HRIS Analyst

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The HRIS Analyst II is an experienced professional with knowledge of and some experience with HRIS. This role is responsible for managing information systems to support current and future business processes and to support the business needs within the HR organization. The analyst will have responsibilities within all HR related systems (i.e. Workday and Cornerstone). This role participates in work required to support HR systems for all HR disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

- Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.

- Supports development, maintenance, and upgrading of Workday and Cornerstone applications through needs analysis, business requirements documentation, test conditions development and acceptance testing.

- Consults with leads of HR disciplines for needs assessment, process improvements, recommended solutions, and implementation of applications

- Collaborates with others in order to design, build, implement, perform upgrades, and maintain Workday and Cornerstone systems.

- Writes or facilitates the writing of certain ad hoc reports needed by clients

- Coordinates the retrieval of Workday information for census files and auditor requests

- Works with other Human Resources team members and clients to coach and train them in effective uses of technology.

- Helps formulate an overall HRIS strategy to address present and future needs of Human Resources team members to have relevant information delivered to them in a timely manner.

- Actively promotes the vision for optimizing the use of current systems and manages delivery of additional functionality in response to business needs.

- Participates in the building of integrations of HR systems and works with IT staff to resolve integration related issues.

- Collaborates with key resources including IT and legal to ensure the secure storage and movement of associate data as well as compliance of data privacy policies

- Tests all new configuration and development implemented into the HR system

- Maintains awareness of vendor releases/upgrades and the potential impact on current and future system functionality

- Reviews system data on a regular basis to ensure integrity of the Workday system including data accuracy, consistency, and completeness both within HR systems and HR integrations to other applications

- Works independently and receives limited guidance.

- Participates in solving problems that have an impact on a specific function or technical area

- Considers future implications beyond the immediate problem, and is not closely supervised

Qualifications

Required Education, Skills & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, HR Information Systems, Information Technologies, Computer Science, or related field

- Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field, preferred

- Workday experience required

- SAP experience, preferred

- 3-5+ years of related experience

- High level of discretion with confidential material. Embrace a higher standard whenever handling employee data in order to ensure privacy, integrity of data, and accuracy of information.

- Strong knowledge of HR policies and procedures

- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel

- Innovative and inquisitive thinker who has a desire to consistently improve processes

- Strong analytical skills needed to provide technical guidance when supporting others in the HR department

- Works to achieve full compliance with applicable rules and regulations in management and/or operations

- Strong ability to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. Aligns own work plans and priorities with others in the HR organization in order to accommodate overall department goals

- Highly organized with a consistent sense of urgency to complete work

- Ability to multitask while handling stress and fluctuating workloads to prioritize demands

- Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey data.

Licenses and Certifications

- SHRM or HR certifications, preferred

Key Competencies

BEHAVIORAL

- Balances stakeholders

- Builds effective teams

- Business insight

- Communicates effectively

- Courage

- Demonstrates awareness

- Drives Results

- Safety

- Drives Vision and Purpose

- Ensures Accountability

- Instills trust

- Nimble learning

- Plans and Aligns

- Strategic mindset

May perform other duties as assigned.