Business Analyst Performance, Talent, D&I

Pernod Ricard España SA; Paris; Sur place; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Remote work (up to 2 days a week)

Comprehensive mutual insurance

Profit-sharing

Continuous learning opportunities

Employee events

Résumé du poste

Pernod Ricard España SA in Paris is hiring a Business Analyst for Performance, Talent, and D&I. This role involves analyzing business needs, translating them into functional requirements, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has experience with Workday, strong analytical skills, and an understanding of Agile methodologies. Additional benefits include remote work options and competitive compensation. Join a team that values innovation and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HRIS Business Analyst or Workday functional expert, ideally in Talent & Performance.
• Strong understanding of Talent and Performance processes.
• Curiosity about Artificial Intelligence and commitment to continuous learning.

Responsabilités

• Analyze and refine needs collected by the Product Owner.
• Translate needs into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Prepare and execute test scenarios for validation.

Connaissances

HRIS Business Analyst experience

Workday expertise

Agile methodologies

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving abilities

Documentation skills

Outils

Workday

Jira

Lightcast

Description du poste

## Business Analyst Performance, Talent, D&IApplylocations: Paristime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 3 Days Agojob requisition id: JR-053440**Location : HQ Paris****Reports to : Product Owner Performance, Talent and D&I****The Product & the Team you will work with**As a **Workday** **Performance, Talent and D&I Business Analyst** at Pernod Ricard, you will be part of our HR Tech, part of the Global Tech team. Forming a strong tandem with the Performance & Talent Product Owner, you will play a crucial role in driving the continuous improvement and evolution of our HR technology solutions, particularly focusing on improving Workday but including other related tools (eg Skills Catalog platform).Workday is our Group Workday HRIS deployed in more than 85 affiliates across the world.**About the role**The **Business Analyst Performance, Talent and D&I** ensures clear, structured, and high‐quality functional requirements for our global Workday Performance, Talent, and D&I solutions. The BA translates strategic needs from the Product Owner into precise, testable specifications for the squad. Strong Workday expertise on **Performance and Talent** is essential to challenge requirements, anticipate cross‐module impacts, and design scalable, user‐centric solutions deployed across our 85+ affiliates.This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, efficiency, and contribute to the development of cutting-edge products within our agile organization.**YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES****1. Functional analysis & requirements documentation*** Analyse and refine needs collected by the Product Owner.* Translate these needs into: user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules and functional process flows* Conduct functional impact assessments :processes, data, security, reporting, integrations.* Ensure quality, completeness and testability of all functional requirements.* Maintain clear and structured functional documentation in Confluence.**2. Backlog functional contribution*** Prepare detailed, testable User Stories to feed the squad’s backlog.* Lead the refinement of functional items with the PO and Dev Team.* Bring functional clarity during backlog maintenance activities.* Provide functional insights to support PO’s prioritization**3. Collaboration with configuration specialists*** Provide day-to-day functional clarifications to support configuration work.* Explain business context, rules, constraints and expected outcomes.* Review proposed technical configuration to confirm functional alignment.* **Participate in prototype reviews and functional demos.****4. Testing & quality assurance*** Prepare and execute test scenarios (unit, integration, non-regression).* Validate that delivered functionalities meet acceptance criteria.* Analyse and qualify defects (root cause, criticality, functional impact).* Document test results and anomalies.* Provide functional validation prior to PO Go / No Go decision.**5. Agile ways of working & squad participation*** Participate in all Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily stand-ups, Refinement sessions, Sprint review and retrospectives* Support the configuration team with continuous functional guidance.* Provide updates on functional work during the sprint.**6. Support & continuous improvement*** Analyse recurring issues to identify root causes.* Propose functional enhancements or simplifications based on incidents or user feedback.* Document support resolutions and insights in Confluence.**YOUR PROFILE*** You bring experience as an HRIS Business Analyst or Workday functional expert, ideally within the Talent & Performance module.* You have a strong functional understanding of Talent and Performance processes.* You are confident in structuring workflows, defining business rules, and translating requirements into clear functional specifications.* You are familiar with Agile ways of working; experience in Agile environments (e.g. working with sprints and anticipating deliverables) is a strong plus.* You demonstrate strong analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and solid documentation skills.* You are curious, with an interest in topics such as Artificial Intelligence, and enjoy continuously learning.* You communicate fluently in English, collaborate effectively across teams, and bring clarity, structure, and simplification to complex topics.* You bring strong hands-on experience with Workday, which is required; experience with Agile ways of working, Jira, and Lightcast is a strong advantage.* Workday Talent & Performance certification is considered a strong plus**WAIT, THERE'S MORE ...**We offer you an outstanding and collaborative workplace that embodies our sharing & conviviality culture, the possibility to work remotely (up to 2 days a week), a very complete mutual insurance, an attractive compensation including profit‐sharing, continuous learning opportunities, employee events, and more.Pernod Ricard is committed to offering equal opportunities to all talents.Our recruitment methods focus on skills and competencies.**Job Posting End Date:****Target Hire Date****:**2026-06-01