Sr IT Analyst- Ulta Beauty

Company: Ulta Beauty
Location: Bolingbrook
Posted on: January 13, 2022

Job Description:

OVERVIEW

Live the experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability and is recognized that way. We ve been defined as a mature start-up. A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are. We re engineering for the future of retail, and it s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you ll find that virtually nothing s impossible at Ulta Beauty. OUR STORY:Ulta Beauty is the largest specialty beauty retailer in the United States and the place for the true beauty enthusiast who gets butterflies as she shops for beauty and experiments throughout our store. We are the only one to provide our guests prestige, mass and salon products and services under one roof All Things Beauty, All in One Place . We put our guests at the center of all we do, committing to offer her unrivaled ways to be beautiful in an environment that provides the thrill of exploration and delight of discovery. THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE: In the role of Sr. IT Analyst for HR and Payroll, you will be responsible for developing and implementing multiple IT initiatives for your HRIS and Payroll business partners. You will apply your technical proficiency across different stages of the software development life cycle including requirements gathering, design, configuration and testing. As a thought leader you are expected to stay up to date on SAP and Success factors functionality and advancements and make recommendations regarding improvements. You will be responsible for SAP ECP and payroll functionality including both existing functionality and future enhancements. You will be responsible for the functional design and testing of interfaces between Success factors, SAP and third-party applications. YOU LL ACCOMPLISH ALL THIS BY:

• Requirement s definition: Uses established techniques as directed to identify current problems and elicit, specify and document business functional, data and non-functional requirements. Reviews operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions in new or changed processes.
• Application Support: Maintains application support processes, and checks that all requests for support are dealt with according to agreed procedures. Uses application management software and tools to investigate issues, collect performance statistics and create reports.
• Configuration Management: Applies tools, techniques and processes to track, log, report on and correct configuration items, components and changes related to the configuration items.
• Development Testing: Creates test cases using own in-depth technical analysis of both functional and non-functional specifications and processes. Reviews test results and provide reports on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated with the overall project. Identifies process improvements and contributes to corporate testing standards and definition of best practice.
• Relationship Management: Reviews the communications needs of each stakeholder group in conjunction with business owners and subject matter experts. Translates communications / stakeholder engagement strategies into specific tasks. Contributes to the development and enhancement of customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Change Management - Assesses analyses, creates, documents, presents and implements changes based on requests for change.
• Problem Management - Undertakes and reviews actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services. Assesses problem fixes/remedies. Assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develops business cases which define potential benefits, options for achieving benefits through development of new or changed processes and associated business risks.
• Partner with HRIS (HR Information system) and Payroll business partners, System Integrators, business and IT cross functional teams for deploying the solutions and creates, maintains documentation such as functional specifications, process flows in HR and Payroll area
• Develops procedures and documentation for applications support and integration of ADP Payroll and Success factors with external systems
• Coordinates and manages planning of the system tests and acceptance tests within a development project. Manages partner relationships with respect to all testings.
• Manages the prioritization and diagnosis of incidents according to agreed procedures. Investigates causes of incidents and seeks resolution. Manages the escalation of unresolved incidents.
• Interacts with business units to formulate a project's scope and objectives to meet the business need. Leads scoping and business priority-setting for change initiatives. Ensures formal agreement by stakeholders and recipients to scope and requirements. Manages requests for changes and the application of changes to agreed scope.
• Define and promote processes, policies, standards and procedures to assure compliance with corporate and regulatory policies.
• Develop and maintain artifacts in the Architecture Library.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and market trends within the retail space and makes recommendations to align with the business strategic initiatives. Functional configuration and SME responsibility for HR and Payroll areas
• Work closely with key business partners and cross functional areas during entire lifecycle of the project ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCES:
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or applicable work experience
• 3+ years of experience in implementing SAP HR and Payroll Applications
• Experience providing day to day support for Payroll data and systems with knowledge of payroll and business flows.
• Experience working in SAP ECP Payroll is preferred
• Experience working with integration tools such as TIBCO, BODS etc.
• Experience with SAP HR, Success factors and integrating these applications with external systems is a strong Plus
• Experience integrating with Application Tracking systems (e.g., iCIMS), ADP and other HR related applications
• Knowledge about IDOC, BAPI/RFC and third-party system integration is desirable
• Able to understand business strategy, analyze business processes and develop technical solutions to support the payroll
• Able to multi-task and adapt quickly to change
• Strong leadership skills in accountability and customer focus
• Proactive and able to catch issues before failures
• Possess a strong work ethic; takes pride in producing a quality product
• Strong analysis/troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills; feels comfortable working with non-technical business partners
• Work with production support and project consultants in an onshore / offshore model
• Flexibility of providing support during odd hours, weekends, and peak seasons

• Minimal travel required (training/conferences)
  
  
  
  ABOUT
  
  At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring hair, skin, brow, and make-up services. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act. Associated topics: amazon, data, digital marketing, digital marketing manager, front end, information technology, online, site, technology, web

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