ES Workday Reporting Senior Analyst

Salesforce; India; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Workday Reporting Senior Analyst in Hyderabad to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex Workday reports, from requirements to governance, with a focus on automation, data privacy, and KPI-driven performance.

You will partner with stakeholders, design advanced reports (Advanced, Matrix, Composite, BIRT), optimize performance, and mentor junior team members while ensuring compliance with global data policies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in HR Data Operations, BI, or Analytics, with at least 3+ years in Workday Reporting.
• Proficiency in Workday report types: Advanced, Matrix, Composite, and BIRT.
• Strong ability to design complex Workday Calculated Fields.
• Knowledge of Workday Security Groups and data domain relationships.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, test, and deploy complex Workday Custom Reports.
• Design and troubleshoot Workday Calculated Fields for advanced analytics.
• Automate reporting workflows and optimize query execution.
• Serve as trusted advisor to business leaders on reporting needs.
• Oversee reporting lifecycle, ensure SLAs and KPIs are met.
• Maintain documentation for reports, data definitions, and governance.

Job description

Job Category

Employee Success

Job Details

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Role Overview

The Workday Reporting Senior Analyst is a senior lead within the ES Data Operations team, based in Hyderabad. This role is critical for providing strategic, timely, and actionable data insights to stakeholders, business leaders and CoEs across the organization. Serving as the subject matter expert on all facets of Workday reporting, the Senior Analyst manages the full lifecycle of complex reporting requests-from requirement gathering, strategic consultation, and data architecture analysis to building, delivering, and governing reports. Beyond technical execution, this role drives process automation and reporting enhancements, provides consultative guidance on data strategy, enforces strict data privacy and compliance policies, and consistently adheres to team KPIs and SLAs to deliver a seamless, high-touch employee data experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced Design and Development: Architect, build, test, and deploy complex Workday Custom Reports across all report types-including Advanced, Matrix, Composite, BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) tailored to strategic enterprise requirements.


• Calculated Fields Architecture: Design and troubleshoot highly complex Workday Calculated Fields and logic to power advanced analytics, multi-level reporting, and cross-functional metrics.


• Process Automation & Continuous Enhancement: Proactively identify opportunities to automate reporting workflows, optimize query execution, streamline distribution channels, and enhance overall data architecture to reduce manual overhead and improve operational scalability.


• Stakeholder Consultancy: Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders. Translate ambiguous business questions into data solutions, offering strategic guidance on what data to report, how to interpret metrics, and how to leverage insights for decision-making.


• End-to-End Delivery & SLA Compliance: Oversee the complete reporting lifecycle from intake to delivery. Ensure strict adherence to service level agreements (SLAs), operational key performance indicators (KPIs), and queue management standards.


• Data Privacy, Governance & Compliance: Safeguard sensitive employee data by ensuring strict compliance with global data privacy regulations, data sharing nuances, and internal enterprise security policies. Advise stakeholders on appropriate data exposure and access boundaries.


• Report & Release Management: Proactively maintain and optimize existing reports. Own the evaluation, testing, and continuous alignment of reports during Workday's bi-annual feature releases and system updates.


• Complex Data & Root-Cause Analysis: Conduct deep-dive analysis on multi-dimensional HR datasets to uncover hidden trends, perform root-cause analyses on data anomalies, and ensure high-level data accuracy before delivery.


• Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning: Act as an escalation point for resolving complex report performance bottlenecks, access issues, and data discrepancies within the Workday reporting and security framework.


• Process Leadership & Mentorship: Lead team-wide reporting optimization initiatives, promote best practices in report design, and provide functional guidance and technical mentorship to junior team members.


• Comprehensive Documentation: Maintain clear, audit-ready process documentation for complex reports, automation workflows, data definitions, and governance protocols.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in HR Data Operations, Business Intelligence, or Analytics, with at least 3+ years specializing directly in advanced Workday Reporting.


• Workday Reporting Expertise (Critical):


• Mastery across all Workday report types (Advanced, Matrix, Composite, BIRT, etc).


• Advanced capability in designing, nesting, and optimizing complex Workday Calculated Fields.


• Deep understanding of Workday Business Objects, Data Sources, and domain relationships across Workday HCM, Absence, Compensation, Talent, Payroll, Benefits, and Recruiting.


• Knowledge of Workday Security Groups and dom