Workday Functional Analyst at Hy-Vee in Helpful Smiles Technology Center (HST), James Street, Grimes, IA
- Company: Hy-Vee
- Location: Helpful Smiles Technology Center (HST), James Street, Grimes, IA
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full time
- Experience: 4+ years
Overview
At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other. The Workday Functional Analyst plays a role in the continued maintenance, and support of …
Job description
- At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.
- The Workday Functional Analyst plays a role in the continued maintenance, and support of their functional areas. The functional analyst collaborates closely with the human resources, recruiting and information technology teams. They are the technical subject matter resource and assist with improving business processes and implementing new features. The Workday Functional Analyst is also the Tier 2 support resource responsible for educating end-users, supporting case management, and responding to time-sensitive inquiries in their area.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the HRIS partner supporting their workstreams in Workday.
- Provide consultation to human resource and recruiting team members, building domain knowledge, gathering requirements, providing solutions and impact analysis
- Researches current and upcoming Workday capabilities
- Evaluate releases and functionality to identify opportunities to improve and optimize the use of Workday
- Configure, test, validate and implement business process changes in Workday
- Assist in testing of integrations, security, annual events
- Maintain master data values in Workday (ex: Job Posting Locations, Onboarding Documents) Locations)
- Building various reports and analytics in Workday
- Serve as an escalation resource for Tier 2 issues, investigating and resolving Workday issues, unexpected results, or process gaps
- Provide input and knowledge sharing with HRIS Manager, Workday Team Members, and other stakeholders as appropriate
- Participate in scheduled and ad hoc training in order to improve policy and process acumen
- Reports to work when scheduled and on time.
- Participates in off-hours on-call rotation.
- Performs other job-related duties and special projects as required.
Requirements
- Commitment to the Hy-Vee Mission and a willingness to promote the values of the company
- Understanding of HR operations and experience in employee data management
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with HR clients, cross-functional colleagues and IT
- Ability to accurately collect information in order to understand and assess needs
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize workload and provide timely follow-up and resolution
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
- Workday HCM experience or training preferred.
- HR functional and system experience preferred.
Skills
Required
- Understanding of HR operations
- Experience in employee data management
- Strong attention to detail
Preferred
- Workday HCM experience or training
- HR functional and system experience