Principal People Systems Analyst

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Human Resource • Administrative

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal People Systems Analyst at AlphaSense, you'll lead Workday configuration for multiple modules (Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, etc.), providing ongoing support and maintenance. You'll collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs, recommend solutions, and manage implementation timelines. Responsibilities include conducting gap analyses, defining project roadmaps, and troubleshooting system issues. You'll leverage your Workday expertise to improve processes, offer strategic solutions, and ensure data security. The role requires strong communication, project management skills, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. You will be a consultant to the business, offering strategic solutions and partnering to solve business needs.
Must have:
  • 8+ years Workday experience (5+ in Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation)
  • Workday Pro certification in 3+ modules
  • Strong HR process understanding
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience in hyper-growth company
  • Project management expertise

Job Details

Location: UK (remote), India (remote), IRL (remote)

Reports to: Diane Gorham, Sr Director People Systems and Analytics

AlphaSense is an AI-powered market intelligence search engine used by the largest and fastest-growing firms globally. Our mission is to democratize access to the world's most important content sets for market analysis. Our customers include 75% of the S&P 100, 70% of the top asset management firms, 76% of the leading consultancies, and the 20 largest pharmaceutical companies. AlphaSense helps knowledge professionals become dramatically more productive and gain an information edge by discovering critical data points and trends that others miss.  

  • Total of $525M+ in VC funding – Series D funded in Jun’22 with a valuation of $1.7B
  • Trusted by 3,500+ enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500.
  • 1000+ people across offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, and India

For more information, please visit www.alpha-sense.com.

About the Team:

The People Systems and Analytics (PSA) team works within the People Team and supports AlphaSense to enable people practices and supports employees and managers in their key technology interactions.  We are building our People Systems and Analytics team to meet the demands of the business, scale our organization, and build our practices in a streamlined way. The team will work closely with stakeholders both in the People team and partner teams like Finance, IT, and Legal. The PSA team helps to define business needs, recommend system enhancements, and drive operational excellence. 

About the Role: 

AlphaSense is currently seeking a Principal People Systems Analyst to be responsible for partnering with key stakeholders to design, implement, and provide ongoing support for Workday modules such as Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Payroll or Absence and Time Tracking. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of HR processes, extensive experience with Workday modules. This is an opportunity to make an immediate, meaningful, and lasting impact on our fast-growing company. 

What You'll Do:

System Implementation and Support:

  • Lead the Workday configuration for 3-5 outlined modules. This includes reviewing and recommending new features (during release planning), lead system configuration and provide day-to-day support and maintenance. 
  • Lead ongoing implementation of new Workday processes, products and features bringing recommendations from prior experience and providing the business with options including pros/cons of decisions.

Business Analysis / Project Management:

  • Collaborate with key business partners to understand business needs, recommend solutions, and outline the needed timeline to implement requested changes. 
  • Conduct gap analysis, and if needed, recommend a workaround (or alternative) to address business requirement needs.
  • Review business requests and be able to scope and size effort for project roadmap planning.
  • Utilizing previous experience, help in the definition of the People Systems roadmap to ensure proper sequencing and the best use of resources in both the PSA team and the business. 

Technical Expertise:

  • Be an expert in Workday modules and best practices. Be able to provide recommendations and feedback based on prior experience. Serve as a consultant and partner to the business team, offering strategic solutions to solve their needs.
  • Troubleshoot complex system issues and provide technical support to end-users. Be able to recommend solutions to improve or permanently resolve ongoing technical issues.
  • Have experience across all areas of solution build out including Workday domain security, Workday business process security and Workday report development. Deliver to the business a complete end-to-end solution. 

Who You Are:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 8 years experience in Workday, with at least 5 years focused on Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Payroll or Absence and Time Tracking.
  • Workday Pro certification in 3+ modules including Core HCM.
  • Strong understanding of HR process and best practices with demonstrated experience working in a hyper-growth company.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams and negotiate for the best possible solution.
  • Ability to coach and mentor partners at all levels on using Workday and the value Workday brings to business processes.
  • Must be able to maintain high levels of confidentiality and understand and maintain HR data security.
  • Demonstrated ability to create internal team processes and help in the maturity of an internal People Systems team. 
  • Proven expertise in translating business needs into technical requirements and actionable configurations, with a consultative mindset.
  • Strong project management skills, including planning, prioritizing, and delivering multiple initiatives on time and within scope.
  • In the role of Principal People Systems Analyst, you must be able to work independently, escalate when necessary and adapt to a fluid, fast-paced environment.

AlphaSense is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

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