Sr Workday Analyst

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The Sr. Workday Analyst acts as a strategic subject matter expert, responsible for the ongoing support, configuration, and optimization of the organization's Workday platform to ensure seamless alignment with evolving business priorities and organizational objectives.
What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you’ll stay)
• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
• Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You'll Be Doing

• Strategic subject matter expert (SME) for Workday functionality, configuration, and best practices.
• Owns ongoing functional design. Collaborate with IT on deployment, and maintenance of the Workday platform, including business processes, workflows, approvals, notifications, and master data values (e.g., job profiles, roles, locations).
• Provides day-to-day end-user support, troubleshooting, and technical guidance. Configure, test, validate, and implement system changes, enhancements, and new modules/features. Monitor system performance and proactively identify opportunities for optimization.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation including user guides, FAQs, and quick reference materials. Deliver mentoring and training to HR teams and system users to ensure effective adoption and utilization.
• Ensures data quality through audits, validations, and proactive maintenance. Manage system security roles and permissions, ensuring appropriate access and compliance with data privacy and protection standards. Lead governance processes and maintain accountability for data governance and system compliance.
• Partners with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and other stakeholders to document business requirements and collaborate with IT to translate into technical solutions. Support change management initiatives and ensure system alignment with organizational needs and employee experience goals.
• Build and maintain complex reports to analyze HR data, identify trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement. Contribute to the development of actionable HR insights that enhance engagement and business performance.
• Acts as a consultative partner to HR Business Partners, COEs, and functional leaders. Leads Workday-related projects, road mapping exercises and resource planning to continuously improve service delivery and system capabilities.
• Stays current with Workday releases and HR technology trends. Evaluate new functionality to identify opportunities for innovation and improved system usage. Drive deployment of feature releases and system maintenance to meet evolving business requirements.
• Consistently models the Company values and expected behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor of Science (B.S) HRIS or Related Field Required
• 5+ years Workday experience, including system administration, configuration, reporting, and module expertise (e.g. Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, Talent, Learning, Expense, Safety, Time Tracking, Absence Managment).
• Proven experience across the Workday implementation lifecycle (design, build, testing, deployment) and business process configuration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot system issues and deliver effective solutions.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and interpersonal skills to engage and translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and commitment to data integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and deliver timely resolutions.
• Experience with enterprise HR or Financials applications and system integrations.
• Demonstrated ability to support change management and drive continuous improvement.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality
• Workday Certifications (e.g. Core HCM, Reporting, Security) and analytics platform certifications (e.g. Tableau, Power BI) are a plus

About Us

We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.

Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.