HRIS Senior Advisor

Next Ventures; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures is partnering with a client in Montreal to recruit a Senior HRIS Workday Advisor who will support their HRIS team and drive Workday initiatives across the organization. You will own Workday HCM configuration, recruiting, reporting, and security, collaborate with HR, IT and Operations, develop dashboards and provide end-user training and change management.

Fluent in English and French, you will translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions and ensure data integrity and

Qualifications

• Hands-on Workday configuration experience.
• Strong knowledge of Workday HCM, Recruiting, Reporting, and Security.
• Bilingual in English and French.
• Experience creating end-user documentation & change management communications.

Responsibilities

• Be the Workday SME for HCM, Recruiting, Reporting, Security and EIB data loads.
• Support configuration, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of Workday functionality.
• Gather and analyze requirements, identify gaps, and recommend solutions.
• Lead data gathering, testing, issue resolution and collaboration with IT teams.
• Ensure data accuracy via audits, validation checks and reporting.
• Investigate system issues and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Document business processes, configurations and end-user guidance.
• Develop test scripts and participate in testing and deployment of new Workday features.

Skills

Workday configuration

HRIS

Business analysis

Dashboards

Bilingual EN/FR

Job description

I am partnered with a business who are currently looking for a Senior HRIS Workday Advisor, to support their HRIS team and wider business.

You will be responsible for contributing to the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of their HR technology solutions. This individual will be the SME in Workday, providing functional expertise, system support, and knowledge transfer to HR teams across multiple business units and office locations.

You will work closely with HR, IT, and Operations and identify opportunities to optimize HR processes, improve data integrity, strengthen reporting capabilities, and drive automation and system enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Be the point of contact for Workday HCM, Recruiting, Reporting, Security, and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) data loads.
• Support the configuration, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Workday functionality and related HR business processes.
• Gather and analyze business requirements, identify system and process gaps, and recommend technology-enabled solutions.
• Lead or coordinate data gathering, system testing, issue resolution, and collaboration with internal technical teams.
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity through regular audits, validation checks, and reporting.
• Investigate system issues, recommend corrective actions, and collaborate with stakeholders to implement sustainable solutions.
• Document business processes, system configurations, best practices, testing procedures, and end-user guidance.
• Develop test scripts and participate in system testing, regression testing, and the deployment of new Workday features.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on Workday configuration, implementation, and support experience.
• Strong functional knowledge of Workday HCM, Recruiting, Reporting, and Security.
• Demonstrated experience gathering business requirements, conducting business analysis, and recommending process improvements.
• Fluent in both English and French (Spanish would be the icing on the cake)
• Experience developing HR reporting dashboards, KPIs, and management-level analytics.
• Experience creating end-user documentation, training materials, and change management communications.