal times may be required based on production support responsibilities and other duties as assigned from time-to-time. Identification of and adherence to IT best practices and standard operating procedures for program management are important; however, flexibility in meeting the needs of customers is also a key consideration.

Preferred related areas include, but are not limited to Accounting, Finance, Accounts Receivable and Billing, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, or Information Technology. PeopleSoft Financials 9.x or higher application support experience. Experience creating PeopleSoft Queries and nVision reports. Phire release management application support experience.