Finance BA Manager

Job Summary

Were seeking a dynamic PeopleSoft Finance Business Analyst Manager to lead the implementation, evolution, and support of our PeopleSoft Finance system.In this leadership role, youll serve as the primary point of contact for Finance stakeholders, ensuring that system improvements, change management, and support activities align with the institutions strategic priorities. Youll lead technical and business analyst teams to deliver solutions that drive efficiency, transparency, and service excellence.

What Youll Do

• Oversee the implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of the PeopleSoft Finance system.
• Serve as the main liaison for Finance stakeholders and IT teams.
• Develop and refine support methodologies to meet evolving business needs.
• Lead, mentor, and manage Business Analysts and contractors across multiple initiatives.
• Establish and maintain standards for planning, tracking, change control, risk management, and communication .
• Collaborate with senior University leadership to align financial systems with institutional goals.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, data privacy, and information security policies.

What You Bring

Education : Bachelors degree in a related field.

Experience : Minimum 5 years of relevant experience , or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Preferred : 10+ years of experience with university systems, including PeopleSoft Finance .

Key Skills

Supervisory Responsibilities

Why Join Us

Join a collaborative, mission-driven organization where your expertise in PeopleSoft Finance will help shape financial systems that support innovation, efficiency, and growth. Youll work with senior leadership and talented professionals to deliver lasting impact across the University system.If youre a strategic thinker, strong communicator, and passionate leader ready to drive transformation in financial systems we want to hear from you.

If youre a strategic leader ready to make a difference apply today and help us build the next generation of financial solutions. Job Related Minimum Required Education and Experience Requires a bachelors degree in a job related field and 5 or more years of job related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job related certification, training, education, and / or experience. Required Certification, Licensure / Other Credentials Preferred Qualifications 10+ years experience with University systems including PeopleSoft Finance. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Job Duties Job Duty Manage Program Projects

Direct and coordinate the PeopleSoft program management activities relating to Finance projects. These activities include oversight of project forecasting and status reporting; interfacing with customers regarding project issues and status; monitoring task completion and milestones relative to plans; adjusting resource assignments; negotiating with other Program and / or Project Managers for resources; making recommendations to change plans to reduce risk or get projects back on track; drafting status reports to project executives, stakeholders and customers; and managing the change control process. Matrix manage USC Staff assigned to PeopleSoft Finance projects. Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 35 Job Duty Manage Program Scope and Schedule

Reviews progress and status of program and identifies specific activities to be performed to ensure deliverables, milestones, and required tasks are completed according to agreed upon deadlines; provides status reports to supervisor, executive management and other stakeholders Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 10 Job Duty Manage Program Strategies, Processes and Procedures

Assist Division of IT supervisor, Executive Leadership, and key stakeholders in strategic planning and the management decision-making process. Works with DoIT and other University stakeholders to develop program standards for documentation, requirements gathering, specifications, issues management, risk management, release management, change management, and incident management. Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 10 Job Duty Manage Program Resources

Directs and develops Business Analysts to ensure deliverables are completed on time and at the expected level of quality. Activities include interfacing with stakeholders to negotiate scope and resources, driving documentation of changes, managing issues and change management processes, identifying and assigning resources to tasks, coordinating communication across USC organizations, and conducting continual process improvement for all the above. Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 20 Job Duty Manage Program Operations

Direct and coordinate the PeopleSoft program management activities relating to operational support. These activities include oversight of incident and service request tasks and status reporting; interfacing with customers regarding operational issues and status; testing and validation; adjusting resource assignments; negotiating with other Program Managers for resources; making recommendations to eliminate incidents via problem resolution; and drafting status reports to supervisors, stakeholders and customers. Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 25 Position Attributes Employees in Safety-Sensitive or Security-Sensitive positions will be subject to pre-employment and post-employment drug testing in accordance with University policy HR Drug and Alcohol Testing.