Lightspeed is hiring a Workday Analyst to join our Talent Operations, Systems and Insights team. In this role, you will be instrumental in transforming HR data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making. You will extract, analyze, and visualize data from Workday and other HR systems to improve processes, enhance the employee experience, and support core business objectives.
What You'll Do
- Create and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations that effectively communicate people data insights to stakeholders.
- Extract data from Workday and other HR systems using various reporting tools and techniques.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Develop end-to-end solutions to reporting requirements and change requests, including design, build, and testing of reports.
- Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to workforce demographics, performance, compensation, turnover, and other HR metrics.
- Interpret data to determine HR program effectiveness and contribute to establishing KPIs for new feature releases.
- Ensure data integrity and accuracy by implementing data quality checks and validation procedures.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of data governance policies and procedures.
- Perform audit procedures and analyze findings to identify and assess control deficiencies.
- Work with management to develop and implement remediation plans to address control deficiencies.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors as needed to ensure scalable and consistent audit processes.
- Partner with People Business Partners and other stakeholders to understand their data needs and provide relevant insights.
- Support HR initiatives by providing data-driven recommendations and analysis.
- Stay up-to-date on Workday reporting and analytics capabilities and best practices.
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions to promote data literacy and support the development of best reporting practices.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience working with HR data and analytics.
- Workday experience and knowledge of calculated fields, creating advanced and matrix reports, and dashboards.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Statistics, Data Science, or any combination of training and experience relevant for the role.
- Strong understanding of people data metrics and reporting best practices.
- Advanced proficiency in HR reporting tools.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel.
- Deep knowledge of configuring custom reports and handling large data sets.
- Experience maintaining data integrity across enterprise HR systems and conducting audits.
- Strong understanding of HR programs and cyclical activities in the employee lifecycle.
- Strong communication skills in English. Fluency in English as a working language is required.
Nice to Have
- Background working as an HR Business Analyst or Data Analyst.
- Knowledge of a data visualization tool such as Tableau or Looker.
Technical Stack
- Workday
- Excel
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Talent Operations, Systems and Insights team at Lightspeed, where your work directly impacts our people strategies.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $60,000 to $70,000 CAD.
- Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
- Equity options.
- Contributions to your pension plan.
- Training opportunities to grow your skills and career.
- Health and wellness credit.
- Time off to volunteer and give back to your community.
- Interest groups, employee-led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams.
- Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook.
- Enhanced parental leave to support growing families.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Ontario, Canada.
Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.
