HR Analyst

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company who is a provider of banking and financial services. The company operates through two divisions, Retail Banking and Services, and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

Position: HR Analyst

Location: Montreal,QC H3A 2A6

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

• As a key member of the HR Analytics & Insights team, the HRIS Analyst serves as a strategic partner to HR stakeholders and IT functions across client.
• This role is responsible for the end-to-end support, maintenance, and continuous enhancement of our HR technology ecosystem, encompassing both standard enterprise platforms and proprietary in-house applications.
• The successful candidate will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to drive digital transformation, leading initiatives to automate workflows, streamline data integration, and align regional practices with global standards.
• The role ensures that our HR technology suite provides high-quality, actionable data to support business decision-making and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Project & Program Management:

• End-to-End Project Leadership: Lead HRIS initiatives by partnering with both HR and non-HR business units.
• Act as the primary liaison between IT, end-users, and project teams, bridging the gap between HR business processes and technical system capabilities.
• SDLC Participation: Contribute to the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirement analysis, functional design, implementation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Strategic Prioritization: Evaluate and establish HRIS project priorities based on business impact, scalability, and resource availability.
• Operating Model Optimization: Continuously refine the target operating model between HR and HR IT to enhance user experience, improve incident resolution times, and eliminate manual interventions through automation.
• Global Alignment: Act as the regional SME to drive strategic design alignment between Local and Global HR/IT teams, expanding support scope to include Group-wide initiatives within the Americas.

Systems Administration & Technical Support:

• Tiered Support: Provide advanced technical support to HR professionals and end-users for all HR-developed applications and enterprise systems.
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot and diagnose complex HRIS data discrepancies and interface failures; implement corrective actions and escalate critical issues through appropriate channels.
• Governance & Compliance: Execute the HRIS control framework to ensure all system activities and data handling comply with Group policies and regulatory requirements.
• Backlog Management: Collaborate with IT to manage the development backlog, ensuring priority alignment, tracking pipeline progress, and communicating system changes/impacts to stakeholders.
• System Maintenance: Oversee the administration of specialized HR Java-based applications and participate in the rigorous auditing of employee lifecycle data (hires, transfers, terminations).

Data Integrity & Analytics:

• Data Governance: Ensure the highest level of data accuracy by designing and executing complex queries, data reconciliations, and integrity audits.
• Reporting & Insights: Develop and utilize advanced queries and reports to validate the integrity of employee information and support business inquiries.
• System Configuration: Support system configuration changes and large-scale employee record updates to ensure seamless data flow.
• Integration Management: Manage complex data uploads and perform critical reconciliations between PeopleSoft HCM and ancillary systems, including Payroll and Compensation platforms.

Required Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of HRIS experience
• Demonstrates problem-solving, trouble-shooting, software lifecycle testing, solutions-oriented mindset
• Experience with HRIS Systems (PeopleSoft HCM preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to communicate to technical and non-technical users.
• Advanced MicroSoft Excel skills
• Experience in developing, enhancing and trouble-shooting Peoplesoft Queries
• Outstanding operational and organizational skills in addition to detailed oriented work
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to operate autonomously and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to be well organized and to be multi-tasking
• Ability to work as part of a multicultural team
• Ability to collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and to be client-oriented

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree or equivalent education/experience/training
• Knowledge of HR processes
• Knowledge of the banking industry
• Analytical and project management skills a plus.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.