Senior HRIS Analyst

Yext is looking for an awesome Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday) to help build and improve Workday at Yext! This person will assist with all aspects of the expansion and maintenance of Workday in partnership with the Business Applications team. You will be a key member of the People Operations team and instrumental in driving structure and efficiency across the company.  Reporting to the Senior Manager of Workday HRIS & People Analytics, you will partner closely with the members of the HR team and support other functions as needed. You will help maintain the Workday platform with a focus on business process maintenance, security administration, reporting, data loads and data audits.  The ideal candidate loves a good challenge and is obsessive about data quality!

What You'll Do

• Partner with other team members to lead and/or assist with the delivery of projects including configuration changes and functionality deployment (including configuration, testing, documentation, peer review, sign off, training, change management). Identify functional gaps in existing processes or operations when business needs change and provide solutions.
• Lead annual cycles, including but not limited to compensation, performance, and benefits open enrollment. 
• Work collaboratively with HR partners and team members to troubleshoot, research, and escalate issues as necessary ensuring that users are updated on the status and addressing issues timely
• Assist with testing and implementation of HRIS system upgrades, resolve system issues, perform mass data uploads and perform scheduled activities to ensure systems and processes are working as designed
• Proactively identifies areas where HR data is not up to date and works with HR partners to suggest and implement ways to improve data quality
• Assist with resolving tickets in HRIS mail box, investigate and resolve issues quickly and with high customer satisfaction. Escalate any tickets to manager as required. 
• Develop and document HRIS system procedures and tutorials for employees
• Perform periodic audits on internal and external system controls and processes
• Create ad-hoc reports and queries for end users
• Work with Workday manager to build and edit HR business processes 
• Manage day-to-day maintenance of HRIS systems, Workday
• Maintain and troubleshoot security access for users.

List of Workday components we’ll be using: Core HCM, Talent/Performance, Advanced Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence. 

What You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration or related field required
• 2+ years of Workday HCM, hands-on configuration experience required
• Experience writing custom reports in Workday required. 
• Experience with security configuration required. 
• Strong working knowledge of Workday modules such as: Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Performance, Talent, and/or Integrations. Workday certifications preferred. 
• Experience with day-to-day production support of live Workday environment required
• Excellent knowledge of HR, Payroll & Benefits systems, processes, procedures and best practices
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Must be a skilled communicator, with well-developed verbal, written and presentation ability.

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