Fednav, headquartered in Montreal, is the largest international dry bulk shipping group in Canada engaged in worldwide ocean transportation. Fednav has five international offices established on four continents. Founded in 1944, we are a driven, innovative, and respected organization committed to our employees and customers.
We are looking to fill a position for a Workday Applications Specialist in Human Capital Management (HCM) who will assist the talent management and project teams and actively participate in the evolution and optimization of the Workday platform. This person will serve as the subject matter expert for Workday HCM and collaborates with Talent Management, IT, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions that enhance employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING | THE ROLE
- Act as a Workday system expert for HCM; configure and maintain Workday HCM modules.
- Manage and prioritize the work tasks backlog.
- Define, design, and establish the business needs of the Talent Management team.
- Actively participate in various testing and validation projects involving Workday.
- Establish the application evolution roadmap according to business priorities.
- Ensure compliance with and evolution of the Workday application support model, including governance.
- Work closely with the Workday Application Specialist for Finance modules.
- Support the Business Solution Manager to respect the established objectives of the company’s engagement.
- Maintain Fednav’s Workday account, permissions, and licenses, ensuring safe and optimized use.
- Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to identify, analyze, and resolve issues.
- Coordinate and launch bi-annual release processes, including impact analysis of new functionality, testing, and shared process analysis.
- Support HCM stakeholders by providing training and answering questions.
WHAT YOU BRING | THE PERSON
The ideal candidate has:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent mix of education and experience is required; degree in business administration or human resources is preferred.
- At least 5 years of experience as an HR technology analyst or integration specialist with Workday.
- Significant experience and expertise in supporting and configuring Workday HCM modules in at least two of the following areas: payroll, advanced compensation, ATS, benefits, performance.
- Experience in managing system updates, including re-evaluating testing procedures, validating development/environment, or deploying to production.
- Good technical understanding of backup and resilience solutions and processes.
- Rigorous, detail-oriented, and excellent planning skills.
- Ability to properly document processes, procedures, and test protocols.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to multitask; resourcefulness.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills and proven ability to interact with users at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to simplify technical concepts using user-friendly language.
- Respects the confidential nature of the information they have access to.
- *Excellent verbal and written communications skills in both French and English.
*For positions available in Montreal (Quebec), please note that bilingualism is required due to our frequent communication with our global colleagues, and partners.
Honesty, integrity, and a respect toward community and environment define our values.
www.fednav.com
Honesty, integrity, commitment to professional excellence, regard for employees and
corporate responsibility define our values.
www.fednav.com
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What We Do
Fednav Limited, the largest Canadian international dry bulk shipping group and leader in the Arctic and Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway. Founded in 1944, we conduct business worldwide with approximately 100 ships trading worldwide. Fednav also operates a network of specialized subsidiaries - FALLine (Fednav Atlantic Lakes Line), offering a regular general cargo liner service from Europe to ports along the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system for over 60 years. - FMT (Federal Marine Terminals), operating multiple stevedoring facilities in the US East Coast and Gulf Coast and in the Great Lakes. A leader in the industry, FMT handles breakbulk, bulk, containerized, project, and general cargoes for its clients. The wide range of commodities handled includes cement, cocoa, containers, gypsum, machinery, steel, sugar, wood pulp and forest products. - Fednav Direct, our logistics services offering value-added on-carriage services, inventory management, and 24/7 inland transportation of cargoes
