HRIS Analyst

Overview

The HRIS Analyst partners with Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits, IT, Finance, and operational leaders toimprove, automate, and continuouslyoptimizeHR systems, employee data,reporting, and process workflows.

This role applies

Lean thinking, workflow analysis, responsible AI-enabled tools, automation, and data-informed problem solving to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, strengthen controls, and enhance the employee and leader experience.

The HRIS Analyst serves as a technical and analytical point of contact for assigned HR systems and functional areas,supporting system configuration,integrations,upgrades, testing,dashboards, process documentation,automation opportunities,user training, and cross-functional projects that deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, compliance, and service delivery.

• Administers, configures, tests, and supports HRIS modules, workflows, system tables, user roles, security access, integrations, and vendor releases in partnership with HR, Payroll,Benefits, IT, Finance, and external vendors.

• Uses Lean process improvement methods to assess current-state HR workflows,identify waste, variation, rework, delays, duplicate entry, and handoff gaps, and design improved future-state processes.

• Identifies, prioritizes, and implements practical automation opportunities that reduce manual effort, improve data quality, streamline approvals, strengthen controls, and improve employee and leader self-service.

• Evaluates and applies responsible AI-enabled tools and system capabilities to improve HR operations, including content generation, data validation, case routing, knowledge management, workflow support, reporting, and user assistance, whilemaintaininghuman oversight for high-impact people decisions.

• Leads and supports HR technology and continuous improvement projects, including requirements gathering, process mapping, project planning, change management, testing, communication, training, documentation, and post-implementation support.

• Maintains data integrity by developing and performing routine audits, researching discrepancies,validatingintegrations, monitoring error reports, and partnering with stakeholders to correct root causes.

• Builds,maintains, and supports standard and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and data extracts for HR operations, compensation, benefits, payroll, compliance, workforce planning, and leadership decision-making.

• Develops metrics and baseline measures tomonitorprocess performance, automation impact, issue trends, cycle time, error rates, adoption, and customer service outcomes.

• Provides production support by troubleshooting system issues, researching unexpected results, documenting resolutions, escalating technical concerns as appropriate, and recommending sustainable solutions.

• Supports system upgrades, releases, patches, integrations, and new functionality through test plan development, user acceptance testing, regression testing, validation, and issue tracking.

• Maintainsaccuratesystem and process documentation, including configuration notes, workflow maps, business process guides, report inventories, data dictionaries, training materials, automation documentation, AI-use guidance, and standard operating procedures.

• Trains HR team members and system users on HRIS functionality, Lean improvement concepts, automation tools, reporting standards, data quality expectations, responsible AI use, workflows, and new or enhanced processes.

• Supports data privacy, information security, internal controls, AI governance, and regulatory compliance by following approved access, confidentiality, retention, audit, and review practices.

• Monitors emerging HR technology trends, including analytics, automation, artificial intelligence-enabled features, employee self-service, digital employee experience tools, and workflow orchestration, and recommends practical improvements.

• Participates in vendor meetings, user groups, webinars, conferences, and professional development opportunities tomaintaincurrent HRIS, Lean, automation, AI, and HR operations knowledge.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, information systems, computer science, data analytics, industrial engineering, organizational development, or a related field required; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.

Experience/

Qualifications:

• At least five years of related HRIS, HR operations, payroll,…