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AgencyState Comptroller, Office of the

TitleProject Assistant - Item #02830

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade25

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $81446 to $102661 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.50

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address 110 State Street

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12236

Minimum Qualifications Job Specifics:

• An Associate’s degree may be substituted for two (2) years of general business systems analysis experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for four (4) of the six years of general business systems analysis experience.
EDUCATION:
• A Master’s degree in a related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the general business systems analysis experience.
• A Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) may be substituted for two (2) of the eight (8) years of general business systems analysis experience.

Minimum Qualifications must be met to be considered for an interview.

At least eight (8) years of experience in business systems analysis, including planning; elicitation of requirements; analysis and validation of all recommended changes to processes; designing solutions; developing testing plans; supporting implementation and documentation of solutions with stakeholders.

At least one (1) year of supervision experience.

At least two (2) of these years must have been in utilizing an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) to implement system change processes (eg. Oracle, SAP, SAGE, ECI, Netsuite, Peoplesoft etc.)

A Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) may be substituted for two (2) of the eight (8) years of general business systems analysis experience.

Duties Description Manage day to day activities of project staff in the implementation of New York State Payroll Online for 9.2 upgrade.
• The incumbent will be working on a variety of projects surrounding the Payroll Enhancement Program projects scheduled to last through 2016. Aside from the general BSA duties below, incumbent will be working under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator as well as providing guidance and support to staff to implement these projects.

Directs and participates in business systems analysis activities including developing and testing system changes.
• Writes agency business analysis standards and process documents.
• Analyzes and revises flow charts, process models and technical specifications describing as is or to be IT systems or business processes.
• Prioritizes IT system requirements to gain stakeholder agreement for IT projects or business process change documents detailing projects.
• Develops and prepares justifications and explains IT system or business process requirements.
• Evaluates the outcomes of systems testing, and confirms that the results are consistent with the system or business process specifications.
• Reviews proposals from staff and recommends to management the criticality of revising system or business process requirements during and after IT system implementation.

Supervises business analysts and other functional staff involved Payroll Improvement Project.
• Provide expert technical advice related to production schedules and payroll processing deadlines.
• Attend meetings, and analyze proposed PayServ system changes.
• Develop methods to implement in PayServ.
• Supervise staff assigned to re-engineering projects.
• Manage work activities of staff and provide guidance to staff.
• Review work products and provide timely feedback.
• Ensuring the timely and accurate completion of all work activities performed by subordinate staff.

Additional Comments PREFERRED COMPETENCIES:
• Demonstrated experience and skills in both verbal and written communications with the ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Working experience and knowledge of Peoplesoft HCM/Payroll Modules.
• Experience in reading and creating SQLs.
• Demonstrated experience working in a team environment.
• Knowledge of payroll processing including salary, deductions and payroll taxes.
• Demonstrated experience working on online service projects.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting system problems and errors.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Jackie Carter

Telephone (518) 474-1924

Fax (518) 486-6723

Email Address Recruit@osc.ny.gov

Address

Street 110 State Street

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12236

Notes on ApplyingInterested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and the attached template https://osc.state.ny.us/recruit/docs/2830_Project_Assistant_Template_12_2019.doc to recruit@osc.ny.gov no later than February 9, 2020. Please reference Items #02830-(JDC) in the subject line of the email, and on the cover letter.


To obtain the required template; copy and paste the following hyper link into your browser, download and save the template: https://osc.state.ny.us/recruit/docs/2830_Project_Assistant_Template_12_2019.doc


PLEASE NOTE:

All candidates MUST complete this template in full to demonstrate they meet the minimum qualifications. Candidates will be selected for interview based SOLELY on the contents provided by them on this template.


IMPORTANT:

It is imperative that you provide specific examples to demonstrate your experience for each of the required qualifications listed in this template. Please ensure that you have fully described how you meet the qualifications by providing a FULLY DETAILED description of your experience. Any ambiguity, vagueness, or omissions will not be decided in the candidate’s favor.

When responding, please include the reference number and letters listed in this section. The VACANCY ID # should not be included