HRIS Configuration Specialist

Who We Are:

We are a Canadian owned and operated retailer (and proud of it!), with a strong commitment to the community, and over 60 years of success. If you are looking for a challenging and dynamic career, Giant Tiger may be right for you. We believe in opportunities for growth & development, teamwork, and engagement.

About The Role:

In this role, you will enhance Giant Tiger's existing Workday HCM modules and simplify the end-user experience by leveraging advanced expertise to optimize system performance and stability, delivering user-centric solutions, and supporting business leaders in driving continuous improvement.

Workplace Arrangements:

This role will follow a fully remote schedule. Occasional travel to Ottawa Home Office is required on a quarterly basis.

What Giant Tiger Brings

• Work Your Way! Hybrid work arrangement;
• Annual Profit-Sharing Program & Incentive Plan
• Health/Dental/Vision Benefits as of day 1
• Store Discount
• LinkedIn Learning Subscription;
• Parental Top Up Program
• Employee Tuition Reimbursement Program;
• Bursary Program for children of employees;
• Onsite Perks: Free parking; Public Transit accessible; 24/7 access to onsite gym; full-service cafeteria

What You’ll be Doing

• Handle change requests requiring medium to advanced Workday configuration knowledge in order to improve performance, simplify processes for end users and bring value to the overall Workday experience.
• Act as owner for Workday modules such as Learning, Absence, Payroll, Time-Tracking, Security and consult with the Business leaders on continuous improvements in order to correctly build the Workday modules as desired by their administrators.
• Complete testing and auditing of the bi-annual Workday Feature release to confirm no impact happens on existing configurations and that potential improvements are noted and communicated to the business.
• Provide advice and basic training to Workday Tier 1 peers when needed on smaller configurations tickets in order to improve the team's response time for the day-to-day requests.
• Utilize critical thinking skills and knowledge of Workday best practices to translate stakeholder requests into requirements, accurately understand the business needs and provide reliable solutions for payroll, time-tracking, learning, absence and security.
• Develop test scenarios, execute tests in the assigned functional areas and conduct impact-analysis on the other functional areas in order to ensure your solutions properly function and the system is stable.
• Draft/update job aids and present demos in trainings in order to help the end users adapt to Workday and increase their overall trust with the system.
• Identify and regularly review key resources in Workday community to have an up-to-date knowledge of new features and relevant activities or warnings.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelors Degree (Business Technology, Human Resources) or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of Workday capabilities and touchpoints between functional areas.
• 3+ years experience in at least 3 of the following Workday functional areas: Recruiting, Absence, Reporting (advanced), Security (advanced).
• 2+ Experience in the following Workday areas: Payroll, Time-Tracking, Learning.
• Background in working in an HR environment and knowledge of HR processes and policies.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, system mindset, testing best practices and impact analysis.
• Ability to apply concepts learned to other areas.
• Strong communication with ability to articulate guidance, concerns and influence others.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Assets You May Have

• Previous retail experience is an asset.
• Bilingual is a strong asset.
• An existing Workday pro certification is a strong asset.

Travel Requirements

• Possible occasional travel to the Home Office in Ottawa

Job Requisition: JR126015

Giant Tiger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fair employment practices. If you require accommodation during your pursuit of a role at Giant Tiger please contact [email protected]