HRIS Analyst

About Meridian

Meridian Bioscience is a fully integrated life science company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic products. We are dedicated to developing and delivering better solutions that give answers with speed, accuracy and simplicity that are redefining the possibilities of life from discovery to diagnosis. We are looking for talented and passionate individuals that help drive our vision. Our innovative culture will allow interested candidates to discover and create, through collaboration, cutting edge solutions to tough problems

Job Summary

The HRIS Analyst provides hands-on Workday administration, configuration, reporting, data management, integration monitoring, and user support. Working within governance and change-control standards established by the HRIS Manager, the Analyst administers assigned functional areas, translates approved requirements into controlled changes, supports releases and implementations, and resolves Tier 1 and Tier 2 issues. The Analyst develops transaction instructions, validation rules, and technical support for basic Workday data entry performed by the HR Coordinator and other approved users; complex corrections, mass loads, security, configuration, and production changes remain with HRIS. The role also provides designated secondary support for selected U.S. payroll activities under documented controls, while the US Payroll Manager retains end-to-end payroll ownership.

Key Duties

• Administers and configures assigned Workday functional areas across Core HCM and Staffing, Recruiting and Onboarding, time and absence, benefits and payroll-related support, workforce and talent processes, reporting, security, and integrations.
• Translates approved requirements into routine configuration and business-process changes and maintains impact assessments, test scripts and results, approvals, migration records, and production-validation documentation.
• Serves as the primary Tier 1 and Tier 2 HRIS support and case-triage resource; resolves user, transaction, data, reporting, and configuration issues, performs root-cause analysis, and escalates complex or high-risk matters.
• Supports implementation of new Workday products/SKUs and modules, enhancements, release and regression testing, user-acceptance testing, cutover, hypercare, and user-adoption activities.
• Creates and maintains custom and ad hoc reports, calculated fields, dashboards, scheduled distributions, data extracts, and specialized analytics while validating security and data accuracy.
• Executes approved EIBs, mass data loads, data corrections, and recurring administrative processes and performs audits, reconciliations, exception analysis, and root-cause correction to protect data integrity.
• Administers routine security assignments and monitors scheduled integrations and vendor interfaces; performs first-level troubleshooting, maintains runbooks and issue logs, and supports access reviews, segregation-of-duties analysis, and audit evidence.
• Develops transaction guides, validation rules, and training for basic Workday data entry performed by the HR Coordinator and other approved operational users; reviews escalations and handles complex corrections, configuration, security, and mass-load needs.
• Maintains configuration inventories, process maps, standard operating procedures, test libraries, job aids, and knowledge articles and delivers user training and office-hours support as assigned.
• Provides system, reporting, and data support across Center of Excellence processes and partners with Global HR Service Delivery and the HR Coordinator to ensure source documentation and transactions are complete and timely; designated functional owners retain program, process, and business decisions.
• Develops, maintains, validates, and distributes recurring and ad hoc workforce, organizational, compliance, sustainability, and operational reports, metrics, dashboards, and data extracts for HR, Finance, executive leadership, auditors, regulatory agencies, and external business partners; performs data reconciliation, analysis, and issue resolution to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Provides designated secondary backup for selected U.S. payroll activities and payroll-related Workday troubleshooting under documented controls and supports audits, privacy requests, and approved compliance reporting; the US Payroll Manager retains payroll decisions and processing accountability.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, HRIS, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three or more years of HRIS/HCM administration or analysis experience, including at least two years of hands-on Workday configuration and administration.
• Experience with Workday business processes, custom reporting and calculated fields, EIBs or other data loads, security administration, and data audits.
• Experience supporting multiple Workday functional areas such as Core HCM, Recruiting/Onboarding, Absence, Time Tracking, Benefits, Performance/Talent, or Compensation preferred.
• Experience monitoring or troubleshooting integrations and vendor interfaces preferred.
• Payroll-processing or payroll-support exposure preferred.
• Experience in a global or multi-entity environment and formal Workday training or Workday Pro accreditation preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced Workday configuration, administration, and troubleshooting capability, with a clear understanding that system administration supports but does not replace assigned policy, program, process, or business ownership.
• Strong reporting, data-analysis, reconciliation, and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Knowledge of HR employee-lifecycle processes, data privacy, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Ability to follow disciplined change-control, testing, documentation, and production-support practices.
• Strong problem-solving, root-cause analysis, attention to detail, and data-integrity focus.
• Effective customer service, case triage, and ability to explain technical issues to non-technical users.
• Strong organization and project-coordination skills with the ability to manage recurring cycles and competing deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication, documentation, training, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated judgment regarding when to resolve, escalate, or pause a transaction or configuration change.
• Discretion, confidentiality, integrity, adaptability, and continuous-learning orientation.
• Travel: up to 5%