Workday Reporting Analyst

The Workday Reporting Analyst designs solutions to connect operational and people data together to identify and solve complex business problems and deliver an impact on people's experience, performance and culture.

Responsibilities 

• Identify and troubleshoot complex data issues and suggest solutions with clearly defined outcomes 

• Collect, analyze and interpret data and information from a variety of systems and sources (i.e., Workday, payroll outputs, etc.) 

• Design and develop people analytics products - ranging from core to predictive capabilities across the employee lifecycle - to deliver insights, and drive adoption at various levels of the organization 

• Enable the success of organization initiatives (Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Employee Engagement etc.) by generating and presenting actionable insights, and identify gaps and opportunities 

• Assess and implement new people analytics-related technologies as needs arise (e.g., recruitment analytics, employee listening, etc.) 

• Utilize data transformation techniques to track, trend and interpret multiple data points to conduct consistent and comprehensive analysis; includes identifying variances, resolving issues and providing key insights into people related activities such as, recruitment, retention, DE&I, engagement, annual performance and/or other HR related initiatives 

• Prepare reports and dashboards, as needed for client groups and/or senior leadership 

• Develop, test, and deploy custom data sources and secure them following standard operating procedures for data security 

• Use various tools and techniques to validate, import, clean, merge, and manipulate data to prepare for data analysis 

• Document processes and work performed; maintain record of data sources and methods used to reach conclusions 

• Perform other duties as assigned 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required plus at least five (5) years of experience working with Python or SQL and other data mining techniques for analyzing large data sets 

• Workday HRIS experience required 

• Significant experience with Workday HCM products, including Prism, People Analytics, Adaptive, and Forecasting 

• Significant experience with Workday reporting and BI (advanced, matrix, composite, discovery boards, worksheets)  

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel; working knowledge of MS Access 

• Extensive experience and understanding of HR functions and operational processes  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and customer-driven 

• Ability to present to, facilitate and influence leaders/partners 

• Familiarity with integrations (WD Studio, core connectors) 

• Strong data analysis, research, analytical and testing skills 

• Familiarity with GDPR and its implications on data security and processing 

• Experience with data visualization platforms, e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik preferred  

• Experience in retail/high volume hiring preferred