Workday Reporting Specialist

UFP Industries•Grand Rapids, MI

About The Position

The HRIS Reporting Specialist develops and supports reporting solutions that provide clear, reliable, and actionable workforce information. The role primarily uses Workday while selecting the systems, tools, and data sources best suited to each project. It clarifies stakeholder questions and needs, explores opportunities, and recommends appropriate reporting approaches, including custom reports, dashboards, hubs, alerts, Worksheets, Workday Prism data solutions, and other analytics resources. Reporting solutions may involve brainstorming, research, format and tool selection, testing, validation, and rollout. The role calls for sound judgment, dependable follow-through, and the ability to manage competing priorities while delivering accurate work on time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management, or Human Resources, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Three years of prior experience with Workday or Oracle is preferred.
Expertise in business processes, security, reporting, integrations, and new functionality implementation is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify business questions, data gaps, and opportunities for greater insight; work with stakeholders to translate needs into practical, data-driven reporting solutions.
Design, build, test, and maintain Workday custom reports, including advanced, matrix, composite, trending, and other report types.
Create and maintain calculated fields, prompts, filters, drill-downs, and report logic.
Develop and support dashboards, worklets, scorecards, and self-service reporting experiences for managers, HR partners, and leaders.
Validate reports before deployment by comparing results with source data, testing scenarios, reconciling discrepancies, and incorporating peer or stakeholder review.
Test reporting security and audience access to ensure users see appropriate data without access to restricted information.
Investigate report discrepancies, data-quality concerns, performance issues, failed schedules, and unexpected changes in report output.
Build and maintain recurring report schedules, alerts, notifications, and report distributions; assist users with access and delivery questions.
Lead Workday Prism Analytics, Worksheets, and external-data reporting, including preparing, mapping, transforming, joining, validating, and documenting data.
Maintain and support team reporting tools and technologies; research and evaluate tools, features, and capabilities that may improve efficiency, functionality, and the user experience.
Review Workday releases for reporting impacts and opportunities; test new functionality and update reports, dashboards, guides, and communications as needed.
Maintain reporting governance by monitoring usage and report health, improving naming and design standards, consolidating duplicates, and retiring outdated solutions.
Create and maintain report documentation, validation templates, process guides, and training resources; demonstrate solutions and support reporting users.
Create clear, user-friendly resources, guides, and instructions to help end users understand, access, and use reports and dashboards.
Partner with HRIS analysts, subject matter experts, IT, and vendors on projects involving acquisitions, organizational changes, mass data activity, and new reporting needs.
Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, usability, data trust, and self-service access.
Perform other duties as required.