Senior HRIS Analyst

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Job Description

The People Team at our organization is dedicated to fostering a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture that attracts, develops, and retains top talent. As strategic partners, we leverage cutting-edge HR technology and data-driven insights to enhance employee experiences and drive organizational success. Join us in shaping the future of our workforce, where every team member is empowered to thrive.

About the Role:

As a Senior HRIS Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing Workday, our Human Resources Information System, to meet the evolving needs of our organization. You will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of HR systems ensuring data integrity and providing scalable solutions for HR analytics and reporting. This person must thrive in a fast-paced business environment, be detailed-oriented, independently motivated, and have the confidence and ability to interact with stakeholders in a professional, approachable, and positive manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Business Process Configuration: Configure and maintain business processes with a solid understanding of validation rules, step conditions, and advanced routing.
• ​EIB Management: Build and review complex EIBs, ensuring accurate loading of data
• Core Compensation: Oversee core compensation elements such as compensation grades, profiles, and job profile maintenance and eligibility rules
• Workday Help: Manage Workday Help Case features including service teams, service categories, case types, and routing rules
• Functionality Research: Investigate and explore existing functionalities or known issues within Workday, leveraging community insights.
• Transaction Oversight: Understand and manage event coordination, corrections, effective dating impacts, mass operations, and approval advancements.
• Notifications and Alerts: Set up and configure system notifications and alerts, including using Notification Designer
• Deployment: Partner with the People Operations Team to ratify solutions, manage testing phases, oversee rollouts, and execute change management.
• System Integration: Thoroughly understand the interconnections between various Workday SKUs and external systems to evaluate and manage downstream impacts.
• Security Troubleshooting: Address basic Workday security issues, helping resolve restrictions on user actions or visibility within the system.
• Testing: Write test scripts and lead end-to-end and user acceptance testing rounds
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous system improvements focusing on employee experience enhancements, including functionality like Guidance Workspace and Business Process Templates.
• Documentation and Compliance: Maintain rigorous process documentation, manage change control, and ensure audit compliance.
• Reporting Capabilities: Develop basic reports, knowledge of building calculated fields and understanding business object/database relationships.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 4-5 years of experience in HR, preferably in HR Operations
• Experience with hands-on configuration of Workday HCM
• Basic project management skills: must be organized, extremely detail-oriented and focused on execution
• Superior communication skills are necessary, along with comfort in interacting with a diverse range of people across all organizational levels
• Strong understanding of key HR processes including employee data management, payroll administration, talent/performance management, and total rewards
• Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to be partially self-directed and work independently once objectives are set, as well as the ca