Workday HRIS Analyst

We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Workday HRIS Analyst to work with our People Team to drive innovation, take ownership, and champion cutting-edge solutions in this critical, client-facing role.

This role will spearhead the configuration and optimization of Workday business processes, while also collaborating on a wide array of high-impact projects across multiple Workday modules. The HRIS team manages all Workday HCM modules, and the selected candidate will build expertise in areas such as absence management, benefits, compensation, talent, time tracking, and staffing.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, People Innovation & Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Use the Workday Community site to troubleshoot and identify ways to better utilize the system
• Prepare and deliver Workday reports to stakeholders across the company
• Primary contact for all Workday questions, issue resolution and password resets
• Primary liaison with third party technical support to manage all support needs. Must be able to provide specific directions to technical support
• Performer in Workday configuration and testing process
• Continually researches, tests and stays up-to-date on all Workday updates, fixes and capabilities;
• Supports critical system maintenance and operational tasks within Workday
• Ensures that our internal customers issues and requests are addressed within documented SLAs
• Understands and translates the priorities of the business while integrating HR value proposition and strategies to meet the needs of the business
• Partners with HR Tech to deliver and test system integrations
• Manages configuration of the Workday system while providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to partner teams
• Maintains up to date documentation and controls
• Proficient in creating and updating simple integrations, configurations and loading of data via the appropriate system method (e.g. EIB)
• Identify functional gaps in existing processes or operations when business needs change and provide solutions
• Evaluate incoming requests from HR, Finance, IT and other groups, identify appropriate solutions and execute on them.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Human Resources, or related field preferred.

Skills & Competencies:

• Experience designing, testing, deploying, and supporting Time, and Absence functionality in a complex environment
• Minimum of 3+ years of focused Workday HCM configuration experience within multiple disciplines (HCM, Time and Absence and Compensation preferred);
• Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and ability to interface directly with company leaders
• Minimum of 2-3 years HRIS software and systems experience required, 1 year specifically in Workday enterprise system
• Excellent attention to detail, ability to consistently provide accurate data
• Possesses a strong work ethic for working with and maintaining confidential information
• Experience performing data loads and audits of complicated data
• Ability to prioritize work and deliver in a fast-paced environment
• Functional working knowledge of HR and Payroll processes a plus
• Troubleshoot HRIS issues and errors
• Workday reporting functionality; report writer calculated fields.