HR Business Systems Analyst II

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Saint Charles
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.At Edward Jones, the Human Resources division utilizes people expertise to proactively drive high-impact solutions that deliver firm results. Cultivating a highly talented and inclusive workforce, you'll guide an exceptional associate experience, enabling them to do their best work. Here, you'll enable continued firm growth through professional and leadership development, workforce and succession planning, inclusion & diversity, and talent acquisition and engagement. By driving these human resources solutions, your work will serve both firm and associates' best interests and support Edward Jones being recognized as a Best Place to Work.

This associate will be responsible for collaboration with HR Business stakeholders and translating needs to functional requirements. Required to interpret business/functional requirements in technical terms for IT. Responsible for participating in managing testing strategies. Work to liaise with Business Process owners, IT and PMO

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary expert resource for the firm regarding system operation, configuration, and administration. Includes support for internal Technology changes, vendor-driven system releases and maintenance, user security and access, data governance and file feeds, etc.
• Provide support to internal business partners regarding the use of the system, including optimal configuration and tradeoffs required to support business processes
• Participate as a member of a durable Agile team in partnership with resources from Technology and at the direction of Product Owner(s)
• Provide resources for business areas to resolve issues, effectively train and coach associates, etc.
• Head projects related to the application processes and components
• Serve as a project team member at the request of other HR or Technology areas.
• Provide significant technical guidance to technical resources both in the firm and with vendors
• Maintain and complete short-term and long-term system enhancements
• Design comprehensive test strategies for HR projects to ensure appropriate testing milestones are planned and achieved
• Ability to gather and write detailed requirements
• Ability to write test plans that tie back to requirements
• Coordinate testing with business partners
• Establish monitoring for test execution and defects
• Drive the analysis, design, and implementation of new functionalityRequirements:
  Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferredMinimum of 2 years of experience in Learning or Performance SystemsExperience with project development and implementation preferredExperience with Agile preferredUnderstanding of HR / Talent processesAbility to manage multiple project assignmentsAbility to deliver presentations and/or training classes to Technology and Business associates, leaders and partnersAbility to mentor and communicate effectively with project teams, business users, and other QA professionals. Communicate and/or escalate quality issues as appropriateProven written and verbal communication skills. Communicate project needs and status clearly both in writing and verbally. Technical Skills:

  MS Office - professional level skillsFamiliar with database conceptsAdept understanding of performance management concepts and vocabularyUnderstanding of Talent Management Systems is a plus

  • 2021 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For - By Great Place to Work - and FORTUNE Magazine - Edward Jones was named No. 20 on the list.
    • From FORTUNE -2021 FORTUNE Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. FORTUNE and FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. FORTUNE and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, Edward Jones Investments.2021 Corporate Equality Index - Edward Jones joins the ranks of 767 major U.S. businesses that received top marks in the Foundation's 19th annual scorecard on LGBTQ workplace equality.
      From The Human Rights Campaign. All Rights Reserved2021 Training Top 100 list - Edward Jones ranked No. 19, up six spots from last year in its 21st consecutive year on this prestigious list.J.D. Power, 2021 - Edward Jones has ranked "highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms" in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.

      Edward Jones received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2007,2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2021 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies of employee advisors' satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more information.Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
      Salary: $66379 - $109459
      Category: Headquarters

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