Analyst, Data - Workday

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long‑term, low‑cost provider of American‑produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana‑based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long‑term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid‑scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

Location: Arlington

Summary

The Workday Data Analyst is responsible for maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of employee and organizational data within Workday. This position serves as the key resource for ongoing Workday data auditing, validation, reconciliation, reporting, and analytics, helping ensure that HR data is complete, accurate, timely, and aligned with established business and data governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and comprehensive audits of employee, organizational, job compensation, supervisory organization, position, and other HR data within Workday.
• Develop and execute recurring data quality audits to identify missing, inaccurate, inconsistent, outdated, or improperly configured data.
• Validate Workday data against established business rules, policies, and organizational structures.
• Conduct data reconciliations between Workday and downstream systems.
• Identify data anomalies, investigate discrepancies, determine root causes, and coordinate appropriate remediation.
• Maintain detailed documentation of audit findings, corrective actions, trends, and outstanding data issues.
• Monitor data quality metrics and identify recurring issues that may require process, configuration, training, or governance changes.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of data quality standards, validation rules, audit procedures, and controls.
• Support periodic HR data governance activities, including data reviews and clean‑up activities.
• Support data validation associated with Workday releases, enhancements, integrations, organizational changes, and system updates.
• Analyze Workday data to identify trends, patterns, exceptions, and potential areas of risk.
• Build and maintain Workday reports used for data auditing, validation, and reconciliation.
• Perform ad hoc analysis of HR data to support audit findings and business inquiries.
• Assist in developing dashboards and recurring reports to monitor data quality.
• Translate audit findings into clear summaries for HRIS and HR stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting and audit processes.
• Provide analytical and technical support to the HRIS team for Workday‑related data issues.
• Collaborate with HRIS administrators, Workday functional leads, integration resources, and other technical team members to troubleshoot data issues.
• Assist with Workday configuration testing by validating data and expected results.
• Support testing of Workday business processes, reports, integrations, and system enhancements.
• Identify opportunities to improve data accuracy through process improvements, automation, or system configuration changes.
• Maintain documentation of audit procedures, data definitions, and validation rules.
• Participate in Workday release testing and regression testing, emphasizing data impacts.
• Support special projects and other HRIS initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of hands‑on experience with Workday.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, human resources, business administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with Workday HCM data, reporting, and business processes, including data audits, reconciliations, validation, or data quality analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (LOOKUP functions, INDEX/MATCH, IF statements, pivot tables, data validation).
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with ability to spot issues and risks and escalate appropriately.
• Ability to prioritize and meet critical deadlines with a sense of urgency.
• Strong attention to detail and focus on operational excellence.

Preferred Experience

• Workday reporting experience, including custom and advanced reports.
• Experience with HR data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or other data visualization/analytics tools.
• Experience with business process testing and Workday release testing.
• Experience supporting SOX‑controlled environments.
• Experience with payroll, benefits, compensation, recruiting, time tracking, or other HR systems.
• Workday certification is a plus.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field preferred.

Salary Range

$114,750 – $140,000