Peoplesoft Functional Analyst

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

We are seeking an experienced Senior Functional Consultant with deep expertise in PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and proven experience in the higher education sector. This role will play a lead part in driving process improvements, delivering innovative solutions, and supporting critical student systems that underpin the student lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with stakeholders to design, develop, and implement solutions that meet complex business needs

  • Lead initiatives to identify process improvements and innovative uses of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and related student systems

  • Manage and deliver small to medium-sized IT projects, ensuring scope, risk, testing, and stakeholder engagement are well coordinated

  • Provide expert-level functional support for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (including student information management, enrolments, results, applications, and progression), resolving complex issues and ensuring system performance

  • Investigate and resolve production problems, specify solutions, and oversee system testing, including user acceptance testing and sign-off

  • Ensure systems are configured to meet user needs, align with delivered functionality, and leverage new technology enhancements

  • Maintain the performance and integrity of student systems to provide accurate and efficient outputs to stakeholders

  • Engage proactively with business users to gather requirements, assess processes, and design fit-for-purpose solutions

  • Build strong collaborative relationships with technical teams, business analysts, developers, and student services teams

  • Contribute to the development of team standards, practices, and knowledge sharing

  • Mentor junior staff, supporting the growth of technical and functional capability within the team

  • Keep abreast of emerging technologies in higher education and assess their application in student system transformation projects

  • Ensure adherence to data governance, security requirements, and organisational policies

Skills & Experience Required

  • Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience in IT and student systems

  • Minimum of 5 years’ functional experience

  • Essential PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in a business analyst, functional consultant, or systems support capacity within higher education

  • Proven knowledge of application development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Lean, Rapid Development)

  • Strong business analysis capability (e.g. Use Case Analysis, UML)

  • Advanced skills using MS Office, Visio, and project management tools such as MS Project

  • Excellent consultation, influencing, and negotiation skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with initiative and flexibility in developing robust solutions

  • Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to foster effective relationships across IT and business teams

  • Experience mentoring or coaching more junior staff is highly desirable

  • Awareness of health, safety, and governance responsibilities within a large, complex organisation

Additional Information

  • Salary range: $145,000 – $155,000 + 17% superannuation

  • Flexible work arrangements available; may be considered relocation within Australia or NZ for candidates with the right higher education and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions experience

  • Role involves a balance of business-as-usual (system maintenance, patching) and project work (system modernisation, process improvements, student lifecycle transformation)

  • Upcoming initiatives include modernisation projects, scholarship management improvements, identity and access management, and academic calendar review

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