Senior HRIS Workday Functional Analyst (Remote)

Senior HRIS Workday Functional Analyst (Remote) Location Remote in Santa Ana, CA :

Who We Are

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What We Do

The Sr. HRIS Workday Functional Analyst supports the execution of system set up and workflows across modules within Workday. These roles will partner with HR domain subject matter experts, customers, IT partners, and third parties to better understand and document detailed business requirements. The Sr. HRIS Functional Analyst will lead in business processes mapping to identify current gaps and opportunity for Workday automation and standard work; apply technical expertise to enable these functional processes within Workday; and will be responsible for ensuring that configuration of Workday system settings, integrations and options meet functional business objectives.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as subject matter expert on Workday including design for business process configuration, security and administration related to one or more BP functional areas of Workday (i.e. HCM, Time Tracking, Payroll, Recruiting, etc.)
• Participate in meetings to determine business needs and conduct feasibility study of the requirements
• Continuous research of Workday applications' functionality and features that could be implemented to meet business requirements
• Participate in Fit/Gap Analysis
• Research and prepare mass uploads for various application data changes for application areas assigned; troubleshoots data related issues
• Provide application support such as incident triage, research application bugs, respond to customer escalations, scenario re-creation and document findings
• Support global data integrity management and identify system data issues to address
• Prepare test scripts; execute, conduct and support user testing through rollout of new system functionality
• Participate in post-implementation evaluations in support of continuous process improvement
• Review system audit reports and perform resolution of moderately complex production issues
• Create and support service requests with Workday related vendors as assigned to resolve functionality issues
• Coordinate and communicate on system events: system maintenance/downtime, basic changes in functionality, etc.
• Share experiences and functional knowledge with other functional analysts
• Collaborate with global HR/HRIS team members to ensure system usage consistency across region
• Ensure processes meet SOX control compliance

What You'll Bring:

• Exposure to Workday configurations and integrations (e.g., EIBs, Cloud Connect, , Report Writer, Calculated Fields)
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and MS Visio
• Demonstrated understanding of project management concepts and the ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments simultaneously while meeting deadlines and quality standards
• Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills, including data analysis
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication and customers service skills with both technical and functional end-users
• Experience in process improvement and ability to drive efforts to standardize, optimize and simplify processes and technical solutions
• Must be able to quickly adapt to learn new systems
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5-7 years functional HR experience
• Experience with Workday HRMS highly preferred
• Workday PRO certification highly preferred

Pay Range: $71,500-$148,500 Annually

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

What We Offer

By choice, we don't simply accept individuality - we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it's the right thing to do, but also because it's the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.

Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.