HRIS Senior Associate - Data, Reporting & Testing

Grant Thornton INDUS; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton INDUS seeks an Indus HRIS Senior Associate to drive techno-functional data, reporting and testing within Oracle HCM. The role bridges HR, Compliance, and IT to translate regulatory needs into robust reporting logic, data validations, and testing outcomes, supporting entity onboarding and integrations.

Key responsibilities include owning Oracle HCM reports (OTBI, BI Publisher, HCM Extracts), validating data against source systems, and ensuring audit-ready evidence.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of experience in HRIS, HR technology, or HR data roles with functional and technical responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle HCM reporting tools and data structures.
• Proven ability to translate regulatory and audit requirements into technical reporting and testing solutions.
• Experience supporting multi-country HR implementations and audit-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance HR reporting solutions within Oracle HCM (OTBI, BI Publisher, HCM Extracts).
• Rationalize and streamline HR reports across countries and entities.
• Design country-specific regulatory, compliance, and audit reporting per ISQM-like controls.
• Perform advanced data analysis and reconciliation validating report outputs against source data.
• Define and maintain documentation for data definitions, report logic, and transformation rules.
• Lead end-to-end testing for new country onboarding, configuration changes, and HR system integrations.
• Develop test scenarios reflecting real HR processes (hire, transfer, termination) and country variations.
• Coordinate regression testing for reporting, extracts, and integrations post-release.
• Triage defects, conduct root-cause analysis, and coordinate with HRIS, IT, and vendors.

Skills

Oracle HCM data structures

OTBI

BI Publisher

HCM Extracts

HDL/HSDL

SQL basics

Job description

The Indus HRIS Senior Associate – Techno-Functional Data, Reporting & Testing plays a critical role in enabling scalable, compliant, and audit-ready HR data operations within Oracle HCM as the organization expands across countries, legal entities, and integrated systems. This role combines

functional HR process understanding with technical HRIS execution, owning expanded responsibilities across HR reporting rationalization, country-specific regulatory and audit reporting (including ISQM-equivalent requirements), and complex testing efforts supporting entity onboarding and integrations.

The Senior Associate operates with a high degree of independence may serve as a bridge between HR, Compliance, and IT by translating business and regulatory requirements into technical reporting logic, data validations, and testing outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Techno-Functional Reporting & Data Ownership

• Own and enhance HR reporting solutions within Oracle HCM (OTBI, BI Publisher, HCM Extracts), translating functional HR and regulatory requirements into technical report logic.
• Collaboration on the rationalization, standardization, and streamlining of existing HR reports by assessing business usage, aligning data definitions, and eliminating duplication across countries and entities.
• Design and support country-specific regulatory, compliance, and audit reporting, including requirements aligned to ISQM-equivalent control frameworks.
• Perform advanced data analysis and reconciliation, validating report outputs against Oracle HCM source data and downstream integrations.
• Define and maintain functional and technical documentation, including data definitions, report logic, transformation rules, and checkpoints.

Testing & Integration Validation

Participate and/or lead end-to-end testing efforts for new country/entity onboarding, configuration changes, and HR system integrations.

Develop and execute detailed test scenarios and scripts that reflect real HR business processes (hire, transfer, termination, organizational changes) and country-specific variations.

Validate integrations through source-to-target testing, ensuring accuracy of employee, assignment, organizational, and regulatory data.

Own defect triage, root cause analysis, and retesting, partnering with HRIS, IT, and vendors through resolution.

Coordinate and execute regression testing for reporting, extracts, and integrations following releases or configuration changes.

• Support HRIS control frameworks by ensuring reporting and testing processes meet documented control standards and audit expectations.
• Prepare and maintain audit-ready evidence, including reconciliations, test results, report logic, and approvals.
• Proactively identify data and control risks introduced by new countries, entities, or integrations and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Support internal and external audits related to HR systems, reporting accuracy, and data controls.

Stakeholder Partnership & Functional Leadership

• Act as a techno-functional SME for HR reporting and testing within the HRIS team.
• Collaborate with IT and integration teams to align functional requirements with technical solutions (APIs, extracts, downstream feeds).
• Mentor Associate-level team members and contribute to continuous improvement of HRIS reporting and testing standards.

Education / Professional Experience/ Qualifications:

• 4–7+ years of experience in HRIS, HR technology, or HR data roles with both functional and technical responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle HCM data structures and reporting tools.
• Demonstrated experience owning testing activities for HR processes, integrations, or multi-entity implementations.
• Ability to translate business, regulatory, and audit requirements into technical reporting and testing solutions.
• Proven experience working in audit-sensitive, controlled environments.
• Experience supporting multi-country HR implementations and local regulatory reporting.
• Strong documentation, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively prioritize competing priorities and pivot focus as business needs evolve, particularly in response to regulatory deadlines, country/entity expansion, and integration-driven dependencies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced experience with OTBI, BI Publisher, HCM Extracts, HDL/HSDL.
• Exposure to system integrations (payroll, benefits, IAM, finance, data warehouse/ODS).
• Familiarity with ISQM or equivalent quality, audit, or control frameworks.
• Basic SQL or data querying skills for validation and analysis