Workday Compensation Functional Lead

Elanco•Indianapolis, IN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights. Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today! Your Role: Workday Compensation Functional Lead The Workday Compensation Functional Lead supports and maintains the global human resource information system, Workday. The role serves as a primary contact for issue resolution, configuration, requirements gathering, and intake, and business process design changes that result in functional configuration of Elanco’s Workday Compensation module, Responsible for helping to ensure data integrity, testing of system changes and analyzing business processes for improvement opportunities. Workday modules supported include Core and Advanced Compensation .

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or HS Diploma/GED with relevant experience.
Minimum 2 years of Workday experience. Workday compensation knowledge and experience are preferred.
Minimum 3 years' experience in HR Operations, HRIS, HR Technology or IT with an emphasis in Workday configuration.
Must have strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (verbal and written).
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Advanced MS Excel Skills.
Strong analytic and diagnostic skills as well as a data-driven and metrics-driven approach.
Accuracy and thoroughness while meeting customer needs in timely manner.
Ability to refine processes based on best practices.
Ability to work across cultures and across diverse management styles.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Job Architecture is plus but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide Workday functional consulting and direction to members of the CoEs, HR functions (Talent Management, HR Operations, Benefits) and business
Design and configure Compensation and Advanced Compensation components in Workday: -Salary, hourly, allowance, and bonus plans -Compensation grids and guidelines -Merit, promotion, and bonus cycles -Compensation eligibility rules -Compensation review process setup
Build and maintain calculated fields, condition rules, and business processes specific to compensation.
Collaborate with Compensation and Total Rewards teams to gather business requirements and translate them into functional Workday solutions.
Configure and support Annual Compensation Review (ACP) processes, including cycle launches, testing, and troubleshooting.
Develop custom reports and dashboards to support compensation analytics and governance.
Participate in Workday semi-annual releases, reviewing new features, performing regression testing, and implementing improvements.
Support compensation-related security configurations, ensuring proper access and compliance.
Use EIBs and data loads to support compensation cycles and configuration changes.
Document configurations, test scripts, training materials, and process flows.
Assists and in some cases owns the formulation of procedures and best practices for users of HRIS systems as it relates to the functional areas supported
Propose, document and implement new or revised processes to improve data integrity, security management, configuration and promote the consistent use of HR data and HRIS systems
Monitors business processes in Workday to ensure alignment with process flow documentation
Adheres to all company, country, local and other applicable laws or SOX requirements with respect to data usage and storage