Sr. Workday Reporting Analyst

The Sr. Workday Reporting Analyst is responsible for leading the development, implementation, and optimization of Workday reporting and dashboard solutions. This role ensures the accuracy, quality, and timely delivery of reports and dashboards, supporting data-driven decision-making across the organization. The Sr. Workday Reporting Analyst will work with the key HR leaders/teams to understand the proposed design of Workday reporting solutions and impact on providing reports to users, both US and globally as needed. They will collaborate with HR, IT, and business stakeholders, including Functional Leads and SMEs, to gather reporting requirements for all reports and build new custom reports using standard Workday reporting functionality such as Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Dashboards, and Discovery Boards. The role includes analyzing Workday-delivered reports to determine whether current reports can be leveraged/configured or if new custom reports are required. This role may also participate in data analysis and research projects to solve problems and provide actionable insights for organizational decision-making, and help establish reporting standards to support data governance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain advanced Workday reports, including advanced, composite, and matrix reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Analyze existing Workday-delivered reports to determine whether current reports can be leveraged/configured or if new custom reports are required.
• Utilize available Workday tools and functionality such as Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Dashboards, and Discovery Boards, to build datasets, and design custom solutions to visualize data and meet business needs.
• Work closely with HR, Finance, and IT teams to gather reporting requirements, translate them into Workday solutions, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Prepare HR metrics and insights to be presented upon request or on schedule by senior leadership.
• Ensure the quality and accuracy of data through effective validation and troubleshooting techniques.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build real-time, actionable reports and dashboards that support decision-making.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of reports and dashboards, troubleshooting issues as needed.
• Stay up-to-date with Workday releases to identify and leverage new reporting and insights features and enhancements.
• Provide user training and support to stakeholders on using and interpreting Workday reports and analytics.
• Partner with other Workday leads in US and abroad, and project teams, to align reporting efforts with ongoing implementations and optimizations.
• Partner and build relationships with stakeholders to align on objectives and advance Workday adoption and ease of use.
• As needed, extract, analyze, and support data visualization and insights to assist business segments with making changes to policies, procedures, and business practices.
  
  
  

Job Skills

• Proficiency with Workday HCM reporting tools, including Advanced, Composite, and Matrix reports.
• Strong understanding of Workday data structures and reporting hierarchies.
• Experience in gathering requirements and working directly with stakeholders to provide reporting solutions.
• Ability to troubleshoot reporting issues and optimize report performance.
• Familiarity with security frameworks within Workday to ensure proper access to data.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Aptitude in learning and mastering report writing tools.
• Knowledge of commonly used reports for Recruiting, Human Resources, Compensation, Payroll, and Benefits.
• Proficient with Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint required).
• Ability to create a consolidated report by combining data from multiple data sources.
• Experience with PowerBI a plus.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload and execute tasks independently, providing timely follow-up and resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities.
• Strong written and oral communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
  
  
  

Work Experience

• 6 years of hands-on experience with Workday HCM reporting tools, including Advanced, Composite, and Matrix reports.
• Background in understanding HCM data that could be used in building reports.
• HRIS, Human Resources, Recruiting, or Insights functional background.
  
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Statistics, Human Resources, or related discipline.
• Workday Report Writing certifications (preferred).
  
  
  

Certification

• Workday Report Writing certifications (preferred).
  
  
  

Other

• Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Must be able to lift 25 lbs.
• Typical office setting.
• Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.
• Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.
• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs a warrant.
• Access information using a computer.
• Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.
• Effectively cope with stressful situations.
• Strong mental acuity.
• Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job.
• Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.
  
  
  

SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

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SEI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.

$92,700.00 - $139,100.00 - Salary

If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at Careers@strategiced.com.