HR Consultant

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Temporary - 17 Month Term

The Human Resource Management System (HRMS) Consultant brings their expertise within the HR specialty assigned (e.g. benefits, time and absence, talent management, learning, compensation, etc.) together with policies, processes, and HR technology to deliver effective and efficient HR services that drive value through the HRMS (Workday). If successful in this role, you will consult and liaise with IT, business, HR and vendors to improve the delivery of HRMS and process activities. You will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and maintaining complex and confidential data and reporting to support various areas of the corporation. In addition, you will maintain HRMS daily operations within the scope of the governance framework, provide ongoing technical and operational support, advice, and guidance for the HRMS, establish processes, support business activities for HR projects and operations, analyze and troubleshoot complex issues, and liaise with the HRMS team, HR and IT to understand, document, communicate and plan business requirements for the development of appropriate solutions.

Key Accountabilities

Note: This section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities - other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

HRMS Module Management- Responsible for the design, advancement, delivery, execution, and consulting services associated with services delivered through Workday for assigned portfolio including: Payroll, benefits, leave, time and absence, talent (succession, performance, etc.), recruiting, compensation, onboarding, and learning management, etc.- Designs processes to streamline work and continuously evolves processes by leveraging technology to efficiently deliver services to align to the business needs.- Logs, troubleshoots and resolves complex HRMS and process issues; documents issues and their fixes, or escalates within scope of control.- Provides ongoing daily technical and operational support for HRMS issues and processes.- Provides HR business expertise for system or process projects (e.g. feature releases, upgrades, and improvements), including analyzing, identifying, managing and documenting HR business requirements to present to Tactical Change Committee (TCC) and/or Operational Steering Committee (OSC).- Participates in implementation planning, training and supports transition activities.- Collaboratively works with business units and HR teams to understand business requirements, explore design possibilities, ensuring alignment with established standards and technology ability; submits for review and approvals as it relates to the governance framework.- Performs, coordinates, and provides guidance on user acceptance testing of SaaS updates.- Participates in and/or leads projects to support the organizations operational HR strategies (e.g., workforce planning, surveys, collective bargaining, demographic and trending research and data, etc.).- Represents HR on projects and initiatives requiring input, advice and recommendations related to HR systems functionality.- Plans for, completes, coordinates, and monitors operational changes and provides reporting on progress/success within established requirements.

Governance- Collaborates with HRMS team as a member of the TCC by actively participating and providing input to guide value-add improvements or fixes.- Refers and recommends optional features and enhancements for approval to the OSC, ensuring recommendations accompany analysis and demonstrate value while providing insight on complexity and benefits to enable approval, recommendation, and priority on the roadmap.- Reviews, manages, and determines tactical improvements and priorities (i.e., issue log, fixes, and mandatory features and enhancements) and ensures documented in accordance to established standards.- Reviews established documented approach to system changes to ensure consistency and following corporate standards.

Feature Releases and Enhancements- Collaboratively works with vendors, leveraging tools and training to gain knowledge and an understanding of HR technology (functionality and configuration) to assist in accurately mapping data for system deployments.- Research HRMS functionality and modules and recommends alternatives or approaches to expand and modernize existing functionality.- Assesses HRMS product roadmaps to identify impact, value, and implementation timing for new modules and/or functionality.- Leads assigned release investigation to understand new functionality, identify impacts, coordinate or performs testing, resolves, recommends or escalates complex problems to the appropriate parties.- Creates, ensures, and oversees the development and mainte