Senior HRIS Analyst

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Chicago, IL
Senior level
eCommerce • Logistics • Software • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
Flexport helps make global commerce so easy there will be more of it.
The Role
The Senior HRIS Analyst will lead and support the implementation and optimization of the Workday HRIS system. Responsibilities include project management, technical documentation, user-acceptance testing, and conducting complex data analyses to improve business processes and integrations across various functions.
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About Flexport: 

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. 

The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. At a valuation of $8 billion, we are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us.

The Opportunity: 

Flexport is looking for a Senior HRIS Analyst who will propel us into our next phase of strategic expansion. Reporting to the Sr. HRIS Manager, we are looking for a thought partner to provide outstanding support in the implementation of new modules, releases and rollouts. If you consider yourself a Workday Ninja and exude passion, creativity, and customer obsession - you’ll thrive here. You will have an unprecedented opportunity to design our systems to allow Flexport to rapidly and efficiently scale.

You Will:

  • Provide subject matter expertise around optimizing and streamlining the HRIS system (Workday)
  • Support complex Workday projects including configuration and implementation in one or more of the following areas: Security, Business Process Management, and/or Analytics and Dashboards
  • Review business requirements, author technical design documents, and produce high quality solutions aimed at optimizing business processes spanning multiple technologies across the enterprise
  • Advise business teams in assessing technology needs of third party solutions
  • Assess compatibility with the HR Systems and recommend integration strategy and plan
  • Involved in ensuring unit testing, and user-acceptance testing is complete and all potential scenarios are explored and vetted to be little to no risk in compliance in documentation
  • Utilize a comprehensive understanding of multiple data structures and sources to lead complex, and sometimes unique, data manipulation using advanced data extraction and analytical tools and techniques
  • Analyze issues, unexpected results or process flows; identify failures, and provide break-fixes related to existing and future Workday interfaces
  • Create and automate workflows across modules and systems
  • Provide ongoing recommendations to keep Workday business processes simple and efficient
  • Partner with cross functional teams to identify, assess, and solve complex business problems in Workday with external applications across a wide array of HCM, IT, Payroll and other functional areas, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
  • Perform semi-annual Workday product update releases processes, including regression testing and contingency planning for larger project efforts

You Should Have:  

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems or equivalent
  • Experience implementing/enhancing/maintaining a Workday HRIS on a global scale is a must
  • Minimum 8 years of configuration experience with the Workday Product Suite, with expertise in at least three of the following product areas: Core HCM (required), Benefits, Advanced Compensation, Performance Management, Time Tracking and Absence Management, Payroll
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in the following foundational areas: Custom Reporting and Calculated Fields, Business Process Configuration, Security
  • Familiar with JIRA Sprint Planning methodology and self sufficient in tracking tasks and projects
  • A solid understanding of the data housed in Workday in different domains and across different data structures, and expert ability to create and maintain complex calculated fields
  • Superior analytical and technical skills for translating and analyzing business needs into requirements, driving projects, and delivering effective, value-adding solutions
  • ​Exceptional technical aptitude and strong desire for learning new technologies and solution architectures
  • Experience designing workflows with with the full employment lifecycle (recruiting, onboarding, career development, off-boarding)
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with basic Workday integration tools, including EIBs and reports as a service

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Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible relies on having a diverse, dedicated and engaged workforce. That is why Flexport is committed to creating and nurturing an environment where anyone can be their authentic self. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Top Skills

Workday
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
2,500 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Founded in 2013, we believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why our mission at Flexport is to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it.

The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people

Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B worth of merchandise across 112 countries every year.

Why Work With Us

Global logistics is the circulatory system for the world economy. Our global team of entrepreneurs is empowered to make the important decisions, to advocate for what is right regardless of the bottom line, and to see their ideas tested in the laboratory of the real world. We are uniquely positioned to simplify trade and built to make it happen.

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