Senior HRIS Analyst - Talent, Performance & Development

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a growing Workday environment from the ground up. We are a new and evolving Workday organization, and this role will play a critical part in defining how Workday is used, governed, and scaled across the business. Rather than inheriting years of legacy design, you’ll have the chance to establish best practices, influence strategy, and build a high-performing Workday team alongside engaged HR and IT partners. If you’re excited by ownership, problem-solving, and building something that matters, this is a chance to make a lasting impact and grow your career as our Workday footprint continues to expand.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary support for the Workday Talent & Performance module, managing configuration, driving enhancements, and ensuring ongoing optimization of system functionality.
• Provide global support for all HRIS applications.
• Initiate, lead, and implement HRIS projects of medium to large scope and impact to assigned HR function(s).
• Collaborate with other departments to proactively identify needs for enhancements/modifications, document business requirements, and create project plans for the implementation of enhancements and solutions.
• Support modifications and serve as a change agent to assist in promoting new designs.
• Identify areas for improvement in both the processes and systems; continuously research new system functionality/trends and HR best practices.
• Develop, document, and implement global procedures that provide consistent processes; create user guides and checklists for functional practitioners.
• Participate in the testing and implementation of all system upgrades and rollouts of new features; coordinate all user testing and parallel run activities.
• Train practitioners, managers, and employees on HRIS functionality.
• Participate in project management activities, including work planning and issue tracking.
• Monitor interactions/interfaces with both internal and outsourced systems; address error logs.
• Provide technical support for interface integrations between HRIS applications and various third-party applications.
• Serve as help desk for HRIS requests.
• Raise Service Requests via vendor support organizations to obtain solutions to application problems.
• Manage HR data requests; assemble, analyze, and format data into usable reports.
• Develop data integrity protocols for all HRIS applications; audit HR data to ensure compliance and data integrity; detect, troubleshoot, and resolve data issues; support efforts to maintain accurate master data.
• Define and enforce standard HRIS functionality to be delivered across the organization; manage change control for deviations; advise business functions on design and utilization of existing applications.
• Assist with other HR projects, both within HRIS and in the various HR functional areas.
• Serve as partner to all HR functional areas and liaise with other business functions.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Business, Human Resources, or Information Technology; Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, working with HRIS, web-based applicant tracking systems, enterprise reporting platforms, and/or related systems, with demonstrated leadership skills.
• Experience with Workday Talent & Performance module preferred.
• Detailed understanding of integration strategy; practice in the development and day-to-day support of vendor interfaces.
• Previous participation in a multi-site HRIS conversion/implementation; experience in all phases of the software development life cycle: requirements gathering, designing, building, testing, training, go-live, and post-production support.

Skills

• Excellent analytical skills; ability to collect and analyze data and present findings.
• Ability to be flexible, adapt to change, and work on multiple projects simultaneously and independently; strong project management skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong customer service orientation and ability to maintain a professional, friendly demeanor.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to independently learn new tasks quickly; interest in building technical aptitude.
• Excellent judgment to handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to work well with others, build and maintain productive internal and external relationships.
• Willingness to help on all projects regardless of complexity or functional area of task.
• Ability to effectively present both technical and functional information and respond to questions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, including advanced data functions in Excel.