The opportunity: 

Flexport is looking for a Sr. HRIS Analyst who will propel us into our next phase of strategic expansion. Reporting to the Sr. HRIS Manager, we are looking for a thought partner to provide outstanding support in the implementation of new modules, releases and rollouts. If you consider yourself a Workday Ninja and exude passion, creativity, and customer obsession - you’ll thrive here. You will have an unprecedented opportunity to design our systems to allow Flexport to rapidly and efficiently scale.

You will:

• Provide subject matter expertise around optimizing and streamlining the HRIS system (Workday)
• Support complex Workday projects including configuration and implementation in one or more of the following areas: Security, Business Process Management, and/or Analytics and Dashboards
• Review business requirements, author technical design documents, and produce high quality solutions aimed at optimizing business processes spanning multiple technologies across the enterprise
• Advise business teams in assessing technology needs of third party solutions
• Assess compatibility with the HR Systems and recommend integration strategy and plan
• Involved in ensuring unit testing, and user-acceptance testing is complete and all potential scenarios are explored and vetted to be little to no risk in compliance in documentation
• Utilize a comprehensive understanding of multiple data structures and sources to lead complex, and sometimes unique, data manipulation using advanced data extraction and analytical tools and techniques
• Analyze issues, unexpected results or process flows; identify failures, and provide break-fixes related to existing and future Workday interfaces
• Create and automate workflows across modules and systems
• Provide ongoing recommendations to keep Workday business processes simple and efficient
• Partner with cross functional teams to identify, assess, and solve complex business problems in Workday with external applications across a wide array of HCM, IT, Payroll and other functional areas, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Perform semi-annual Workday product update releases processes, including regression testing and contingency planning for larger project efforts

You should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems or equivalent
• Experience implementing/enhancing/maintaining a Workday HRIS on a global scale is a must
• Minimum 3 years of configuration experience with the Workday Product Suite, with expertise in at least three of the following product areas: Core HCM (required), Benefits, Advanced Compensation, Performance Management, Time Tracking and Absence Management, Payroll
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the following foundational areas: Custom Reporting and Calculated Fields, Business Process Configuration, Security
• Familiar with JIRA Sprint Planning methodology and self sufficient in tracking tasks and projects
• A solid understanding of the data housed in Workday in different domains and across different data structures, and expert ability to create and maintain complex calculated fields
• Superior analytical and technical skills for translating and analyzing business needs into requirements, driving projects, and delivering effective, value-adding solutions
• ​Exceptional technical aptitude and strong desire for learning new technologies and solution architectures
• Experience designing workflows with with the full employment lifecycle (recruiting, onboarding, career development, off-boarding)
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with basic Workday integration tools, including EIBs and reports as a service

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