Workday Master Data & Automation Analyst

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 68,000 - 93,500; Full time

Job summary

Loblaw Companies Limited in Canada is seeking a Workday Master Data & Automation Analyst to manage Workday foundation data, develop reports, monitor data quality, and support AI enablement.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in Workday/HRIS, experience in data governance, and familiarity with AI tools and automation platforms.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience with Workday, HR systems, or HR operations.
• Hands-on in data governance, issue tracking, or data-quality activities.
• Knowledge of Workday foundation data (job profiles, job families, orgs, locations, cost centers).
• Experience building or using Workday reports to extract and analyze data.
• Basic awareness of Workday security and integrations.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Claude, ChatGPT Codex, Copilot).
• Awareness of building AI agents and workflow automations (Workato, Power Automate).
• Workday Pro Reporting or Workday HCM Core Pro certification is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Help implement and maintain the Workday master data management and governance model.
• Build, modify, and maintain Workday reports and data-quality dashboards.
• Analyze Workday data using Excel and other approved tools to identify data-quality risks.
• Support approved Workday data load activities and post-load review.
• Support discovery and documentation of AI and automation use cases.

Skills

Workday data

Data governance

Workday reporting

Excel data analysis

HR systems

AI tools

Automation platforms

Workday security basics

Issue tracking

Pro Reporting asset

Tools

Claude

ChatGPT Codex

GitHub Copilot

Workato

Power Automate

Job description

As a Workday Master Data & Automation Analyst, you will work with Workday foundation data, reporting, data quality monitoring, data loads, documentation, issue tracking, automation opportunities, and practical AI enablement.

You are ideally a Workday or HRIS analyst with experience in Workday foundation data and reporting, and practical exposure to using clean, trusted data to support AI enablement, decision-making, and automation across Workday and HR operations.

What You’ll Do

• Help implement and maintain the Workday master data management and governance model, including data dictionary, data standards, ownership, quality rules, and issue tracking.
• Build, modify, and maintain Workday reports and data-quality dashboards to monitor master data, identify issues, and track remediation progress.
• Analyze Workday data using Excel and other approved tools to identify missing values, duplicates, inconsistencies, inactive values, and other data-quality risks.
• Support approved Workday data load activities, including Enterprise Interface Builder preparation, validation, testing, and post-load review.
• Support discovery and documentation of AI and automation use cases, including business problems, data inputs, data quality needs, process steps, risks, expected benefits, and responsible AI considerations.

What You Bring

• 1–2 years of experience with Workday, HR systems, HR data, or HR operations, with hands‑on involvement in data governance, issue tracking, or data-quality activities.
• Working knowledge of Workday foundation data, such as job profiles, job families, supervisory organizations, locations, positions, cost centers, reason codes, worker types, or employee types.
• Experience building, modifying, or using Workday reports to extract and analyze data.
• Basic awareness of Workday security and integrations, including how data access and downstream systems may be impacted by Workday data changes.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development or productivity tools such as Claude code, ChatGPT Codex, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools.
• Awareness or experience with building AI agents and workflow automations using tools such as Workato, Power Automate, or similar automation platforms.
• Workday Pro Reporting or Workday HCM Core Pro certification is considered an asset.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche : $68,000.00 - $93,500.00 (per year / par an). A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position.

Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note: Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.