Title: Senior Associate, HR Technology and Operations
Department: Human Resources
Location: Boston, MA
BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW
Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with approximated $160 billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Founded in 1984, we pioneered a consulting-based approach to private equity investing, partnering closely with management teams to offer the insights that challenge conventional thinking, build great businesses and improve operations. Over time, we have organically expanded this approach across asset classes to build one of the strongest alternative asset platforms in the world.
Today, our teams strive to create value through private equity, public equity, fixed income and credit, venture capital and real estate investments across multiple sectors, industries, and geographies. We believe that our people and the shared values we’ve espoused since our founding remain the core of our competitive advantage. This has empowered us to deliver an enduring impact to a diverse group of investors including pensions, endowments, foundations and individuals.
The Senior Associate in HR Technology & Operations will manage and support programs and projects that transform the way we work at Bain Capital, leveraging our people systems, tools and business processes to deliver maximum value, quality data, and exceptional experiences for our people.
This role requires both a HR consultative/client-focused mindset and technical expertise as this team partners with the HR function to understand their needs, ideas and challenges, then translates them into technical solutions. It requires an understanding of HR programs, how the HR function is organized at Bain Capital and how HR supports the Bain Capital Business Units to best serve our clients.
ROLE DESCRIPTION:
This role will work on strategic HR projects, cyclical HR programs and business as usual system maintenance activities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Strategic projects
- Participate in strategic HR technology projects on our roadmap – both Workday and non-Workday projects. Gather business requirements, design solutions, configure, deploy, and change management activities.
- Liaise with internal HR teams and external technical consultants.
- Cyclical programs
- Manage the current Performance Management program in Workday HR. Will require partnering with HR Talent teams across three annual cycles to gather requirements, configure, coordinate testing and meet launch dates.
- Evaluate emerging technologies to identify tools and platforms that could streamline and enhance performance reviews, feedback, and goal setting processes for Bain Capital.
- Evaluate and recommend adoption of new Workday functionality to support process improvement and optimization.
- Create and manage supporting documentation for team administration and resources for HR and stakeholders across Bain Capital.
- Partner with Compensation team to manage compensation cycle configuration, maintenance, and enhancements within our internal compensation system.
- Provide global Workday HCM maintenance & repair support – Activities include, but are not limited to, Workday configuration, business process, security, tenant management, benefits, time tracking, reporting, and integrations. Recommend automation opportunities and process improvements.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Understanding of HR from both a technical and business program lens, ability to translate business requirements to system requirements and drive optimal solutions.
- Problem-solving, process improvement, and change management skills with the ability to think strategically, analytically, and creatively with strong attention to detail and organization skills.
- Ability to work across cross-functional projects and interact with team members at all levels.
- Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate, build and maintain effective working relationships.
- Strong analytical, presentation and written communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
DESIRED BACKGROUND/EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 2-4 years of professional work experience with Workday HR, including but not limited to, business process configuration, conditional logic-based rules and code-based system configurations and validations.
- Hands-on experience in Workday HCM Core, Performance, Benefits, Compensation, Recruiting and Security modules
- Experience using Anaplan, Tableau or Power BI is a plus
Top Skills
What We Do
Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms. More than 1,200 Bain Capital employees work together at locations in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Palo Alto, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Sydney, Madrid, Luxembourg, Munich, Mumbai, Seoul, and Tokyo to manage approximately $155 billion in assets.
Founded in 1984, Bain Capital has advanced a consulting-based approach to investment. We develop close partnerships with management teams around the world, uncovering valuable insights that drive long-term value to businesses and markets. We have expanded this approach beyond private equity to several asset classes, including credit, fixed income, public equity, venture capital, and real estate. We’re dedicated to responsible business practices, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are critical considerations in our investment approach.
We strive to create lasting impact for all stakeholders: our investors, our teams, our businesses, and the communities we’re a part of. We believe our shared values form the core of our competitive advantage:
- We develop exceptional partnerships. We know great outcomes come from great teams.
- We challenge conventional thinking. We think differently. We nurture a culture of deep objective inquiry and seek the full potential in every opportunity.
- We work with tenacity. We roll up our sleeves, dig in, and come to work every day searching for better outcomes.
- We believe character matters. We prize personal integrity and humility.
Our team also supports a variety of charitable and nonprofit organizations by donating time, expertise and resources through the Bain Capital Community Partnership. Bain Capital Children's Charity, founded in 1996, has proven this by providing more than $55 million to 350 youth-related causes thanks to contributions from the firm’s employees and partners.
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