Analyst: People Technology

Parvana; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Wellness programs

Job summary

Parvana in Cape Town is seeking a skilled HRIS/People Operations specialist to support Workday, payroll input validation, and data reporting across the global team. The role emphasizes system workflows, documentation, and process improvements within a hybrid in-office/remote model.

You will prepare dashboards for compensation cycles, performance reviews, and employee surveys, and collaborate with the HRIS and global People teams to optimize the employee lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Hands-on HRIS experience, preferably Workday.
• Experience in payroll input validation and data reporting.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary contact for People system queries and training.
• Oversee Workday workflows, integrations, and data quality.
• Manage payroll input validation and documentation.
• Prepare dashboards for compensation cycles, performance reviews, and surveys.
• Support HRIS implementation and global process improvements.

Skills

HRIS knowledge

Data reporting

Excel

Tools

Workday

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 23/10/2026

Location: Cape Town | Work Type: Hybrid (3 daysin-office) | Job ID:J107282

About our client:

Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing onlong-term value creation through investment strategies. They workwith a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselveson their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture andperformance. You are welcome to go into the office daily or to takeadvantage of their hybrid in-office / remote benefit. This companyplaces significant investment in employee wellness, their benefitswhich are on top of generous basic salaries, are industry leading intheir generosity. Our client is large, offering fantastic careerdevelopment opportunities but also very dynamic, they track as manymetrics as possible in order to continuously improve - they spare noexpense on the tools to do so. Automation, AI and R&D arepillars of their business framework which ensures you should neverbe at risk of falling behind or getting stuck working with oldlegacy software. Culturally they are very cosmopolitan and diverse,you will be working with the best globally.

What you will be doing:

• Act as the primary contact for People system queries,resolving issues (including data and process errors) andproviding training and documentation for the global People team.
  
• Oversee system workflows and integrations, manage payrollinput validation, ensure data quality through regular reporting,and maintain up-to-date operational documentation.
  
• Execute routine updates (e.g., access roles, calendars),manage process templates like onboarding and offer letters, andsupport system enhancement requests.
  
• Prepare and support major annual events (such ascompensation cycles, performance reviews, and employee surveys)by building necessary dashboards, templates, and providingreal-time user support.
  
• Support the implementation and testing of the global HRIS(Workday), draft Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), managetest plans, and collaborate globally to identify process improvements.
  

What you need:

• Experience in systems or operational support, preferably inHR/People Operations, with hands-on HRIS knowledge (Workdaypreferred) and proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
  
• Familiarity with the full employee lifecycle, includingonboarding, payroll, and performance management, is essential.
  
• Able to translate user feedback into structured solutions,demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, and maintain highattention to detail.
  
• Highly organized, curious, and comfortable working bothindependently and within a global team, ideally with abackground in regulated environments like private equity orasset management.
  

HRIS, Workday, Payroll, Employee Lifecycle, Onboarding,Performance Management, Data Reporting, Investment Advisory