Sr. Workday Functional Analyst

The job of HR Technology senior Analyst is to lead the implementation, Enhancements, Support & Optimization of Workday HCM.
This role will closely partner with all internal COEs [HR, L & D, TA, Finance & Payroll, Compensation & Benefits], IT, cross-functional teams, and external vendors - to align with the companys overall strategic goals, delivery of roadmap - while enhancing the employee experience, to meet the business requirements.

What You will be doing

• Work with both internal and external stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements and drive the planning, development, testing, and implementation of the Workday HCM system
• Ensuring the integrity of HR Systems, primarily but not limited to Workday are efficiently utilized, maintained and available throughout
• Core responsibilities include troubleshooting issues, reporting, design, configuration and testing to implement solutions to drive adoption and ease of use
• Provide subject matter expertise on HR systems and participate in enhancement design and scoping especially through the initial implementation phase
• Develop and articulate solution options that consider technical landscape as well as incorporate user experience, scalability, security and best practices
• Clearly highlight the merits and disadvantages of solution options to support informed decisions by our customers
• Regularly evaluate current state of systems to identify and recommend process improvements, system enhancements, and/or new applications to support business strategies and operational needs.

Who You Are and what you bring:

• Minimum of 5+ years of Workday experience with a strong hands-on expertise of implementation and management on Core HR, Compensation and Absence is must, Benefits experience is beneficial.
• Expertise with Workday dashboards, reports, Calculated fields, Security, Custom objects/fields etc.,
• Good understanding and expertise of Job architecture,
• Creation of compensation setup, packages, plans, grades, and grade profiles and compensation management.
• Creation of Absence plans, calendars, time offs, and accruals.
• Expertise of data loads thru EIBs and issues resolutions.
• Experience with Workday integration experience [CCW, studio, PECI, PICOFF] is preferable.
• Experience in facing the clients, requirement gatherings, Effort estimates, solutioning, impact assessment, quality delivery with very minimal overview.
• Experience with agile methodologies & product management tools [e.g., Jira].
• Certifications [preferred but not mandatory]:
• Workday HCM
• Workday Benefits

Soft Skills:

• Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple initiatives in fast paced environment.
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior leadership and cross functional teams.
• A self-starter with proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues & strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work both independently & as part of a collaborative team.