Sr. Workday Analyst, Compensation and Benefits

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

• At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL in the CHR Corporate Human Resources division.   

What You’ll Work On

• Build configuration, Test, and Deploy solutions in Workday system to support Global Compensation and Benefits (C&B) processes and upgrades.
• Understand customer’s requirements and assist/participate with the project team on the most appropriate approach and desired outcomes.
• Coordinate assigned deliverable schedules to ensure customer’s timelines are met.  Provide guidance to customers or service partners.
• Support the continued development, optimization, and simplification of Workday C&B processes, reports, and integrations, focusing on delivering a positive experience to the end-user.
• Work directly with business clients and/or application vendors to confirm technical/business requirements, consider design alternatives, facilitate discussions, and ultimately drive requirements sign-off. Evaluate, communicate, and coordinate the technical impacts of application configuration decisions.
• Create detailed system Configuration design documentation, Functional design documentation, integration specifications, field mapping, and system process designs.
• Work independently to configure, test, and deploy business processes, reports, condition rules, eligibility rules, calculated fields, or integrations required to meet business requirements.
• Support C&B processes, integrations, and reports across multiple geographies via system monitoring and internal case management system. 
• Manage work activities and ticket volumes to meet required SLA’s and service delivery measures.
• Understand and document the HR business requirements and translate requirements into system designs.
• Create, maintain, and execute UAT scripts including regression testing the new functionality before deployment.
• Ability to prioritize and work on multiple requests.
• Actively participate in the Workday Community, training, and regional user groups to ensure awareness of current trends and innovation.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Applies and executes standard information systems theories, concepts, and techniques and assists in the development of standards and procedures. 
• Investigates alternatives, which use existing applications and make recommendations. 
• Conducts tests; develops preliminary findings for review by management.  Conducts training. 
• Manages projects according to milestones and within budget constraints.  Identifies and implements process improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 4-7 years of HR experience.
• 3+ years of Workday Benefits, hands on experience req