PeopleSoft Lead Functional Analyst - Payables, Hybrid

Company: RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services
Location: Oceanport
Posted on: March 4, 2026

Job Description:

Job Title: Peoplesoft Funct Analyst III Location: System Business Office Department Name: IT&S Ent, Business Info Sys Req : 0000216726 Status: Salaried Shift: Day Pay Range: $110,681.00 - $156,337.00 per year Pay Transparency: The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey. The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience. Job Overview: The PeopleSoft Lead Functional Analyst – Payables will act as the primary liaison between Information Systems and Payables business partners, ensuring that system functionality effectively supports the needs of all user groups. This role is responsible for researching, recommending, and influencing best practice solutions by leveraging deep expertise in PeopleSoft Payables applications and business processes. The analyst will create and maintain functional requirement specifications, drive process improvements, and guide proposed technology solutions. In addition, this position provides leadership and mentoring to team members through active knowledge sharing, and will play a key role in developing and executing application plans related to upgrades, patches, problem resolution, change requests, and system enhancements. The ideal candidate will combine strong functional knowledge with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams to deliver effective, efficient, and sustainable solutions. Qualifications: Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent or more years work experience 7-10 years experience with progressive responsibility implementing, upgrading, maintaining, and supporting PeopleSoft applications Preferred: Experience in the PeopleSoft Payables module preferred but any ERP Payables system experience will be a plus Familiarity with expense and/or cash management/treasury is a plus Scheduling Requirements: Full-Time Day Monday - Friday Hybrid Essential Functions: Configure and maintain PeopleSoft payables modules to meet business needs, ensuring alignment with business practices Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement by better leveraging delivered PeopleSoft payables functionality; conduct conference room pilots and other proof of concept activities to obtain buy-in for recommended configurations Collaborate with developers on system customizations, reports, and integrations Meet frequently with business stakeholders to continually review key objectives, discuss project pipeline, and build consensus around prioritization of work requests; attend project status meetings to review progress and present issues that may affect delivery schedules; help manage expectations, timelines, and deliverables Serve as subject matter expert for PeopleSoft payables functionality Ensure that all requests follow the change management process and have a clearly articulated business case i,e, problem definition, viable options, cost/benefit/risk analysis, etc, Facilitate sessions to gather business requirements, identify current business process challenges, and perform fit/gap assessment with the delivered applications Compile process flows, functional design specifications, test plans, and training materials Supports areas of PeopleSoft system design, implementation and functionality Understands functionality of payables modules in addition to the interconnectedness of modules Supports peers, business and IT partners in designing and setting maintainable system functionality Troubleshoots and solves PeopleSoft system configuration challenges using root cause analysis and system configuration changes Understands and maintains knowledge of the system design and build to aid in development of new technologies and solutions, Creates robust Business and Functional documentation to support Technical design, system/user testing and implementations, Works well with peers, business partners and IT Maintains visibility to sustainable PeopleSoft design and implementations through training and research and is able to use experience with interpreting and adapting them to current system designs Appreciates the importance of using delivered PeopleSoft functionality, Plans and implements solutions that rely on system configuration as the primary mode of development and recommends system customizations only where/when critically necessary Influences business partners and peers to redirect business processes that drive customizations toward technologies that utilize configurations and delivered functionality Schedules and prioritizes with limited input and utilizes project management processes to maintain schedules and deadlines Encourages knowledge sharing amongst peers and business partners, Actively promotes informal mentorships within the team, Maintains visibility to group strategic roadmaps, Encourages the creation of system training/certification Interested in learning more about our IT &S team? Check out this video from our leadership team: https://vimeo.com/1038366426/2f1c2a76a5?ts=0&share=copy Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Benefits and Perks: At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health. Paid Time Off (PTO) Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance Dental and Vision Insurance Retirement Plans Short & Long Term Disability Life & Accidental Death Insurance Tuition Reimbursement Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Wellness Programs Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance) Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more! Choosing RWJBarnabas Health! RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered , high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health. RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education. Equal Opportunity Employer

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