HRIS Analyst

Job Title: HR Analyst

Job Duration: 06 month

Location: Montreal, QC (Hybrid 3 days onsite and 2 days remote every week)

Pay rate: $38/hr

Key Responsibilities

Project & Program Management

• End-to-End Project Leadership: Lead HRIS initiatives by partnering with both HR and non-HR business units. Act as the primary liaison between IT, end-users, and project teams, bridging the gap between HR business processes and technical system capabilities.
• SDLC Participation: Contribute to the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirement analysis, functional design, implementation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Strategic Prioritization: Evaluate and establish HRIS project priorities based on business impact, scalability, and resource availability.
• Operating Model Optimization: Continuously refine the target operating model between HR and HR IT to enhance user experience, improve incident resolution times, and eliminate manual interventions through automation.
• Global Alignment: Act as the regional SME to drive strategic design alignment between Local and Global HR/IT teams, expanding support scope to include Group-wide initiatives within the Americas.

Systems Administration & Technical Support

• Tiered Support: Provide advanced technical support to HR professionals and end-users for all HR-developed applications and enterprise systems.
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot and diagnose complex HRIS data discrepancies and interface failures; implement corrective actions and escalte critical issues through appropriate channels.
• Governance & Compliance: Execute the HRIS control framework to ensure all system activities and data handling comply with Group policies and regulatory requirements.
• Backlog Management: Collaborate with IT to manage the development backlog, ensuring priority alignment, tracking pipeline progress, and communicating system changes/impacts to stakeholders.
• System Maintenance: Oversee the administration of specialized HR Java-based applications and participate in the rigorous auditing of employee lifecycle data (hires, transfers, terminations).

Data Integrity & Analytics

• Data Governance: Ensure the highest level of data accuracy by designing and executing complex queries, data reconciliations, and integrity audits.
• Reporting & Insights: Develop and utilize advanced queries and reports to validate the integrity of employee information and support business inquiries.
• System Configuration: Support system configuration changes and large-scale employee record updates to ensure seamless data flow.
• Integration Management: Manage complex data uploads and perform critical reconciliations between PeopleSoft HCM and ancillary systems, including Payroll and Compensation platforms.

Required Qualifications

• 5-7 years of HRIS experience
• Demonstrates problem-solving, trouble-shooting, software lifecycle testing, solutions-oriented mindset
• Experience with HRIS Systems (PeopleSoft HCM preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to communicate to technical and non-technical users.
• Advanced MicroSoft Excel skills
• Experience in developing, enhancing and trouble-shooting Peoplesoft Queries
• Outstanding operational and organizational skills in addition to detailed oriented work
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to operate autonomously and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to be well organized and to be multi-tasking
• Ability to work as part of a multicultural team
• Ability to collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and to be client-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education/experience/training
• Knowledge of HR processes
• Knowledge of the banking industry
• Analytical and project management skills a plus