HRIS Analyst

at  YMCA of Greater Houston

POSITION SUMMARY:

YMCA of Greater Houston HRIS Analyst supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening the community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Join us as an HRIS Analyst! You will play a key role in the development and deployment of extensive HRIS initiatives. The HRIS Analyst will be responsible for managing and optimizing the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) to support processes, enhance data integrity, and facilitate reporting and analytics to support HR, Payroll, and other interrelated functions for the organization. In this role, the HRIS will collaborate with HR, Payroll, IT, and vendors to ensure the system meets organizational needs and complies with relevant regulations.
The HRIS Analyst will be responsible for creating and implementing new and innovative ways to improve workflow, process efficiencies, internal reporting capabilities, the documentation of business processes, and expanding the use of the talent acquisition and self-service portals to meet the operational and informational needs of the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, computer sciences, or related fields.
• Minimum three years of experience in HRIS management or analysis.
• Proficiency in HRIS software (UKG Ready preferred) and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong working knowledge of HR Technology and functional HR processes is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in working in an agile delivery environment.
• Understand the system development lifecycle process.
• Knowledge of human resources and payroll processes and procedures.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining a high attention to detail.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and strong time management skills.
• Ability to present technical information in an easy to understand format.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. System Management: Oversee the HRIS, ensuring accurate data entry, and system updates, ensuring data integrity within the HRIS system, and maintenance.
2. Data Analysis: Generate reports and analyze HR and Payroll data and reports to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
3. User Support: Provide technical support and training to HR and Payroll staff and end-users, ensuring effective use of the HRIS. IT project management experience to implement improvements within the Human Resources and Payroll systems.
4. Process Improvement: Evaluate HRIS to identify points of improvement and opportunities for process enhancements and recommend solutions to improve system functionality and user experience. Develop scenarios and test cases, generate test data, and troubleshoot issues. Implement process improvements and policy changes designed to improve efficiency and the user experience with the system.
5. Compliance: Ensure HRIS processes and data management comply with relevant laws (i.e. HIPPA, FLSA, Privacy Laws, etc.) and regulations, including data privacy and security standards. Develop, document, and maintain all current and new HRIS business process workflows for efficiency and compliance.
6. Project Management: Participate with HRIS system implementation(s) projects, upgrades, and integrations, ensuring timelines and budgets are met, including testing and configuration, security administration, report writing, system optimization post-go-live, and coordination and management of cross-functional dependencies between HR, IT, and Payroll.
7. Collaboration: Work closely with HR and Payroll teams to understand their needs and translate them into system requirements. Partner with internal stakeholders to develop technology solutions that help to streamline and automate HR processes. Conduct audit activities to ensure data integrity within the HRIS system. Identify and resolve system issues; communicate directly and independently with external vendors and business partners to open support cases and monitor issues to satisfactory resolution.
8. Center Engagement: Effectively work with the operations to establish a strong partnership to ensure clear governance in how value is delivered to the end users to provide an amazing employee experience.
9. Child Abuse Prevention: Reports suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations. Follows mandated abuse and incident reporting requirements. Ensures youth are properly signed in and signed out, ensures only authorized adults are allowed in the facility, etc. Adheres to policies related to boundaries with each child

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not all inclusive. The YMCA of Greater Houston reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. The YMCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.