Senior Analyst, Workday HCM /Compensation/Advanced Compensation .
Ally and Your Career
The Opportunity
This role is on a hybrid schedule and must be able to work from Ally’s Charlotte or Detroit locations an average of three days per week.
As the Sr Analyst, Business System Development-Workday, you will be responsible for the design, configuration, administration, and maintenance of the Workday HCM and Advanced Compensation products. This position plays a vital role in supporting and optimizing our Workday HCM and Advanced Compensation system. The Sr Analyst, Business System Development-Workday will collaborate with HR, IT, and third-party teams to ensure system functionality aligns with business needs and enhances our HR processes. This position is part of the Workday development team within the Human Resources’ Enabling Solutions organization. This position will report to the Manager, Business System Development-Workday.
The Work Itself
- Oversee and configure HCM and Advanced Compensation modules within Workday, ensuring accurate and compliant administration of employee payroll and benefits plans.
- Analyze HCM and Advanced Compensation business processes and recommend improvements leveraging Workday functionality.
- Collaborate with Tier 2 and Tier 3 support staff to resolve complex issues.
- Partner with HR teams to gather requirements for system enhancements and develop solutions.
- Lead or participate in testing and continuous improvement of Workday features, partnering with business leaders to optimize processes and enhance the employee, manager, and HR operations experience.
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues, while coordinating with HR, IT, and/or third-party teams as needed.
- Develop and maintain documentation for system processes, configurations, and user guides.
- Maintain change controls documentation to align with governance and prioritization routines.
- Stay updated on Workday releases and new features.
The Skills You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 3+ years required, preferably in a system configuration role.
- 2+ years configurating Workday HCM and Advanced Compensation required.
- 1+ year experience managing a Workday HCM and/or Advanced Compensation implementation, upgrade, or enhancement project.
- Experience with case management systems, such as ServiceNow, including ability to triage and manage assigned cases within defined processes and service level agreements.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret requests and provide actionable insights.
- Experience with operating in alignment with an agile project management methodology, such as scrum, including experience managing sprints in Jira preferred.
- Ability to Format, test, troubleshoot, and validate EIBs
- Experience with report writing and creating calculated fields preferred
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and assigned projects in an organized, thorough, and timely manner.
- Demonstrated diligence and relentless commitment to follow-through.
- Demonstrated ability to convey ideas and recommendations to a wide variety of audiences at all levels in a clear, compelling, and succinct way while applying strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills.
- Foundational knowledge of gathering business requirements, engaging in problem-solving conversations, and developing and testing potential solutions.
- Ability to apply systems-thinking to look across HR and understand the “big picture”.
How We'll Have Your Back
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:
- Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
- Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
- Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
- Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
- Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
- Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
- To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
Who We Are:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.