Workday Specialist, Talent Insights & Reporting

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this is an 18 months full time temporary position

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We’re looking for a Workday Specialist, Talent Insights & Reporting to join our Talent and Insights team. You will scale our Workday reporting infrastructure - extracting raw workforce data, auditing data quality, and supporting impactful visualization initiatives. You will bridge the gap between back-end data and high-level strategy, collaborating with HR leaders, Finance, and cross-functional teams to deliver insights that advance business goals and enrich the employee experience.

Shape how our business uses data to power people strategy.

• Design, build, and maintain custom Workday reports across various Workday modules (Core HCM, Talent, Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, and Time/Absence).
• Utilize Workday’s advanced reporting tools, including Advanced, Matrix, Trending, and Composite report types.
• Develop end-to-end solutions by translating complex business requirements into scalable and efficient reporting solutions.
• Extract data from Workday and other HR systems, analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to workforce demographics, performance, compensation, turnover, and other HR metrics.

• Ensure data integrity and accuracy by implementing data quality checks and validation procedures and by routinely auditing source data and reporting logic.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of data governance policies and procedures.
• Monitor report performance, optimizing complex calculated fields to ensure fast load times and clean system performance.
• Maintain and evolve our report inventory management practices to ensure stakeholders have reliable data sources.

• Build, maintain, and enhance audit reports that support a wide range of audit controls.
• Partner with internal and external auditors to develop scalable, accurate, and consistent audit reporting processes.

• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on Workday reporting capabilities, advising stakeholders on best practices and feasible solutions.
• Partner with People Business Partners, Finance, IT and other stakeholders to understand their data needs and provide relevant insights.
• Support business initiatives by providing data-driven recommendations and analysis.
• Conduct Knowledge transfer sessions to promote data literacy and support the development of best reporting practices.
• Work as a strategic partner to stakeholders and contribute to the execution of the Insights roadmap initiatives

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience in the Workday reporting ecosystem and large data sets.
• Expert‑level proficiency in creating complex Calculated Fields, with a mastery of Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Power Query)
• Proven track record of building and managing high‑stakes reports, such as Board of Directors decks, Sustainability (ESG) reporting, or Cyclical Reports.
• Experience in maintaining data integrity across enterprise HR systems and conducting audits
• Experience working within or closely with a People function, handling highly confidential data, demonstrating a deep understanding of HR life cycles (Recruitment, Turnover, Compensation, and Diversity metrics) and people data metrics.
• As a global company with employees and customers outside of Quebec, English proficiency is required for this role.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Statistics, Data Science, or any combination of training and experience relevant for the role
• Background working as an HR Business Analyst or Data Analyst
• Experience working with People Analytics tools (Prism, Looker, Tableau, etc.)
• Workday Pro Certification (Reporting)

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work
• A culture that celebrates performance
• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean…