Principal Specialist, People Analytics, Workday Reporting

The role requires strong hands-on experience with Workday Reporting and the ability to translate business requirements into practical reporting solutions. You will work closely with HR stakeholders, Workday Product Managers, Functional Analysts, and other teams to deliver accurate, reliable, and secure reporting solutions that meet business needs.

Your Typical Day Includes

• Managing and delivering day-to-day Workday reporting requests within agreed timelines and SLAs.
• Working with HR stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and clarify business needs.
• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Workday reports using Advanced, Matrix, Composite Reports, and Report Writer.
• Developing and maintaining calculated fields to support reporting requirements.
• Building and maintaining dashboards, scorecards, and other Workday reporting solutions.
• Reviewing requirements and recommending the most appropriate standard Workday reporting solution.
• Validating report outputs following Workday changes, releases, and production deployments.
• Performing data validation and reconciliation to ensure reports are accurate, complete, and consistent.
• Troubleshooting report issues, data discrepancies, and basic security-related issues and identifying root causes.
• Working with Product Managers, Functional Analysts, and other teams to resolve reporting issues.
• Maintaining report documentation, report inventories, technical specifications, and SOPs.
• Supporting report security validation and ensuring appropriate handling of sensitive HR data.
• Supporting Workday releases, testing, reporting enhancements, and post-production validation.
• Providing guidance to HR users on Workday reporting capabilities and self-service reporting.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes and reduce manual reporting activities.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Workday Reporting

Hands-on experience with:

• Advanced Reports
• Matrix Reports
• Composite Reports
• Report Writer
• Dashboards and Scorecards
• Discovery Boards and Worksheets
• Calculated Fields
• Workday Data Sources and Business Objects
• Report Security

Reporting & Data Quality

• Good understanding of HR data, workforce metrics, and reporting concepts.
• Experience validating and reconciling HR data.
• Ability to investigate data discrepancies and identify potential root causes.
• Strong attention to detail and focus on data accuracy and quality.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical Workday reporting solutions.

Operational Support

• Experience managing multiple reporting requests and working within agreed SLAs.
• Experience supporting HR reporting in a global or complex organization.
• Experience working with a reporting support queue and prioritizing requests.
• Ability to troubleshoot reporting issues and collaborate with relevant teams to resolve them.
• Ability to work independently on routine and moderately complex reporting requirements.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate reporting concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively with HR stakeholders, Product Managers, Functional Analysts, and technical teams.
• Comfortable asking questions, clarifying requirements, and recommending solutions.
• Ability to manage stakeholder expectations and provide clear updates on reporting requests.

Continuous Improvement

• Ability to identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and reduce manual effort.
• Interest in learning new Workday reporting functionality and capabilities.
• Willingness to share knowledge and contribute to improving team processes.
• Commitment to maintaining clear and accurate reporting documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Human Resources, Data Analytics, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4–6+ years of experience in HRIS, HR Technology, People Analytics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing and supporting Workday reports.
• Experience supporting HR systems within a global or complex organization.
• Experience working directly with HR stakeholders and business users.
• Experience supporting Workday reporting enhancements, testing, releases, and production support.
• Workday Reporting Certification or Workday Pro Reporting Certification is preferred.
• Additional Workday certifications are an advantage.

Is this the job for you? We would love to hear from you! Please apply directly to the role and we will get in touch with you.