Senior Analyst, Workday

Location: Vasanthanagar

Senior Analyst, Workday

Who are we:
Exemplar Luxury Group, formerly Saks Global, is the luxury collective that comprises iconic luxury retailers, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. Driven by a relentless devotion to our customers and powered by our talented colleagues, we offer curated product assortments, unparalleled service and personalized experiences across our integrated retail model. Through strong partnerships with the world's most esteemed names in luxury and deep customer relationships enhanced by the industry's most comprehensive insights, Exemplar Luxury Group is uniting coveted brands with unrivaled customer experiences.

Role

Summary:

The Senior Analyst, Workday will be responsible for serving as the subject matter expert (SME) for our core Workday modules, bridging the gap between human resources and technology. The role oversees the configuration, enhancement, and daily support for Workday Absence and Core HCM. The focus is on ensuring day-to-day operational excellence, optimizing systems, driving process efficiencies, and ensuring a seamless experience for our global workforce.

The role expands to include leading system readiness, process improvement, stakeholder management, and evaluating bi-annual feature releases across HR teams.

Responsibilities:
System Configuration & Optimization:
Lead the functional design, configuration, and testing as the primary SME for the Workday Absence and Core HCM modules.
Advanced Absence Management:
Architect, configure, and maintain complex Time Off and Leave of Absence (LOA) plans, period schedules, accrual calculations, and balance limits across multiple worker types (corporate vs. retail store associates).
Core HCM & Employee Lifecycle:
Configure and support core HCM processes, including supervisory organizations, position management, staffing models, and complex employee lifecycle business processes (e.g., hire, transfer, terminate, job changes).
Compliance & Localization:
Translate regional and state-specific legal requirements into system rules managing precise usage caps, legacy PTO carryovers, and conditional logic.
Advanced Absence Mechanics:
Build and maintain dynamic holiday calendars, configure PTO borrowing features, and ensure accurate system behavior during complex worker transitions.
Release Management:
Evaluate bi-annual Workday feature releases for Absence and Core HCM, present strategic recommendations to stakeholders, and manage the testing and deployment of adopted features.
Stakeholder Partnership:
Gather business requirements from HR leaders, translating complex operational needs into scalable Workday solutions.
Data Integrity & Reporting:
Create and maintain custom reports, calculated fields, and dashboards to support business analytics and ensure data accuracy within the Absence and HCM modules.
Mentorship:
Provide guidance, technical support, and training to junior analysts and end-users.

Key

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
5+ years of hands-on functional experience within the Workday ecosystem
Absence Configuration Expertise:
Deep, verifiable configuration experience in Workday Absence, including building custom calculation engines for accruals and limits from scratch
Core HCM Mastery:
Deep configuration experience in Workday Core HCM, including the business process framework, condition rules, security grouping, and organizational setup
State-Specific Compliance Knowledge:
Demonstrated success in mapping complex, localized labor laws (e.g., CA, NY, multi-state nuances) to Workday Absence configurations
Business Process Mastery:
Deep understanding of HR business processes, including leave requests, coordination with short-term disability (STD), and the downstream impacts of worker transitions on time-off balances and core worker profiles
Integration Troubleshooting:
Familiarity with how Workday Absence and HCM interact with external timekeeping and scheduling systems to confidently identify and resolve inbound/outbound data discrepancies
High proficiency in Workday report writing, calculating fields, and understanding broad…