Workday Analyst in Core HR, Benefits, Compensation, Talent, and Recruiting

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Section at JPL seeks an Enterprise Systems Analyst to join their People IT Services team. In this role, we’re looking for a candidate who possesses the required Workday experience in HR and other modules in the areas of configuration, reporting, security administration, and integration to ensure the continued reliability, accuracy, and compliance of the Workday platform. The Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Section maintains stewardship over the ever-evolving Business IT portfolio of applications and systems required to support JPL's robust and complex business processes. It manages the system lifecycle for key business processes. It provides analytical and technical services as well as working closely with the Laboratory's business community.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or similar discipline with a minimum of 6 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in similar disciplines with a minimum of 4 years of related experience or a PhD in similar disciplines with a minimum of 2 years of related experience.
Strong experience with Workday Core HCM, Benefits, Talent, Recruiting, Absence, Payroll, and Compensation
Strong experience with Workday administrative functions including tenant configuration, data loads, configurations, and security administration
Proven ability to build Workday custom reports, calculated fields, and dashboards.
Working knowledge and experience with Workday Extend
Must be a U.S. person

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge and experience with UKG Pro Time & Attendance is a plus
Understanding of HR, Payroll, and Compliance reporting standards in non-profit and government organizations.
Familiarity with developing, maintaining, and supporting Workday integrations using Workday Studio
Familiarity with UKG Pro integrations.
Familiarity with Oracle eBusiness Suite
Familiarity with SQL

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and support the Workday system, which includes Core HCM, Benefits, Talent, Recruiting, Absence, Payroll, and Compensation.
Configure, implement, and maintain system changes, including business process design, to achieve optimized functionality and streamlined processes.
Design and deliver custom reports, dashboards, and analytics using Workday reporting tools.
Ensure data accuracy and quality through monitoring, audits, and exception reporting.
Work closely with stakeholders to gather priorities and requirements, configure business processes, achieve goals and address gaps.
Support the deployment of system updates and releases, including a focus on thorough testing.
Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Workday and related HR and/or Payroll functionalities.
Configure and maintain payroll settings, including earnings, deductions, tax setups, and GL mapping.