HRIS Analyst, Workday

Job Title: HRIS Analyst, Workday

Team: Systems

Location: Hybrid in Chicago (IL)

Employment Type: Full-time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

About Braven

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program. We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students, followed by support that lasts through graduation. Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream. To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Jobs .

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an HRIS Analyst, Workday, who will act as the hands-on owner of Braven's new Workday platform, partnering with People & Operations to build and maintain how Workday supports our staff, and with IT to make Workday the trusted source of people data behind access, provisioning, and automations across Braven's systems. As a member of the Systems team, you will own Workday’s long-term configuration, security, integrations, and reporting so it scales cleanly with Braven’s growth.

This role is on the Systems team and reports directly to the Head of Workplace Technology & Operations.

What You’ll Do

Workday Administration & Optimization (35%)

- Serve as Braven's primary Workday administrator, owning business process configuration, supervisory organizations, condition rules, notifications, and tenant and sandbox management
- Continuously improve Workday by triaging defects and closing configuration gaps, and partnering with People & Operations to prioritize and deliver an ongoing enhancement roadmap
- Manage Workday's twice-yearly feature releases, from impact assessment through regression testing and rollout
- Run intake for enhancement requests from People & Operations, translate business needs into scalable configuration, and assess downstream impact before changes go live

Integrations & Automation (25%)

- Build, monitor, and troubleshoot integrations using EIBs and Core Connectors, keeping Workday the source of truth for people data across Braven's systems
- Own joiner, mover, and leaver provisioning from Workday into Okta, partnering with the IT team so access is granted and removed accurately and on time
- Evaluate and redesign automations as Workday and connected systems evolve, and identify manual processes that can be automated
- Coordinate with Workday, implementation partners, and other vendors to resolve integration issues and evaluate new functionality

Security, Data Integrity & Reporting (25%)

- Administer role-based and user-based security groups, domain and business process security policies, and integration system user (ISU) accounts, following least privilege and segregation of duties
- Run regular access reviews and data audits, and manage mass data loads through EIBs with quality checks
- Build reports, calculated fields, and dashboards that give People & Operations, IT, and leadership accurate, timely people data
- Maintain report governance, including naming conventions, a report inventory, and retirement of unused reports

Support, Training & Documentation (15%)

- Provide tier 2 support for Workday issues submitted through Jira Service Management or raised directly in Workday
- Train staff and managers on Workday self-service and new features as they roll out
- Develop and maintain documentation for Workday configurations, integrations, and processes in Confluence

Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

- 3+ years of hands-on Workday HCM administration, including business process configuration, security administration, and report building

Preferred Qualifications

- Supported a Workday implementation, or a major phase of one, through go-live and hypercare
- Workday Pro certification (HCM, Security, Integrations, or Reporting)
- Built and supported Workday integrations (EIB, Core Connectors; Studio or Workday APIs a plus), ideally including identity lifecycle provisioning with Okta or a similar tool
- Advanced Workday reporting experience: matrix and composite reports, calculated fields, and dashboards
- Experience as the sole or primary Workday administrator at a small or mid-sized organization, ideally a nonprofit, balancing hands-on configuration with stakeholder support
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to stakeholders with different technical backgrounds, and to translate People & Operations needs into practical system solutions
- Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
- Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
- Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

- Ability to work in-person in Chicago (IL) 3 days per week
- Occasional availability outside standard hours during Workday releases, integration testing, and major configuration changes
- Access to internet

Additional Requirements

- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

- Phone screen with Talent Team member
- Performance Task
- Interview with Hiring Manager
- Panel Interview with Key Partners
- Reference Checks

Benefits

Total Rewards

Braven provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:

- Discretionary time off in addition to org-wide holidays and 2 week-long shutdowns in July and December (this is a minimum of 20 days per year)
- Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
- Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
- Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff
- Monthly $75 reimbursement for cell phone or internet
- Access to funding for continued career development

Compensation

Braven offers opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly relative to one another, their qualifications, and their impact on the organization, and we take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead, each offer is carefully determined using external and internal benchmarks.

The hiring range is determined by role scope, qualifications, and internal equity, with annual growth based on performance. Braven does not base compensation on individual candidate salary expectations and is committed to maintaining internal equity. The hiring ranges for this role by geographic market are set forth as $69,000-$74,100 in Chicago. This is based on a 50-hour work week. This is a full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits-eligible position where you will be working at 100% capacity.

Please note that Braven is firm in its compensation philosophy; therefore, only candidates who believe our total rewards package aligns with what they are looking for in their next opportunity are encouraged to apply.

Location

We gather in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work remotely 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of our Chicago hub. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face, and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.