Senior HRIS Analyst

Varsity Brands•Farmers Branch, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior HRIS Analyst is a senior individual contributor and subject-matter expert for assigned Workday modules and other HR systems across Varsity Brands. The role independently delivers configuration, release, reporting, and project work; resolves complex escalated Workday Help cases; and partners with HR Centers of Excellence, Payroll, HR Business Partners, Finance, and Technology & Product organizations. It also supports additional HR systems, including Phenom, integrated with Workday Recruiting to enhance the candidate experience. The analyst translates business needs into system capabilities, emphasizing efficiency, data privacy, and compliance, and shares opportunities for improvement, including AI and automation. The role reports to the Director, HRIS, does not manage people or direct the HRIS function, and provides technical and functional expertise through module ownership, project contributions, and knowledge sharing. The position is hybrid, based in Farmers Branch, Texas, with two to three days per week in the office. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States; citizenship or H-1B sponsorship is not offered.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Technology, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
At least 4 years of experience in Human Resources in an HRIS or Shared Services environment.
At least 2 years of hands-on Workday configuration and support across multiple modules.
Strong understanding of HR processes, HR systems, integrations, and payroll data.
Strong Workday reporting skills, including calculated fields, matrix reports, and dashboards.
Working experience with Workday role-based and user-based security, business processes, and condition rules.
Working knowledge of Workday integrations, such as EIB, data loads, and integration troubleshooting.
Ability to analyze data and translate it into actionable insights.
Experience researching system capabilities and sharing findings with business and functional owners.
Familiarity with AI tools or AI-enabled features to improve reporting, documentation, testing, or process efficiency, and understanding of data privacy considerations.
Experience managing competing priorities and delivering work to defined scope and timelines with clear status communication.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and recommendations to HR partners and leaders.
Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Word.
Ability to handle confidential employee, compensation, and organizational data with discretion.
Ability to work effectively through ambiguity, changing priorities, tight timelines, and cross-functional relationships.

Nice To Haves

Workday Pro certification in one or more modules, such as Talent Management, Recruiting, or Compensation.
Experience leading Workday workstreams or small projects from requirements through post-launch support.
Experience serving as a technical resource for peers or less-experienced team members.
Hands-on experience configuring Workday Talent Management, including performance, talent review, and succession.
Experience with Phenom or similar candidate-experience and talent-acquisition platforms integrated with Workday Recruiting.
Experience supporting additional HR technology platforms integrated with Workday.
Experience supporting organizational change in Workday, such as reorganizations, acquisitions, or system migrations.
Experience in a privately held, high-growth, or transformation-driven environment.
Familiarity with responsible AI practices and governance for HR and employee data.

Responsibilities

Serve as the functional and technical subject-matter expert for assigned Workday modules, independently eliciting requirements and designing, configuring, testing, and deploying changes.
Translate business needs into Workday capabilities and recommend and implement enhancements that improve automation, user experience, and process efficiency.
Support Workday release management by reviewing release features, maintaining backlog items, executing regression and impact testing, and communicating readiness and changes.
Configure and maintain Workday business processes, condition rules, and foundational data, applying testing and change-control practices.
Configure, test, and provide production support for annual and cyclical HR processes such as open enrollment, compensation and merit, talent review, and performance management.
Partner with Workday module administrators and functional owners to understand needs, releases, and leading practices, and participate in readiness reviews for HR cycles.
Apply AI capabilities and approved AI tools to improve reporting, testing, documentation, support, and user experience while safeguarding data privacy, security, and governance.
Provide day-to-day support for Phenom, including configuration, enhancements, and issue resolution.
Monitor integrations for assigned modules, troubleshoot failures including EIB and data-load issues, and coordinate with Technology & Product and vendors as directed.
Support additional HR systems and tools through implementation, integration, and ongoing administration as assigned.
Resolve complex escalated Workday Help cases involving system errors, EIB requests, security updates, access issues, and data errors; escalate cross-module, high-impact, or unresolved issues.
Analyze recurring issues, implement fixes, and share trends that inform process and system improvements.
Maintain Workday security role assignments and matrices for assigned modules, and support access reviews, audit controls, segregation-of-duties checks, remediation tracking, and audit documentation.
Apply HR data governance standards and run recurring data audits, partnering with COEs and HRBPs to cleanse and correct data.
Build and maintain advanced reports and dashboards, including calculated fields, matrix reports, and scorecards, to provide actionable insights and self-service access.
Share Workday data trends and insights with module administrators and HR leaders ahead of key decisions and cycles.
Lead assigned Workday workstreams within larger projects from requirements through post-launch support, identify risks, and escalate issues with proposed mitigations.
Act as a consultative partner to COEs, HRBPs, Payroll, Finance, and Technology & Product, providing recommendations, risks, alternatives, and clear status communication.
Promote employee and manager self-service by expanding Workday Help knowledge articles, job aids, and training resources.
Create and maintain process documentation, including configuration records, integration documentation, security matrices, and support procedures.
Share expertise and leading practices with HRIS Analysts and other team members, and work with external consultants on assigned projects and support cases.
Use Workday Community, training, and user groups to stay current on capabilities and share learnings.