Foster Farms Looking for HRIS Technical Lead at Livingston, CA  Full Time

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay Range $120,000 to $140,000 per year

The HRIS Technical Lead serves as developer and owner of the HR data warehouse, integrations, connected systems and analytics. This position supports systems maintenance, enhancements, troubleshooting, integrations, and complex business intelligence analytics. The role is responsible for design, development, configuration, and support of HRIS related and connected systems. Continuous support and troubleshooting of existing systems, data warehouse, and integrations is required. Collaborates with HRMS team and functional sponsors making recommendations for process improvement and best practices. Interaction with vendor support will be necessary. Directly involved during the project life-cycle involving any HRIS or downstream systems. Advanced HCM report writing and cross-functional report writing and dashboards.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• HRMS data architect, responsible for design and maintenance of data management solutions; provides expertise in data analysis, data migration, data modeling, data integration, data warehousing and database design.
• Lead technical design and implementation of dashboards and reporting capabilities, responsible for complex BI reporting and analytics from HRMS and related/integrated systems, to support BI and regulatory reporting.
• SME on integration technologies such as Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connector, DT, XSLT, CFs, Web Services API, Cloud Connect, RaaS, BIRT.
• Demonstrate in-depth HR Systems Compensation knowledge.
• Help with HCM integration SDLC including design, development and testing.
• Lead all aspects of data integrations/interfaces with various vendors and other internal systems; Manage and own end-to-end testing with various vendors, Workday-partner, internal system owners
• Responsible for developing integrations focused on data quality and integrity, which can scale based on the growing needs of the organization. Helps maintain data integrity in systems by running queries and analyzing data.
• Participate in HRMS system configuration and Business Process Framework.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining HRMS operational governance model, adopting an agile methodology, participating in plan with active ownership in development (build/run)
• Owns the HRMS Change Management Processes and Policies
• Lead for system maintenance, development, and enhancement for related HRMS systems (SmartRecruiters, Clickboarding, Presagia, etc.)
• Manage the testing and implementation of as a result new releases, enhancements, fixes and overall enterprise structure changes; configure, test, and rollout new functionality as required.
• Ensure successful completion of Root Cause Analysis for all critical and high severity incidents; enable resolution and related communication as appropriate.
• Conducts or participates in user requirements gathering, blueprinting & documentation designs.
• Ensure data compliance, regulatory, privacy and development of required data and reporting standards.
• Ensure the integrity of configuration of the HRMS systems.
• Support production configuration and assist in functional change requests.
• Support business implementations by sharing best practice configuration skills.
• Assist with responding to user requirements, problem resolution, develop designs, and process
• Data Modeling.
• Conduct configuration changes to accommodate change requests and prototype activities.
• Demonstrate proof of concept & assist in training activities. Leads, mentors and participates in the development of team members.
• Serve as the escalation point for the integrity, review and analysis of data, on-going audits and reporting

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of current Big Data and analytics solution platforms such as MS SQL
• Demonstrated knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL syntax
• Experience with large-scale data integration and reporting. Understanding of data requirements in complex environments
• Experience with various technologies, frameworks and processes, such as data modeling, data flow mapping, requirements gathering, testing and data validation techniques
• Uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or develops appropriate solutions to issues that arise
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience maintaining strict confidentiality of data and information
• Strong planning and project management skills
• Experience in understanding and translating the priorities of the business and integrating the HR value proposition and strategies to meet the needs of the business
• Track record of strong business partnership and cross functional collaboration within a dynamic, fast paced environment; a strategic leader who takes initiative and ownership
• Functional knowledge of the HR landscape, to include but not limited to HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time and Attendance; ability to merge functional and technical expertise to support HR systems and analytics.
• Stays current on regulatory requirements impacting HR technologies

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• 4+ years of progressively increasing experience with HCM Integrations development and support using integration technologies such as EIB, Core Connector, DT, XSLT, CFs, API, Cloud Connect, RaaS, Workday Studio platforms, and building and maintaining inbound/outbound Workday HCM integrations to third party vendors including payroll and benefit providers
• Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to translate technical information to a non-technical audience at all levels of the organization
• Experience in production support (24x7x365) environment following processes/guidelines
• Experience in all phases of the software development life cycle, including analysis, design, unit test, system test, deployment, and production support
• Report writing skills (expert) in building reports in various types (Advanced, Matrix, BIRT, Dashboard, Power BI, etc.).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent collaboration with technical & functional business partners to develop and scale creative solutions to complex circumstances
• Ability to work independently, managing multiple projects. Ability to multitask on multiple projects in various phases
• Ability to lead others, direct and indirect
• Workday Integrations certification and/or Workday Studio certification a plus

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

• Must be able to work on pacific time zone schedule.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.