Vicki Pertiet
High Point,NC
Summary
Results-driven business analyst with over 15 years of experience in gathering and analyzing complex business requirements, creating detailed reports, and recommending innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency. Expertise in translating data into actionable insights and making strategic recommendations that foster business growth. Proficient in building strong relationships with stakeholders and collaborating cross-functionally to achieve project objectives. Committed to leveraging extensive knowledge in data analysis and business process improvement to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Functional Business Analyst
Florida State College Jacksonville
04.2025 - 09.2025
- Benefits and Payroll functional analyst on an internal project to transition general deductions for various existing benefit offerings into Base Benefits processing within PeopleSoft HCM.
- Created benefits configuration and delivered migration scripts and steps to Technical Team. Created documentation, conducted knowledge transfer, and served as Test Lead for functional users.
- Designed and developed data pipelines to acquire, clean and process data.
- Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
Functional Business Analyst
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
10.2019 - 09.2025
- Payroll and Commitment Accounting functional analyst for multi-year deployment of PeopleSoft HCM
- Conduct agency discovery and Conference Room Pilot sessions, determine business processes and identify/solve system gaps. Create and validate agency configuration and employee conversion data. Support and provide training for agencies during system test, UAT, and monthly payroll processing after implementation. Also support agencies for reporting/query needs and quarterly and annual tax processing.
- Execute Fiscal Year End Payroll and Commitment Accounting changes for assigned agencies to include configuration and testing to support new payroll and funding changes.
- Create calendar year end W2 process and support new year payroll and tax changes.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
Project Lead
Aspen Ski Company
11.2018 - 09.2019
- Mitigated high risk areas to address immediate concerns in PeopleSoft for HR, Benefits Administration, Time & Labor, and Payroll. Implemented Retro Pay functionality, created several new reports and queries for end users, and streamlined business processes.
- Provided analysis, proposal, and recommendation of solutions for future state of HR systems to migrate to newer technology, improve process/procedure, and to enhance employee experience.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress, and technical problems.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
Business Analyst
San Bernardino County
01.2018 - 10.2018
- Test lead for PeopleSoft upgrade to v9.2. Responsible for planning and execution of system integration, payroll parallel, and user acceptance test efforts.
- Managed planning and execution of vendor testing of payroll and benefits integrations.
Business Analyst
University of California
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Created payroll and HR functional design documents and conducted testing of payroll system customizations and reports using PeopleSoft v9.2
- Test lead overseeing integration, payroll parallel, and vendor testing of payroll and benefits interfaces.
Business Analyst
Target Corp
10.2008 - 12.2016
- Created system configuration to support new companies for HR, Payroll, and Benefits. Validated employee data conversion. Conducted testing for internal payroll system and external vendor systems.
- Analyst and test lead for Payroll team for outsourcing of W-4/W-2/1099 processing from PeopleSoft. Responsible for interface design, test planning and execution with vendor.
- HR/Payroll team lead for process re-engineering initiative for HR and Benefits between Target and AON/Hewitt. Responsible for streamlining communication points between benefits vendors, reducing and eliminating PeopleSoft customizations, and eliminating custom reports. Served as test lead in addition to coordinating with vendor test requirements.
- Analyst and test lead for analysis and design for implementation of global team members onto HR system using PeopleSoft.
Business Analyst
State of Minnesota
09.2007 - 10.2008
- Team lead for PeopleSoft HR/Payroll system upgrade. Executed fit/gap, upgrade analysis, and knowledge transfer with HR and Payroll staff. Served as co-testing lead for all phases of testing including creation of test plans, testing process flow, defect-handling, and quality assurance of testing process.
- Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business/Computer Science
Aurora University
Aurora, IL05.1991
Skills
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Skilled in SQL and Excel for data analysis
- Proficient in JIRA and Confluence
- Well versed in Agile methodologies
- Proficient in software development life cycle
- Business solution design
- Process optimization
- Oversight of complete testing lifecycle
- HRIS data analysis
- Effective project planning
- Design evaluation expertise
- Functional requirements evaluation
Timeline
Functional Business Analyst
Florida State College Jacksonville
04.2025 - 09.2025
Functional Business Analyst
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
10.2019 - 09.2025
Project Lead
Aspen Ski Company
11.2018 - 09.2019
Business Analyst
San Bernardino County
01.2018 - 10.2018
Business Analyst
University of California
01.2016 - 01.2018
Business Analyst
Target Corp
10.2008 - 12.2016
Business Analyst
State of Minnesota
09.2007 - 10.2008
Bachelor of Science - Business/Computer Science
Aurora University
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