Manager, Workforce Reporting & Insights

Royal Bank of Canada>; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Manager, Workforce Reporting & Insights to lead HR reporting and deliver insights using Workday. The ideal candidate has experience in data analytics, strong communication skills, and proficiency in SQL and relevant visualization tools. Enjoy competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Bonuses

Leadership support for development

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of Workday experience creating custom reports.
• Strong knowledge of the Workday ecosystem.
• Proficient with SQL and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and automate operational reports through Workday.
• Lead HR reporting inquiries and deliveries to stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and scale reports.

Skills

Workday experience

SQL proficiency

Data visualization skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Education

Completed formal Workday training

Tools

Tableau

MS Office

Python

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

It's always great to be a part of an exciting team!

This role balances business acumen and technical skills to deliver best-in-class HR reporting and insights within Workday and other HR Information Systems.

As a Manager, Workforce Reporting & Insights, you will be involved in reporting, projects, and initiatives related to HR data, analytics, report design, report creation, dashboards, data consolidation, and scheduling reports to provide insights to various stakeholders. This involves requirement gathering, stakeholder management, planning, and recommending effective methods to produce and deliver reports, supporting business objectives.

The successful candidate is a reporting and data analytics expert familiar with the HR environment through Workday and other HRIS. You are passionate about designing top-tier reporting, quick to learn new skills, creating technical specifications, designing high-level queries, and conducting testing to ensure quality outputs. Your experience in building and maintaining relationships with business partners, capturing reporting requirements, and managing change with new reports will be key to our success.

What will you do?

• Design, develop, enhance, and automate operational reports, dashboards, or deliver ad-hoc findings based on business needs through Workday.
• Operate as a subject matter expert in Workday and HR reporting systems.
• Lead HR reporting inquiries and deliveries to stakeholders.
• Review business requirements to determine technical and business approaches regarding Workday configurations and data location.
• Understand relationships between Workday business objects to develop analytics and insights.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and scale reports, fine-tune dashboards, and curate insights from HR source systems.
• Provide production support for the Managed Reporting Environment, dashboards, and analytical tools, troubleshooting data discrepancies, and monitoring scheduled processes.
• Run, verify, and dispatch scheduled reports, including manual data extractions if needed.

What do you need to succeed?

• Minimum 1 year of Workday experience creating custom reports (advanced, matrix, composite) analyzing real-time data.
• Strong knowledge of the Workday ecosystem and ability to conceptualize links to modules like Security, BP Configuration, Integrations, etc.
• Completed formal Workday training for Report Writer and Calculated Fields.
• Proficient with SQL and relational databases such as Teradata, Postgres, MySQL, DB2, Oracle.
• Strong data visualization skills using Tableau and MS Office tools.
• Working knowledge of Python for data analysis and visualization.
• Knowledge of SAP tables and data locations for analysis and visualization.
• Ability to identify data sources and business objects for reporting needs.
• Proven experience in HR data reporting, analysis, and visualization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Commitment to data accuracy, privacy, and security.

Nice to have:

• Advanced VBA skills for MS Office automation.
• Experience with Robotic Process Automation and R.
• Knowledge of RBC HR systems (HRIS, recruitment, learning).
• Training in Workday or similar HRIS platforms.
• Ability to enhance analytics with trending and composite reports.
• Interest in or pursuit of Workday Pro certifications.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to work in a challenging, growth-oriented environment with a collaborative team.
• Comprehensive benefits, bonuses, and competitive salary.
• Leadership support for your development.
• Chance to make a meaningful impact.

Job Skills

Critical Thinking, Data Administration, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Data Movement, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, Quantitative Research, Research Documents

Additional Job Details

• Address: 20 KING ST W, TORONTO, CANADA
• Work hours: 37.5/week
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Platform: HUMAN RESOURCES & BMCC
• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2025-07-22
• Application Deadline: 2025-08-05

Note: Applications accepted until 11:59 PM the day before the deadline.

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