Workday Reporting and Analytics Architect

Strada•The Woodlands, TX

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Strada U.S. Professional Services, LLC is seeking a Workday Reporting and Analytics Architect to partner with Workday Product Management and Strategy to enhance customer value through advisory, planning, and implementation of Workday modules and capabilities. This role involves documenting requirements, mapping and designing processes, gathering system data, and converting it into formats suitable for reporting and analytics. The architect will lead Workday Reporting and Analytics strategy across all modules and tools, including custom reporting, composite reporting, Prism Analytics, Office Connect for financials, Accounting Center, Discovery boards, APIs, and RAAS. They will architect comprehensive HCM and FINS reporting and analytics solutions that align with business objectives, ensuring scalability, flexibility, and optimal user experience. The position is responsible for leading project areas, managing all project stages from planning to deployment, and designing data integration solutions between Workday, Prism, and third-party systems. This role also involves coordinating the work of others, managing project resources (FTE, scope, budget, quality, timeline), hiring, onboarding, and mentoring new colleagues. Additionally, the architect will assist colleagues with goal setting, performance assessment, and career development, participate in client sales meetings, interview business subject matter experts, and monitor team utilization. They will partner with Resource Management on project staffing and develop processes and methodologies within and across HCM and Finance reporting practices. The role supervises 3 individuals. Telecommuting is permitted.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Sciences, Statistics or a related field plus seven (7) years of experience in designing and developing reporting and analytics solutions or related experience.
Three (3) years of Workday experience.
Workday Reporting certification; Workday Prism Analytics Certification.
Designing and developing Workday Custom reports including advanced, matrix, composite reports, dashboards/scorecards and trending reports
Designing and loading accounting journals into workday using accounting center
Designing and developing reporting solutions using Workday Prism
Workday HCM and Finance modules
Designing and building solutions with reporting and analytics applications using Tableau, Alteryx, IBM Cognos, Informatica
SQL, RAAS, XML, XSLT and working on Workday tools such as EIB, Core connector, Document Transformation
Leading Reporting and Analytics Projects and managing project resources across all industry vertical projects and for both HCM and FINS modules
Object oriented programming and data warehousing concepts
Implementing projects with adherence to software development life cycle methodologies and ITIL standards
Prioritizing and organizing work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards
Reporting and analytics tools such as Alteryx, Tableau, Cognos BI, Informatica to solve business reporting and analytics problems.

Responsibilities

Partner with Workday Product Management and Strategy to improve the value customers get with Workday products through advisory, planning and implementation of modules and capabilities by documenting requirements, mapping and designing processes, gathering system data and converting data into format required for reporting and analytics.
Lead Workday Reporting and Analytics strategy across all modules and tools including custom reporting, composite reporting, Prism Analytics, Office Connect for financials, Accounting Center, Discovery boards, APIs and RAAS.
Architect comprehensive HCM and FINS reporting and analytics solutions across all functional areas that align with business objectives, ensuring scalability, flexibility, and optimal user experience using Workday and other reporting and data analytics solutions.
Responsible for leading one or more areas of a large project and/or multiple concurrent projects potentially over longer periods of duration.
Responsible for managing all stages of the project, from planning and design phases through testing and deployment.
Responsible for designing and developing data integration solutions between Workday, Prism and third-party systems.
Responsible for coordinating the work of others, regardless of people management responsibilities.
Managing project FTE, scope, budget, quality, and timeline.
Hires, on-boards and mentor’s new colleagues through partnership with the recruiting team.
Assists colleagues in goal setting, solicits 360 feedback, assesses performance, provides feedback to colleagues, and reviews compensation periodically to ensure competitiveness, per business requirements.
Coaches and develops colleagues through constructive feedback, management of project assignments, job requirements and capabilities, as well as guiding their overall career paths.
Participates in client sales meetings, assisting with collateral creation where needed.
Interview business subject matter experts and document their requirements.
Monitors utilization of team members to maximize revenue potential.
Partners with Resource Management on project staffing to ensure project assignments are properly aligned to team members’ skill sets and personal preferences.
Develops processes and methodology within and across HCM and Finance reporting practices.
Supervises 3.