HRIS Analyst

Title: HRIS Analyst 

Location: Stamford, CT (On-Site) 

• Provide day-to-day administration and support of our HRIS/HCM environment, including employee lifecycle transactions, organizational data, workflows, security/access, and system maintenance.
• Serve as a first point of contact for HR and business users, troubleshooting system issues and resolving or escalating problems as appropriate.
• Research system issues, identify root causes, and recommend practical solutions rather than simply resolving the immediate issue.
• Maintain accurate, secure, and reliable employee data across HR systems.
• Support system configuration, enhancements, upgrades, and ongoing optimization.
• Support enterprise HCM platforms such as Workday, Dayforce, ADP Workforce Now, UKG, Oracle HCM, or similar systems.
• Monitor and troubleshoot integrations and data feeds between the HCM and other systems, including payroll, timekeeping, benefits, ATS/recruiting, onboarding, background screening, and other third-party platforms.
• Partner with IT and vendors to investigate integration errors, data discrepancies, and system issues.
• Understand how changes in one HR system can impact downstream processes, data, reporting, and integrations.
• Support data mapping, validation, reconciliation, and testing for system changes and integrations.
• Analyze HR data and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for HR and business partners.
• Support workforce reporting, including headcount, turnover, hiring, organizational changes, and other key people metrics.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reports and reduce manual processes.
• Develop and execute test scenarios, including user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and data validation.
• Document processes, system changes, and solutions to support consistency and knowledge sharing.
• Support new functionality rollouts and help drive adoption through training, communications, and user support.
• Partner closely with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Finance, IT, and field leadership to understand business needs and translate them into effective HR technology solutions.

    
What You’ll Bring:

• 2–4 years of experience in HRIS, HCM, HR technology, HR operations, people analytics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience administering or supporting at least one enterprise HCM platform, such as Workday, Dayforce, ADP Workforce Now, UKG, Oracle HCM, or similar.
• Experience supporting HCM integrations, interfaces, data feeds, or system-to-system data exchanges.
• Understanding of core HR processes and the employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, job/organizational changes, compensation, benefits, timekeeping, and termination.
• Experience with HR reporting, data analysis, data audits, and reconciliation.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to work comfortably with large data sets.
• Experience with system testing, UAT, troubleshooting, and/or system enhancements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate issues and identify root causes.
• Ability to translate business needs into practical technology and process solutions.
• Strong communication and customer-service skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and work independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• High level of discretion and commitment to protecting confidential employee information.

• Experience supporting an HCM implementation, migration, acquisition, or major system enhancement.
• Experience working with Workday, Dayforce, ADP Workforce Now, UKG, or Oracle HCM integrations.
• Experience with APIs, SFTP, middleware, EIBs, connectors, or other integration technologies.
• Experience supporting payroll, timekeeping, benefits, recruiting/ATS, or onboarding integrations.
• Experience with HR dashboards, workforce analytics, or BI tools such as Power BI.
• Experience in a high-growth, startup, retail, manufacturing, CPG, or multi-location environment.
• Experience working with third-party HR technology vendors.
• A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field is preferred, but equivalent experience will be considered.