Workday Specialist, Talent Insights & Reporting

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*Please note this is an 18 months full time temporary position

Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Workday Specialist, Talent Insights & Reporting to join our Talent and Insights team. You will scale our Workday reporting infrastructure - extracting raw workforce data, auditing data quality, and supporting impactful visualization initiatives. You will bridge the gap between back-end data and high-level strategy, collaborating with HR leaders, Finance, and cross-functional teams to deliver insights that advance business goals and enrich the employee experience. Shape how our business uses data to power people strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

Reporting and Visualization

• Design, build, and maintain custom Workday reports across various Workday modules (Core HCM, Talent, Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, and Time/Absence).

• Utilize Workday’s advanced reporting tools, including Advanced, Matrix, Trending, and Composite report types.

• Develop end-to-end solutions by translating complex business requirements into scalable and efficient reporting solutions.

• Extract data from Workday and other HR systems, analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to workforce demographics, performance, compensation, turnover, and other HR metrics.

Data Governance and Integrity

• Ensure data integrity and accuracy by implementing data quality checks and validation procedures and by routinely auditing source data and reporting logic.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of data governance policies and procedures.

• Monitor report performance, optimizing complex calculated fields to ensure fast load times and clean system performance.

• Maintain and evolve our report inventory management practices to ensure stakeholders have reliable data sources.

Audit

• Build, maintain, and enhance audit reports that support a wide range of audit controls.

• Partner with internal and external auditors to develop scalable, accurate, and consistent audit reporting processes.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Enablement

• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on Workday reporting capabilities, advising stakeholders on best practices and feasible solutions.

• Partner with People Business Partners, Finance, IT and other stakeholders to understand their data needs and provide relevant insights.

• Support business initiatives by providing data-driven recommendations and analysis.

• Conduct Knowledge transfer sessions to promote data literacy and support the development of best reporting practices.

• Work as a strategic partner to stakeholders and contribute to the execution of the Insights roadmap initiatives

What you need to bring:

We're looking for a candidate who has experience with the following:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in the Workday reporting ecosystem and large data sets.

• Expert-level proficiency in creating complex Calculated Fields, with a mastery of Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports.

• Strong proficiency in Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Power Query)

• Proven track record of building and managing high-stakes reports, such as Board of Directors decks, Sustainability (ESG) reporting, or Cyclical Reports.

• Experience in maintaining data integrity across enterprise HR systems and conducting audits

• Experience working within or closely with a People function, handling highly confidential data, demonstrating a deep understanding of HR lifecycles (Recruitment, Turnover, Compensation, and Diversity metrics) and people data metrics.

• As a global company with employees and customers outside of Quebec, English proficiency is required for this role.

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Statistics, Data Science, or any combination of training and experience relevant for the role

• Background working as an HR Business Analyst or Data Analyst

• Experience working with People Analytics tools (Prism, Looker, Tableau, etc.)

• Workday Pro Certification (Reporting)

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

Be a changemaker

You’ll enjoy:

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work

• A culture that celebrates performance

• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard

• Career-defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies

• Equity options, because this is your company too

• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters

• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career

• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best

• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community

• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams

• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook

• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families

• Etc…

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you—all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities

Please note that we ask applicants to disclose any criminal convictions, and we conduct criminal record checks as part of our hiring process for this role.

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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