Director HR Systems

We are looking for a Director HR Systems. The position is part of the Global HR Shared Services leadership team. The main tasks for this position include:

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The HR Systems Leader plays a pivotal role within Global HR Shared Services by designing strategy for HR systems while managing and optimizing HR owned business systems (such as Workday, PeopleDoc, etc.). The role helps to drive productivity, streamline processes and improve overall organizational efficiency.  The role manages a small team of business analysts responsible for functional HR system requirements and managing various point solutions.

​The Director HR Systems requires a deep understanding of both technical and HR business processes to effectively bridge the gap between technology solutions, business needs and user experience.

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PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities of the Director HR Systems involve various aspects of system management, functional process design, and cross-team solutioning. Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with HR Business Process Advisors and HR Process Owners to translate functional process design into system requirements to ensure a cohesive HR process landscape
• Oversee the business requirements, configuration, implementation and maintenance of HR systems.
• Manage small team of business / systems analysts.
• Identify opportunities to enhance system efficiency and business processes and user experience. Implement improvements that align with organizational goals.
• Act as counterpart to our internal HR IT Partner to ensure 
  • all systems are up-to-date and functioning optimally.
  • a seamless data flow and functionality across our HR Operations systems and  downstream systems.
  • collaboration with vendors (e.g. manage relationships).
• Ensure that all HR business systems comply with external and internal regulations (Compliance, Data Privacy, etc).
• Lead audit and risk assessments addressed by external and internal auditors.
• Collaborate across other company functions such as Finance, Legal, etc. to support HR system related requirement analysis, design and implementation.
• Provide application design support and guidance to the HR Application Support Model team. Collaborate with respective leaders to keep crucial system related Standard Operating Procedures updated.
• Develop business cases to request new system updates, implementation of additional functionality, etc.

EDUCATION AND REQUIRED CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in human resource management, business, computer science or related field and 8 - 10 years’ work experience in related areas

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into objectives, plans, resources and long-term goals
• In-depth knowledge of HRIS technology and best practices (preferred Workday, PeopleDoc, Ticketing System)
• Proven track record to design HR processes ideally across all HR functions 
• Knowledge and understanding of laws and regulations related to HR process and data management (privacy, data transfer and retention, etc.)
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals (including Senior Leaders) possessing varying degree of technical and functional knowledge
• Self-motivated taking initiative to enhance delivery
• Ability to work in matrix organization and strives in ambiguous situations
• Strong analytical skills
• Attention to detail and ability to provide fast turnaround when needed
• Proven teamwork – with ability to work with team members across all corporate functions
• Excellent MS Excel, database, and PowerPoint software skills