Academy Sports + Outdoors · 23 hours ago
Analyst HR Technology
Katy, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expAcademy Sports + Outdoors is dedicated to creating a workplace that values hard work and commitment. The Analyst HR Technology plays a vital role in the development and support of the Workday-powered HR Technology platform, collaborating with various functions to enhance HR business processes.
E-CommerceSports
Responsibilities
Collaborate in the ongoing design, configuration, deployment, and upgrades of the human capital management application, Workday; including, but not limited to, business process configuration, conditional logic-based rules and code based system configurations and validations
Work in partnership with peers and business partners to ensure a consistent focus on production support, service requests, and roadmap initiatives to ensure a balanced delivery of service and solutions aligned with business objectives
Design and implement process improvements to increase efficiencies and ensure reliability
Reviews system data on a regular basis to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness; performs any necessary data clean up and sanitization
Support system upgrades, enhancements, regression testing, validation, and overall performance; analyze software releases to assess impact of new features
Create, validate, and execute of all test scenarios for recommended configuration changes and ensure that all business processes are fully tested to guarantee all business requirements have been met
Understands, documents and communicates impact of configuration changes to all business processes across the platform and the system users
Serve as the Workday subject matter expert to internal customers; Provides Tier 2 technical support for production support issues including, but not limited to, researching and resolving technical problems, unexpected results or process flaws; recommending solutions or alternate methods to meet requirements
Development of advanced reports using Workday Report Writer and creation and maintenance of dashboards for ongoing customer needs
Develop Workday calculated fields and condition rules
Train new system end users as well as support development of user procedures, job aids, guidelines and documentation
Create and process Workday EIBs to load data to support HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation and other areas as needed
Understands and supports existing integrations with external vendors and other internal departments and applications
Maintain data integrity in systems by participating in developing processes to audit, analyze, resolve and prevent future issues
Responsibilities may change; team member may be required to perform other duties as assigned
Learns and follows company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related field of study or equivalent years of related work experience required
3+ years of demonstrated HR Systems (HCM / HRIS / HRIT) or 5+ years of functional experience required
Strong working knowledge of HR technology and functional HR processes
Proven ability to develop detailed configuration specification documentation
Strong technical aptitude; analytical with excellent problem-solving abilities and creative resolution skills
Ability to prioritize, remain calm under pressure, pay attention to detail and make decisions independently based on fact-based data and analysis
Excellent time-management skills, able to work on multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Strong presentation and communication skills; comfort interacting across all management levels
Customer service oriented; interpersonal with effective listening, speaking and writing skills
Ability to work well and function autonomously as needed; work well with teams
Self-motivated, with the ability to meet and exceed position requirements under minimal direction and supervision
Utilize discretion and judgment to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data
Preferred
2+ years of development and/or configuration experience within Workday's Human Capital Management system is strongly preferred
Advanced Workday training (BIRT, Studio, Report Writer, Calculated Fields, etc.) is strongly preferred for this role
Demonstrated experience developing, documenting and configuring business processes, advanced calculated fields, and reporting in Workday is preferred
Proficient use of Microsoft Office programs required; advanced Excel skills including data validation, formulas, macros, and pivot tables preferred
Company
Academy Sports + Outdoors
At Academy Sports + Outdoors, we believe in the power of fun. And we believe in helping our customers have more of it.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2020-10-01IPO
2011-05-31Acquired
Leadership Team
Steven Lawrence
Chief Executive Officer
Carl Ford
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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