Global Workday Analyst

Job Description

Workday Specialist | Smith

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Smith, and the location is not specified in the job description. Smith is an organization that relies on its global Workday platform for essential HR functions. This role is critical in supporting the daily operations, configuration, and maintenance of the Workday system, ensuring data integrity and efficient functionality across the company’s global teams.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified

• Team: Reports to Senior Global Workday Administrator
• Mission: To support the global Workday platform, ensuring its configuration, security, data integrity, and user support meet organizational needs.
• Tech Stack: Workday HCM, Workday Payroll, Microsoft Office Suite

What You’ll Actually Do
• Administer Workday: Support the configuration of business processes, fulfill ad hoc report requests, and deliver end-user training across the global Workday platform.
• Manage Security: Collaborate with the Senior Global Workday Administrator to maintain Workday security roles and permissions for appropriate data access and compliance.
• Ensure Data Integrity: Execute routine and ad hoc audits and quality checks to maintain Workday data integrity and compliance, partnering with regional teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Troubleshoot Systems: Review and troubleshoot system errors raised by global team members with guidance from the Senior Global Workday Administrator.
• Facilitate Releases: Prepare the global HR team for Workday releases by reviewing notes, assessing impacts, communicating changes, and coordinating testing to maintain current HR platform and data strategies.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Early Career, Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience: 1-2 years of hands-on experience with Workday HCM and Payroll.
• Skills: Strong written and verbal communication, ability to manage multiple priorities, translating business requirements into system configurations, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and familiarity with human resources policies and procedures.