HRIS Configuration Analyst - Comp/Performance (US shift)

S&P Global Corporate

The Role: HRIS Configuration Analyst - Comp/Performance (US shift)

The Team:

The People Technology team works to enable and shape S&P Global’s people experience, business processes and service model. Building off the People Team’s movement to working in an agile mindset, behavior and approach, this team will be responsible for key, prioritized projects to drive value to the business and respond to critical business needs, maintaining the regulatory/legal changes for the People technology and driving simplification for people managers and people in completing people processes while delivering a delightful experience. Similar to other technology groups at S&P Global, they will tackle problems breaking down ambiguous, unstructured problems and working with the People function and our business leaders to come to creative, innovation solutions. Also, the Agile methodology will push teams to speed, engage the capabilities of the whole team and put people first in all they do.

The Impact:

HRIS Configuration Analyst will be acting as a functional SME for a designated Workday Module and will be a liaison between the rest of People Technology team, Workstream Product Owners, and key business stakeholders.  The HRIS Configuration Analysts will create and execute strategies to meet business and people experience needs. The team will analyze challenges, support in triaging defects/issues the business is facing, provide solutions as it relates to the workstream, work with downstream partners to minimize change impact and assist in implementing innovative technology solutions while staying true to a lean and global mindset.

What’s in it for you:

The People Technology HRIS Configuration Analyst will contribute to and support the execution and configuration for the HR Technology based on their assigned workstream. They will utilize strong analytical, and technical knowledge of Workday and can bridge the business requirements into technical acceptance criteria for both our key business stakeholders, Product Owners, and QA team will use to test, and implement based on the QA and UAT signoff. They will be responsible for supporting the planning, requirement gathering, provide a voice of the business in developing User Stories, Change Requests, Agile Projects, etc. 

Responsibilities:

• Guide business and People stakeholders within their designated workstream through Workday Release functionality and review to determine what optional functionality will be turned on with each Workday release
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to help design and drive the functional definition of a solution that meets the enterprise program level objectives and vision
• Conduct interviews and requirements workshops with a cross-discipline team to elicit understanding of business needs, persona mapping, experience/user journeys, and dependency mapping
• Write unambiguous, testable requirements with clear acceptance criteria; act as integrated scrum team member to assure requirements are understood fully; work with Workday Product Owners in defining non-functional requirements
• Manage service requests, issues and defects and escalated cases in relation to Workday and ensure SLAs are adhered to
• Manage the People Technology aspect of all M&A and Divestiture activity
• Provide insight/support for the CR pipeline and sprint planning/capacity for the Workday configuration team
• Support UAT activities by providing insights on test cases and data to test the break/fix or new functionality
• Conduct root cause analysis to determine appropriate action plans for issues/breaks and determine impacted employee list
• Effectively support and deliver Agile HR and Scaled Agile methodologies and ceremonies for backlog management, product increment sessions, and story refinement.
• Support and assist Workday modules and configuration for the US schedule time zone

What We're Looking For:

• At least 2+ years of relevant HR Systems and Processes
• At least 2+ years of relevant Agile, Scrum, sAFE (Scaled Agile) Project/Program Experience
• Strong Analytical and reporting capabilities (Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio, Azure DevOps)
• Strong Problem solving and issue resolution of technical issues and items
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments while meeting deadlines and quality standards
• Ability to effectively demonstrate time management and organizational skills
• Ability to contribute and actively engage within the organization
• Ability to willingness to upskill/train on various Workday modules and other S&P Global People Team systems
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving and proactive thought within finding solutions
• You'll be asked to work on US shift

Flexible Working

We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please talk to us at interview about the type of arrangement that is best for you. We will always try to be adaptable wherever we can. 

Return to Work

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative (link to career site page when available), we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

Grade/Level (relevant for internal applicants only): 09

The Location: India, Philippines, Malaysia, Pakistan, Argentina. Possible virtual.

About Company Statement:

S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you’ll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape.