Senior Advisor, Functional Analyst
Phillips 66
Houston, TX · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future
As a Sr Advisor, Functional Analyst, HR, you will provide functional ownership and support for Phillips 66's HR technology landscape. You will support custom-developed HR tools in close partnership with technical teams, provide functional support for third-party HR applications, and contribute to other areas of HR IT as business demand requires. Working with HR product owners, stakeholders, developers, vendors, and other subject-matter experts, you will translate business needs into practical solutions, troubleshoot issues, coordinate enhancements, and help ensure a stable and effective HR technology. You will support work from intake and analysis through solution design, testing, implementation, stabilization, and continuous improvement, bringing sound judgment, clear communication, and a strong service orientation to every engagement.
What You'll Do
Support integration with third-party HR applications and serve as the main point of contact between vendor and stakeholder.
Provide functional support for custom-developed HR tools, serving as the liaison between HR stakeholders and technical teams to clarify business processes, diagnose issues, and define enhancements.
Partner with developers, architects, integration specialists, and technical support teams to assess root causes, translate functional needs into requirements and functional specifications, and coordinate resolution of incidents, defects, and enhancements.
Receive, assess, and triage requests and incidents across HR IT based on business demand, evaluating priority, impact, risk, and dependencies while coordinating response and communicating status to stakeholders.
Facilitate discovery sessions with HR stakeholders and product teams to document current-state processes, identify pain points, and define practical future-state capabilities.
Translate stakeholder needs into clear business requirements, functional specifications, acceptance criteria, and supporting design and operational documentation.
Analyze end-to-end impacts across upstream and downstream processes, integrations, reporting, data, security, controls, organizational groups, and the employee experience.
Participate in solution design reviews and recommend practical, sustainable approaches that balance business value, user experience, risk, cost, supportability, and maintainability.
Support functional testing, system testing, and user acceptance testing, validating that delivered capabilities meet approved requirements and are ready for deployment and ongoing support.
Support data management and operational activities within HR systems, helping ensure data accuracy, integrity, timely issue resolution, and alignment with reporting and business needs.
Monitor post-implementation results, support stabilization and production readiness, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, standardization, and process efficiency.
Maintain accurate documentation of business processes, requirements, decisions, configurations, integrations, controls, test results, known issues, and operational procedures.
What You'll Bring - Required
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
5+ years of experience as a functional analyst, business analyst, application support analyst, or in enhancement and improvement projects.
What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred
6+ years of experience supporting HR applications such as WorkForce Software, SuccessFactors, 3rd party benefits apps, or experience implementing HR solutions.
3+ years of experience supporting SAP ERP environments
Experience partnering with developers and technical teams to troubleshoot application issues, define enhancements, and deliver functional solutions.
Proven ability to translate stakeholder requirements into detailed functional design specifications, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
Strong analytical skills with a big-picture mindset and attention to detail, including the ability to assess impacts, dependencies, risks, and priorities.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across HR, IT, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
Comfortable navigating complex, ambiguous, or high-volume information to troubleshoot problems, managing competing demands, and sharpen team analysis.
Skilled at identifying and implementing process efficiencies, with a focus on continuous improvement and reliable operational support.
A strong sense of ownership and accountability for commitments, service quality, and outcomes.
This position has a base salary range of $ 140,400 – $171,600.
At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.
Total Rewards
At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
8% 401k company match
Cash Balance Account pension
Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards .
Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.
Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.
To be considered
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 11/19/2026.
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer