CSULB: Resource Planning Process

Identify Activity That Will Require
Augmentation in FY 2001-02

PEOPLESOFT HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

The Division of Administration and Finance requests three new positions to support operations of the PeopleSoft Human Resources and Financial Information systems. These positions are crucial to the success of Phase I systems administration at CSULB. Lack of adequate staffing will greatly jeopardize the ongoing ability to implement and maintain the systems as expected by the campus community.

The PeopleSoft (PS) implementation of Phase I at CSULB will require ongoing demands, while continuing to create new resource demands for the remaining phases of the project. With redesign of current business processes, we have minimized shifting workload to departmental staff. As a result, central offices must absorb a significant amount of new workload. Unfortunately, not all workload can be absorbed centrally.

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Technical System Maintenance and Operations
The first part of this request will fund 2.0 FTE Systems Analysts:

1.0 FTE Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) Analyst: $70,000

1.0 FTE Financial Information Systems Analyst: $70,000

The Systems Analysts will provide PeopleTools expertise and comprehensive technical support for the HR and Financial applications to assure smooth operation and ready access by end users to data. Responsibilities include: assuring the system works as configured; table setup and maintenance; and programming new reports and interfaces as needed. A significant effort will also be required to maintain already developed reports and key interfaces. Other duties require help desk support, end user training, security access coordination (establishment and maintenance of security operator classes) and report distribution access.

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Functional Human Resources Operations

The second part of this request will fund a human resource/subject matter expert to assure the database delivers what end users need and to coordinate the needs of Staff and Academic Personnel, Payroll and Budget.

1.0 FTE Staff Personnel HRIS Lead: $56,000

A new team (HRIS) was created to support the processing of employment data for both Academic and Staff Personnel. Although it is difficult to know with certainty whether adequate staffing needs for the HRIS data entry and system operation responsibilities, hopefully the core staff of five will provide the expected level of support to the entire campus.

The Staff Personnel Lead will provide support services for operating, editing and auditing system usage to assure employment data is accurate. The job requires coordination with functional users to ensure consistent HR policies and procedures are implemented. The position is responsible for data integrity of assigned processes, providing team leadership to the HRIS quality assurance analysts, and coordinating functional upgrades to version 8.0.