Job Description: HR DATA ANALYST
Location: Remote – USA
Experience: 7+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
Position Summary
Solidigm is seeking an experienced HR Data Analyst to support workforce data analytics, HR technology initiatives, reporting, and enterprise data integration projects. This is a hands-on staff augmentation role that combines project-based implementation work with ongoing operational support for workforce data, reporting, analytics, and automation.
The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in Workday, SQL, Power BI, data modeling, and HRIS integrations, along with a solid understanding of HR and workforce data across enterprise systems. The candidate must be comfortable working with HR, Finance, IT, enterprise data teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors to gather requirements, resolve data issues, improve reporting processes, and translate complex data into actionable business insights.
Key Responsibilities
1. Workday Data Cloud Implementation
Support the Workday Data Cloud implementation from project kickoff through implementation and ongoing enhancement.
Partner with HRIS, IT, enterprise data teams, business data owners, and external vendors to define project requirements and deliverables.
Identify priority workforce datasets, source systems, required fields, business definitions, data ownership, and analytics use cases.
Assess internal and vendor-managed systems for data connectivity, access, mapping, and source-system readiness.
Support data modeling, transformation logic, governance, lineage, testing, and technical documentation.
Help establish a scalable workforce data foundation that minimizes manual data movement and enables integrated enterprise analytics.
2. Connected Workplace 2.0
Perform recurring and ad hoc data audits, reconciliations, and reporting activities.
Validate source data, business rules, calculations, and reporting outputs.
Investigate data discrepancies and coordinate resolution with HRIS, IT, Corporate Security, and other data owners.
Support reporting enhancements and continuous data quality improvements.
3. GAC Reporting and Data Automation
Perform manual data refreshes and validation while automation initiatives are in progress.
Enhance and automate existing data connectors, including SmartRecruiters integrations.
Troubleshoot data loads, transformations, and reporting dependencies.
Identify opportunities to replace manual processes with scalable, reliable automated solutions.
4. DEI Dashboard and Reporting
Perform ongoing dashboard refreshes, data validation, and reconciliation.
Audit existing data feeds and prepare for migration to a Workday-based connection.
Validate source data, business logic, and reporting calculations.
Support integration testing, issue resolution, and implementation cutover activities.
5. SmartRecruiters Integration Audit Dashboard
Connect and validate data from Workday, SmartRecruiters, and other relevant enterprise systems.
Define data join logic, identifiers, business rules, and exception-handling processes.
Develop and enhance audit reporting to identify data gaps, mismatches, and integration issues.
Document data sources, transformation logic, refresh processes, and data ownership.
6. Ongoing Analytics and Business Support
Respond to daily workforce data, reporting, audit, and analytical requests from HR and business stakeholders.
Investigate and resolve data discrepancies and reporting issues across systems.
Analyze workforce trends and provide actionable insights to support business decisions.
Maintain existing dashboards, recurring reports, data feeds, and analytics processes.
Identify opportunities to simplify reporting, improve data quality, and increase automation.
7. Stakeholder Collaboration and Delivery
Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, functional leaders, technical teams, enterprise data owners, and external vendors.
Translate business requirements into technical specifications and data solutions.
Communicate complex data findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Manage multiple concurrent priorities independently, identify risks early, and drive deliverables through completion.
Balance immediate operational requirements with long-term scalability, automation, and data governance objectives.
Required Qualifications
7+ years of experience in Workforce Analytics, HR Data Analytics, HRIS Data, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or a related field.
Strong hands-on experience working with HR and workforce data across HR, Finance, IT, and enterprise systems.
Proficiency in SQL for querying, validating, reconciling, and transforming data.
Hands-on experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence and reporting platforms.
Experience working with Workday and HRIS data.
Strong understanding of data modeling, data transformation, data quality, data governance, and data lineage.
Experience supporting data integrations, data feeds, connectors, and cross-system reporting.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to interpret workforce data and translate findings into actionable business recommendations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong stakeholder-management capabilities.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results in a dynamic environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Workday Data Cloud and/or Workday Prism Analytics.
Experience with Workday integrations, reporting, and data extraction.
Experience integrating Workday with SmartRecruiters or other talent acquisition platforms.
Experience developing workforce, HR, DEI, recruiting, audit, or talent analytics dashboards.
Experience with data automation and migration from manual processes to automated pipelines.
Familiarity with enterprise data platforms, cloud data environments, APIs, ETL/ELT, and integration technologies.
Knowledge of HR data domains, including employee data, organizational structures, recruiting, compensation, diversity, workforce planning, and talent management.
Experience working with external technology vendors and enterprise data owners.
Understanding of data governance frameworks, metadata management, business definitions, data ownership, and data stewardship.
Experience supporting large-scale HR technology implementations or workforce data transformation initiatives.
Expected Outcomes
Successful support of Workday Data Cloud implementation and workforce data integration.
Improved accuracy, consistency, and reliability of workforce reporting and analytics.
Enhanced visibility into data discrepancies through effective audit dashboards and reconciliation processes.
Increased automation and reduced dependency on manual data processing.
Stronger data governance, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.
Actionable workforce insights that support informed business decision-making.
