Who We Are
Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for nine consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.
What We Do
The Sr. HRIS Workday Functional Analyst is responsible for the support and maintenance of the Workday Human Capital Management system. This position serves as a point of contact and subject matter expert for functional areas within the Workday system, such as Time & Absence, Payroll and Benefits. This role is responsible for ensuring data integrity, design, configuration changes, testing and analyzing data flows for process improvement opportunities.
What You'll Do
- Continuous research of Workday applications’ functionality and features that could be implemented to meet business requirements
- Research and prepare mass uploads for various application data changes for application areas assigned; troubleshoots data related issues
- Provide application support such as incident triage, research application bugs, respond to customer escalations, scenario re-creation and document findings (Time & Absence, Payroll, and Benefits)
- Support global data integrity management and identify system data issues to address
- Prepare test scripts; execute, conduct and support user testing through rollout of new system functionality
- Participate in post-implementation evaluations in support of continuous process improvement
- Review system audit reports and perform resolution of complex production issues
- Create and support service requests with Workday and authorized partners as assigned to resolve functionality issues
- Coordinate and communicate on system events: system maintenance/downtime, basic changes in functionality, etc.
- Collaborate with the global HR/HRIS team members to ensure system usage consistency across the region
- Ensure processes meet SOX control compliance
What You'll Bring
Required Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Professional certificates may be required for position
- 5 years functional HR experience
- Exposure to Workday configurations and integrations (e.g., EIBs, Cloud Connect, Report Writer, Calculated Fields); Workday Pro certification preferred
- Knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and MS Visio
- Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills, including data analysis
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication and customers service skills with both technical and functional end-users
- Experience in process improvement and ability to drive efforts to standardize, optimize and simplify processes and technical solutions
- Must be able to quickly adapt to learn new systems
Pay Range: $86,675- $144,450 Annually
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
What We Offer
By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.
Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.
