Senior Workday HRIS Analyst Workday

Job Title: Senior Workday HRIS Analyst
Location: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming | (This position will require some travel for office meetings, as needed, to our corporate office in Tulsa, OK)
Position Type: Full-Time
Open for: USC & GC holders only

Job Profile Summary

Within the HR Information Systems (HRIS) team the HRIS Analyst - Senior provides functional, configuration and technical support of key HR systems, collaborates in-person and virtually with HR teams, HRIS/IT team, IT, business customers and vendor partners to proactively support, coordinate and execute HR systems operational objectives, provides regular run/maintain activities including troubleshooting, corrections and enhancements utilizing work/request prioritization and governance processes for HR and assigned HR CoEs and provides oversight and stewardship of assigned technical functions and/or initiatives (i.e.: scope, execution, deliverables) to support expected business outcomes.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Run & Maintain / Troubleshooting / Process Improvements
  • Using broad understanding of system functionality and HR processes (HCM, Recruiting, Benefits, Absence, Time, Talent, Payroll, Learning, Reporting), respond to identified problems and requests; interpret, analyze, diagnose, resolve and collaborate with necessary resources.
  • Communicate recommended solution, including root cause if needed, to pertinent stakeholders. Identify trends (break/fix items) to determine longer term solutions. Escalate when needed
  • Obtain necessary internal approvals and ensure the execution of production changes adhere to pertinent change and release management protocols
  • Document application functional processes including audit requirements as needed
  • Use available tools to manage and track assigned workload
  • Understand and support all RIM protocols
  • Provide training and assistance to HRIS team to support cross-training and back-up support
    
• Customer Engagement
  • Proactively and regularly meet with assigned customers to understand priorities, pain points and processes; use this knowledge to suggest pertinent process, system and reporting/analytics enhancements and/or changes
  • Provide regular communications to assigned customers and others including status updates, project calendars, metrics, testing efforts and prioritization
  • Coach and assist assigned customers to best leverage the HR system delivered functionality and reporting
  • Assist assigned customers with continuous improvement suggestions
    
• Testing
  • Help coordinates bi-annual HCM release testing as well as assigned customer acceptance testing of ad hoc updates and enhancements
  • Help develop and document a repeatable functional testing process and ensure assigned customer processes are also documented as needed
  • Help coordinate analysis, configuration and testing in partnership with technology teams when needed
    
• HR Project / Request stewardship
  • Collaborate with assigned customers to identify and develop key requirements and deliverables. Translate requirements into functional specifications.
  • Provide beginning-to-end oversight of the request, coordinating to ensure action items, deliverables with internal teams, team members, customers and other stakeholders are completed per the agreed upon timeline.
  • Obtain customer acceptance prior to release
  • Review deliverable (post-mortem) and use learning to improve oversight process
  • Provide proactive communications and updates to stakeholders throughout the process

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or combination of formal education and the following jojob-relatedxperience:

Work Experience

• 5 or more years of related work experience:
  • Supporting a cloud-based HR or HCM system, including troubleshooting, requirements gathering, testing, and release management required
  • Experience with Workday HCM preferred
  • HRIS experience or related HR customer support required
  • Must have experience in supporting customers in their use of technology required
  • Broad functional knowledge, experience in and understanding of HR (i.e.: payroll, performance, benefits, recruiting, learning, reporting, etc.)
  • Experience writing reports/analytics required
  • Experience managing multiple, high-priority tasks, able to adjust to shifting priorities, provide quick turnarounds, and meet deadlines required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of: HR functional knowledge (ie: payroll, performance, benefits, recruiting, learning, reporting etc.) and applicable governmental laws/regulations
• Ability to: utilize strong interpersonal skills to successfully collaborate and provide consultative advice/communication across multiple teams and stakeholders
• Ability to: establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees and leadership
• Ability to: utilize strong communication skills and ability to present to peers and customers at all levels of the organization
• Ability to: utilize strong analytical skills to identify, troubleshoot and provide solutions
• Ability to: research and articulate solutions
• Ability to: be curious and desire to drive innovation
• Ability to: pay attention to detail
• Ability to: utilize a high attention to detail and maintain confidential data with discretion
• Ability to: utilize strong critical thinking skills
• Ability to: be proactive versus reactive

Licenses and Certifications

• Professional in Human Resources (PHR)-HRCI preferred
• SHRM-CP - Society of Human Resource Management - Certified Professional SHRM CP or SCP preferred

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)
• Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)
• Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)
• Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)
• Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)
• Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)
• Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)
• Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)
• Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)
• Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)
• Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)
• Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)
• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)
• Fingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)
• Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Frequently)
• Tasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)
• Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)
• Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Frequently)
• Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Frequently)
• Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)

Working Conditions/Environment

• Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions

Working Conditions

• Well lightWell-lighted controlled areas (Constantly)
• Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)
• CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)

Travel

• Travel to other locations required

Driving

• Based on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license