Senior HRIS Workday Functional Analyst (Remote Possible)

First American Financial Corp.; Santa Ana (CA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled HRIS Workday Functional Analyst to enhance system setup and workflows. This role involves collaborating with HR experts and IT partners to document business requirements, perform Fit/Gap analyses, and ensure effective configuration of the Workday system. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on continuous improvement and data integrity management. Join a company that values diversity and fosters an inclusive workplace, where your contributions can lead to impactful changes and innovations in HR processes.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k

PTO/Paid Sick Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 5 years functional HR experience with Workday HRMS required.
• Strong knowledge of Workday configurations and integration concepts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject matter expert on Workday and facilitate meetings to determine business needs.
• Conduct continuous research of Workday applications’ functionality.

Skills

Workday Configuration

Data Analysis

Project Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Professional certificates

Tools

Workday HRMS

MS Office Suite

MS Visio

Job description

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for nine consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

The HRIS Workday Functional Analyst supports the execution of system set up and workflows across modules within Workday. These roles will partner with HR domain subject matter experts, customers, IT partners, and third parties to better understand and document detailed business requirements. HRIS Functional Analysts will lead in business processes mapping to identify current gaps and opportunity for Workday automation and standard work; apply technical expertise to enable these functional processes within Workday; and will be responsible for ensuring that configuration of Workday system settings, integrations and options meet functional business objectives.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

• Serve as subject matter expert on Workday including design for business process configuration, security and administration
• Facilitate meetings to determine business needs and conduct feasibility study of the requirements
• Conduct continuous research of Workday applications’ functionality and features that could be implemented to meet business requirements
• Perform Fit/Gap Analysis
• Define mass uploads of organizational and position management changes; troubleshoots data related issues
• Facilitate new user security access processing for accuracy and adherence to company policy, including testing of new or updated role or user based access.
• Provide application support such as incident triage, research application bugs, respond to customer escalations, scenario re-creation and document findings
• Support global data integrity management and identify system data issues to address
• Prepare test scripts; execute, lead and support user testing through rollout of new system functionality
• Perform post-implementation evaluations in support of continuous process improvement
• Review system audit reports and perform resolution of complex production issues
• Manage service requests with Workday related vendors to resolve functionality issues
• Coordinate with IT to ensure adherence to corporate security standards
• Plan and/or monitor all tasks and/or phases involved in successful delivery of application solution
• Responsible for in depth functional knowledge of Workday as well as business process knowledge of the groups using Workday
• Collaborate with global HR/HRIS team members to ensure system usage consistency across region
• Ensure processes meet SOX control compliance; support data audits and monitor date integrity
• Guides and mentors associate analysts or other functional resources as directed by leadership

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Required Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Professional certificates may be required for position
• 5 years functional HR experience
• Experience with Workday HRMS required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs)

• Strong knowledge of Workday configurations and integration concepts (e.g., EIBs, Cloud Connect, Report Writer, Calculated Fields) and BP Configuration
• Experience specializing in Workday Payroll, Workday Absence, Workday Time Tracking, and Workday Benefits (preferred).
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and MS Visio
• Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments simultaneously while meeting deadlines and quality standards
• Excellent analytical, organizational and problem solving skills, including data analysis
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication and customers service skills with both technical and functional end-users
• Experience in process improvement and ability to drive efforts to standardize, optimize and simplify processes and technical solutions
• Must be able to quickly adapt to learn new systems

Additional Job Description

Complexity & Impact

• Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and established policies and procedures
• Troubleshoots a wide variety of complex problems and identifies solutions within broad application of functional expertise
• Errors will have significant business and financial impact

Supervision Given/Level of Instruction given

• No formal responsibility for the supervision of others but may provide functional advice or training to less experienced team members
• Works independently under broad supervision. Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and overall adequacy/accuracy

Remote possible role.

Pay Range: $95,400- $127,150 Annually

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal work hours and/or responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **

First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).

First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.

What We Offer

By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term. Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.