Senior HRIS Analyst

About the role

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. Examples include pumping peanut butter into jars, oil in cars, gluing shoe soles, glass in windows, phone screens, spraying vehicle finishes, coatings on pills, paint on houses, and texture on walls. Graco is part of daily life. This role is currently based at the Minneapolis office and will transition to the new headquarters in Dayton, MN, in 2027. The Senior HR Information Systems Analyst will help drive the strategic direction of the HRIS function, offering expert guidance on technology development, deployment, and support. This role involves overseeing the enhancement and upgrading of HR applications through comprehensive needs analysis and strategic project planning. It also serves as a liaison between Information Technology, Senior Leadership and Human Resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead work with HRBPs, COEs and other stakeholders to learn and understand project and enhancement requests based on department and business needs.
• Propose, develop, test and implement globally aligned solutions using HR technology.
• Understand current business landscape and proactively propose HR technology solutions.
• Act as a senior escalation point for HRMS system issues and complex troubleshooting scenarios, providing expert guidance and resolution.
• Oversee and ensure the integrity, security, and compliance of data within the Workday platform, maintaining the highest standards of privacy and regulatory adherence.
• Lead Workday release activities by evaluating the impact of new functionalities, identifying opportunities for optimization, and adjusting departmental strategies and roadmaps accordingly.
• Monitor system performance and implement improvements as necessary on most complex Workday modules.
• Stay up to date on the latest HR technology trends and educate the broader global HR team of these trends and how to use them.
• Propose new system solutions to meet business needs.
• Develop and maintain HR dashboards utilizing Workday, PowerBI or other reporting tools.
• Present key findings from monthly HR Dashboard to the executive leadership team.
• Employ robust project management skills to ensure the delivery of high-quality documentation and communication of project milestones, scope adjustments