Senior Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor
About The Position
This role ensures our workforce plans come to life—through strong systems, clean data, and coordinated execution across HR and the business. The advisor will interpret Workday signals and translate them for HR COEs, providing early visibility rather than reactive reporting. They will ensure COEs are aligned to what is actually happening versus what was planned. This includes providing hiring demand signals to Talent Acquisition, identifying skill gaps and organizational shifts for Learning & Development, and supporting HRBPs with org design changes and risks. The role also involves variance tracking and reporting, supporting actual vs. plan tracking in Workday and Adaptive Workforce Planning tools (headcount, positions, spend), and partnering with the People Insights & Analytics team to create clear narratives and insights from reporting. Building and maintaining regular reporting for various leadership levels, including executive leadership, is also a key responsibility. In terms of Process Improvement & Governance in Workday, the advisor will own position flow, including review, approval, auditing, and cleanup, and identify process gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities in business process design. They will support ticketing and change requests from Finance and HR Partners, and serve as the team’s primary expert in Workday position data, transactions, and workflows, while also supporting re-organizations and ensuring data hygiene.
Requirements
- BA or advanced degree where Required
- 5+ Years of Experience; In lieu of degree, 7+ years exp.
Nice To Haves
- Strong Workday experience is critical for success in this role.
- Tools/systems: Adaptive Workforce Planning, position management, HR/Finance planning tools, or workforce reporting.
- Workforce planning experience: headcount planning, org design, scenario modeling, or transformation planning.
- Analytical skills: forecasting, actuals vs. plan, variance analysis, dashboards, or workforce insights.
- Cross-functional partnership with HRBPs, Finance/FP&A, People Insights, HR COEs, and senior leaders.
Responsibilities
- Interprets Workday signals and translates for HR COEs, providing early visibility rather than reactive reporting.
- Ensures COEs are aligned to what is actually happening vs. what was planned.
- Supports actual vs. plan tracking in Workday and Adaptive Workforce Planning tools (headcount, positions, spend).
- Partner with our People Insights & Analytics team to elevate reporting into clear narratives and insights.
- Build and maintain regular reporting for leaders at multiple levels, to include executive leadership.
- Owns position flow in Workday, to include review, approval, auditing and cleanup.
- Look for continued improvement in Workday, identifying process gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities in business process design.
- Supports ticketing / change requests from Finance and HR Partners.
- Serve as the team’s primary expert in Workday position data, transactions, and workflows.
- Re-org support.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs
- Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance
- Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
- 401k match including an annual company contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
