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Workday Senior HRIS Analyst
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid – 2 days onsite weekly)
Position Type: Direct Hire
Target Salary: Up to $120K
TalentFish is seeking a highly skilled Workday Senior HRIS Analyst to join a growing Chicago-based organization. This individual will serve as the primary Workday subject matter expert, driving configuration, reporting, optimization, and process improvements across key HR functional areas.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys partnering closely with HR leadership and business stakeholders to enhance system capabilities, improve data integrity, and support strategic, data-driven decision-making.
What You Bring
- 5 years of hands-on Workday configuration and support experience across Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, and Talent.
- Strong experience developing advanced reports, matrix reports, calculated fields, and dashboards within Workday.
- Deep understanding of HR operations, HR data structures, and Workday best practices.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience supporting enterprise HR processes and system enhancements in a fast-paced environment.
- Workday Pro certifications are strongly preferred.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as the lead administrator and subject matter expert for Workday across multiple HR modules.
- Configure and maintain Workday business processes, security roles, notifications, and system functionality.
- Build and maintain advanced reporting solutions, dashboards, and calculated fields to support HR and business initiatives.
- Partner with HR, Total Rewards, and Talent Acquisition teams to gather requirements and deliver scalable system solutions.
- Lead annual Workday processes including Open Enrollment, Merit and Compensation cycles, and Performance Management activities.
- Ensure strong data integrity through audits, security administration, and mass data management activities.
- Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes and improve operational efficiency through automation and system enhancements.
- Support ongoing system upgrades, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Lorie Gironda at lgironda@talentfish.com.
Salary : $120,000 - $123,000