Senior HR Technology Analyst

Senior HR Technology Analyst - Ireland, Dublin Hybrid: Office/Remote

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

We are currently seeking a Senior HR Technology Analyst to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Senior HR Technology Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing business needs and processes and ensuring that business requirements are accurately elicited and translated into HR Technology solutions that deliver validated benefits, all within system, business, and project constraints.

• Configure complex technical solutions to enhance existing technology and manage new projects that support HR and the Business.
• Collaborate with implementation partner(s) and subject matter experts to investigate and understand existing systems and processes, the impact of new developments, and how best to deliver the solution.
• Negotiate and agree scope and timescales with users to achieve the best possible match between business needs and systems capability.
• Work with stakeholders to build agreed and tangible business solutions.
• Ownership of design, configuration, and implementation of functional area of expertise e.g., compensation and benefits etc., collaborating with HR to ensure these meet the global HR and Business needs.
• Manage user acceptance testing, ad hoc testing, and the process for post-implementation support to enable the delivery of required functionality.
• Identify areas of opportunity to improve existing technology processes, functionality, and workflow, and maximize technological capabilities to reduce manual processes.
• Drive robust audit processes to ensure the technical integrity of the information in the HRIS system and comply with SOX requirements.
• Recommend methods of continuous improvement, particularly in technical processes and solution delivery, and help to facilitate their implementation.
• Escalate issues to external Vendor(s) in a timely fashion as required, while being mindful of budget constraints, as detailed by HR Technology Leadership.
• Collaborate with IT teams to manage integrations between Workday and other HR systems or third-party applications.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing and tracking technical and functional details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Apply consistent SOX compliant change and audit controls in all configurations.
• Recognize, exemplify, and adhere to ICON's values which center around our commitment to people, clients and performance.
• As an ICON employee, you are expected to embrace and contribute to the ICON culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining processes, adding value to the business and meeting client needs.
• Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, processes, and issue resolution.
• Travel (approximately 0%) domestic and/or international.

• Years of experience: 5+years
• We need a Workday Professional with hand on experience in end-to-end development, configuration, implementation and maintenance in Workday
• Should have experience in HCM, time and absence workday experience.
• Should have experience in stakeholder management.

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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