Top HRIS Analyst Jobs in Chicago, IL

Maintains, configures, and improves Workday HR systems, including HCM, compensation, benefits, recruiting, talent, integrations, security, reporting, upgrades, and releases. Serves as a technical subject matter expert and liaison between HR, payroll, recruiting, IT, compliance, and other internal stakeholders. Leads system projects, testing, process improvements, data integrity efforts, and HRIS helpdesk resolution while supporting scalable solutions and user experience enhancements.

Configure, administer, optimize, and support Workday across Benefits, Compensation, Reporting, HCM, security, business processes, and integrations. Translate stakeholder requirements into scalable solutions, troubleshoot complex configuration and data issues, perform impact analysis, manage testing and deployments, support releases, and deliver enhancements within three-week sprint cycles. The role also maintains documentation, collaborates with technical and HR teams, and serves as a senior advisor for Workday solutions.

Administers and optimizes Dayforce and other HR systems, including configuration, integrations, reporting, analytics, data governance, security, and troubleshooting. Translates HR and business requirements into scalable technical solutions, leads enhancements and implementation projects, manages vendors, and supports system testing and upgrades. Develops workforce dashboards and reports, conducts data audits, provides user training and documentation, and ensures privacy, access controls, compliance, and accurate employee information.

The HRIS Analyst supports global HR and benefits systems, including configuration, upgrades, testing, troubleshooting, data integrity, reporting, documentation, and user training. The role partners with HR, Payroll, Benefits, and IT teams, supports process governance, manages HRIS vendors, evaluates platforms, and helps implement a new HRIS for approximately 1,000 global employees.

Administer and optimize HR technology systems, including configurations, workflows, business rules, security, and user roles. Provide production support, troubleshoot issues, support enhancements, releases, testing, patches, and implementation projects. Identify process optimization and automation opportunities, reduce manual work, and maintain accurate system and process documentation while supporting HR stakeholders.

Maintain and optimize Workday across HCM, payroll, benefits, time tracking, compensation, and performance. Build people analytics reports, dashboards, and visualizations; perform advanced workforce, DEI, compensation, and organizational analysis; ensure data governance and integrity; evaluate Workday releases; translate business questions into actionable insights; and improve reporting scalability, automation, and system efficiency.

Administer and enhance Workday HCM: assess requirements, configure business processes, troubleshoot, create reports and dashboards, support integrations and bi-annual releases, train end users, and partner with stakeholders to deliver system solutions and data integrity.

Lead HRIS analysis, enhancements, testing, and support across HR, Payroll, Talent, and Recruitment. Manage SDLC projects, document requirements, produce user and release documentation, drive process improvements and change management, and deliver reporting and automation to improve employee experience.

Owner of Workday reporting and analytics: design, build and maintain standard/advanced/matrix/composite reports and dashboards; ensure data integrity and security; support HR/payroll/finance stakeholders across geographies; provide ad-hoc analysis, training, testing for upgrades, and drive reporting standardization and continuous improvement.

Support implementation of Workday Core HCM and reporting by gathering and documenting global requirements, testing, validating data, building reports/dashboards, providing post-go-live production support, and partnering with HR, Payroll, IT and implementation partners to ensure consistent, scalable HR processes and data integrity.