Senior Workday Analyst

C&S Wholesale Grocers•Houston, TX

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is open to candidates across the U.S. and offers flexible work arrangements, including fully remote and hybrid options. The Senior Business Systems Analyst role is situated in a dynamic, energetic, complex, yet rewardingly challenging, high-value, highly-visible, fast-paced environment. The ideal individual will be a Subject Matter Expert in Workday HCM Core, Benefits, Absence, or Compensation, possessing a strong understanding of employee data and analytics that support employee transformation/mapping through integration or M&A efforts. This role is responsible for solutions analysis, design, configuration, and delivery, encompassing business process re-engineering, system fit/gap analysis, or analysis of alternative designs and documentation. The goal is to drive customer enablement, transform manager and employee experiences, and enable transformative operational excellence. Security, reporting, including complex calculated fields, with expertise in building and maintaining HR eco-system integrations using report-based reporting and Web Services/API are considered a plus. Broader experience with EIBs, Studio, and/or BIRT is also a plus. Knowledge of HR and HR processes is essential. Warehouse, Retail, and/or Union workforce experience is a plus. Strong communication skills are key, utilizing tools like PowerPoint, Visio, or other visualization tools to drive dialogue and decision-making. The ability to elicit business requirements and translate them into system requirements is a must. Additionally, this individual should be innovative, an "out of the box" problem solver with a proven track record of partnering to deliver improved end-user experiences. They should be knowledgeable about common HR use cases and typical end-user challenges, resourceful in tracking Workday's roadmap for capability expansion, and detail and action-oriented. A consultative nature with strong follow-up and follow-through skills, acting as a partner, advocate, and liaison, is expected. Managing customer expectations and alignment to ensure operational excellence is crucial. The role requires an excellent communicator with various levels within the organization, as well as with business partners and technical teams. Flexibility to adapt, manage, and adjust to multiple and/or changing priorities, along with strong work management skills, is necessary. Creativity in exploring common assumptions, rethinking existing configurations, and viewing every challenge as an opportunity for system improvements is valued. The individual must be a team player, ready for collaboration, coaching, and idea sharing, and responsible for data integrity and employee confidentiality.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst (or similar role), within HR functional areas, implementing, supporting, configuring HR processes – (Core HCM, Benefits, Absence, Compensation), Security, Reports, or Integrations in Workday.
End to end implementation experience including project, enhancement and/or issue management, communication and change management.
Workday Security experience
Workday Reporting & Report-based and/or API Integration experience
Workday EIB experience
Exemplary communication skills, keen awareness for elevating issues & risk and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications
Strong situational analysis, awareness and decision-making abilities

Nice To Haves

Subject Matter Expert in Workday HCM Core, Benefits, Absence, & Compensation
Strong understanding of employee data, analytics supporting employee transformation/mapping through integration or M&A efforts
Security, reporting, including complex calculated fields with expertise in building & maintaining HR eco-system integrations using report-based reporting but also Web Services/API are a plus
Broader experience with EIBs, Studio and/or BIRT is a plus
Knowledge of HR and HR processes is essential
Warehouse, Retail and/or Union workforce experience is a plus
Strong communication skills are key – using PowerPoint, Visio or other visualization tools to drive dialogue and decision making
Innovative, “out of the box” problem solver – with a proven track record of partnering to deliver improved end-user experiences
Knowledgeable about common HR use cases, typical end-user challenges
Resourceful with tracking how/when Workday is addressing/expanding capabilities through their roadmap
Detail & action-oriented and consultative in nature – follow-up, follow-through, with strong communication skills - acting in the role of partner, advocate and liaison
An excellent communicator with different levels within the organization as well as with business partners and technical teams
Flexible to adapt, manage & adjust to multiple and/or changing priorities – strong work management skills
Creative - exploring common assumptions, rethinking existing configurations, and seeing every challenge as an opportunity for system improvements
A team player, ready for collaboration, coaching, idea sharing
HR M&A experience
Workday integration experience
Workday Certifications
Experience with Visio for creating/documenting visual diagrams for analysis & stakeholder engagement
Project Management and/or WBS experience
Experience with OCM principles, tools & templates
Experience with developing/designing Testing strategies

Responsibilities

Solutions analysis, design, configuration & delivery
Business process re-engineering
System fit/gap or analysis of alternative design & documentation
Driving customer enablement
Transforming manager & employee experiences
Enabling transformative operational excellence
Building & maintaining HR eco-system integrations
Eliciting business requirements & translating those into system requirements
Tracking how/when Workday is addressing/expanding capabilities through their roadmap
Managing customer expectations & alignment – to ensure operational excellence
Adapting, managing & adjusting to multiple and/or changing priorities
Exploring common assumptions, rethinking existing configurations, and seeing every challenge as an opportunity for system improvements
Collaboration, coaching, idea sharing
Responsible for data integrity and employee confidentiality