People Operations Partner
Workday Talent Hub · New York, NY · Yesterday
Human Resources$113k–$125k/yrFull-time
What You’ll Do
- Lead core People Ops operations.
- Own and execute key operational processes across the employee lifecycle, including job changes, departures, and compensation updates, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
- Drive compliance and audit readiness.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation, support internal and external audits, and strengthen processes to ensure ongoing compliance with policies and regulations.
- Partner on payroll and time & attendance operations.
- Work closely with Finance and Total Rewards to support payroll processes, time tracking systems, and issue resolution, ensuring accuracy, strong controls, and a high-quality employee experience.
- Build and scale reporting & analytics.
- Develop and maintain Workday reports and dashboards that provide actionable insights and support business and operational decision-making.
- Lead cross-functional People Ops initiatives and projects.
- Drive complex, cross-functional work from problem definition through execution, partnering with Recruiting, IT, Finance, Total Rewards, Legal, and People Business Partners.
- Manage People systems and data integrity.
- Act as a Workday expert, ensuring data accuracy, identifying issues proactively, and maintaining clean, audit-ready systems.
- Drive process improvement and systems design.
- Identify gaps across workflows and design scalable, efficient solutions that improve accuracy, compliance, and user experience.
- Improve the People Ops helpdesk.
- Respond to Tier 1 and Tier 2 questions, identify trends, and enhance self-service resources to improve efficiency and employee experience.
- Support the team and ensure continuity across People Ops workflows.
- Share knowledge, document processes, and flex across onboarding, core operations, and systems, reporting, and compliance work as needed, contributing to a strong, scalable People Operations function.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of experience in People Ops, HR operations, or a similar role, ideally in a fast-growing environment.
- A Workday power user, comfortable handling transactions, building reports, and proactively identifying data issues.
- Experience with compliance, audits, payroll, and/or time & attendance systems.
- Think in systems and enjoy improving processes.
- Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and driving projects end-to-end in ambiguous environments.
- Organized, proactive, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Communicate clearly and thoughtfully across teams.
- Take ownership and follow through.
- Familiar with tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Zendesk, Culture Amp, Navan, and Slab or Notion, and pick up new tools quickly.
Qualifications
- Care deeply about creating a great experience for every Whatnaut.