Workday Absence & HCM Senior Analyst

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The Talent Platform Optimization Senior Associate will be responsible for supporting the delivery, optimization and maintenance of Workday Absence, Skills Cloud and other areas across Core HCM, including configuration, reporting, projects, new releases, troubleshooting and consulting for solutions that meet and optimize business needs. They will support continuous improvement, advise on new features and execute system changes. In addition, this role will provide support to Talent Solutions with training, requirements, testing documentation and project management support, as needed.

They will collaborate with Talent Solutions, IT, Payroll, BU leaders, and external vendors to ensure that Workday is aligned with business needs.

• Responsible for configuring business processes including notifications, condition rules, embedded analytics and sub‑processes
• Configure and maintain global leave and time off plans, accruals, eligibility rules, waiting periods, carry‑over rules, and related business processes
• Build, revise and test reports, including creating calculated fields, and ensuring data integrity
• Manage EIB templates and/or Mass Operations Management solutions
• Support Workday release assessments and testing for Absence and other areas as needed and coordinate enabling new features with Talent, IT and Finance
• Maintain security groups in support areas, and create new security groups as needed
• Configure Docs and mass distribute as needed
• Own Absence, Time Off, Skills Cloud and Core HCM (such as I‑9, background check, and termination) requests, and priorities, document requests and project status updates
• Document business requirements, solution designs and testing plans
• Execute research and analysis of best practices and solutions
• Complete ad hoc projects and annual initiatives within Workday as needed
• Support Absence and HR Compliance teams by recommending technology improvements that automate processes and reduce manual work; identify opportunities to optimize
• Partner with Payroll team to ensure absence and time off plans map to appropriate earnings codes, troubleshoot issues and testing
• Maintain global annual holiday calendars and create background check packages
• Manage Skills Cloud governance and related configuration
• Address roadblocks to deliver enhancements aligned with Talent’s strategic vision
• Support implementation of new modules, integrations and system enhancements within Workday, understanding any downstream impact to decisions
• Help ensure consistent technology adoption across Talent teams and BUs
• Manage and build strong stakeholder relationships with the ability to keep stakeholders engaged; responsible and proactive in working toward planned goals and objectives, while connecting the dots across various Talent functions
• Collaborate with external vendors to optimize Workday integrations, particularly immigration, background check and I‑9 integrations

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience) required

Minimum two years of experience in Workday Absence and Core HCM configuration required

• Requires professionalism:
  Diplomacy, confidentiality and confidence in dealing with sensitive information
• High level of organizational and documentation skills, including great attention to detail and accuracy
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