# Senior People Systems Analyst **Company**: Harvey **Location**: New York **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $136K - $204K **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/bbf25f2b-0652-4a14-aab2-5205aba53d30?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_be5c19a7-4d8 ## Description At Harvey, we're transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we're reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come. We're looking for a Senior People Systems Analyst to own and scale the systems and workflows that support Harvey's growing global workforce. This role will primarily focus on Workday HCM, owning the design, configuration, testing, and continuous improvement of complex business processes. **Responsibilities** - Own the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Workday HCM, including complex business processes, condition rules, approval routing, notifications, security assignments, and worker lifecycle workflows. - Lead solution design end to end: translate ambiguous business needs into system solutions, assess downstream impacts across HCM, Benefits, Payroll, reporting, integrations, and employee experience, and bring recommendations to critical decision points. - Serve as the subject-matter expert for Benefits systems, owning plan configuration, eligibility rules, enrollment workflows, vendor integrations, annual enrollment readiness, issue resolution, and process improvements. - Support Recruiting Systems and administration which includes integrations, and data quality. - Advise senior stakeholders on system capabilities, new features, configuration tradeoffs, and opportunities to simplify or automate manual processes. - Define and drive testing strategy across Workday, Benefits, Ashby, and connected systems, including workflow, regression, release, and user acceptance testing. - Diagnose complex or unusual system and data issues by tracing configuration, business rules, integrations, and upstream and downstream dependencies. - Lead enhancement projects from discovery through deployment with People Operations, Benefits, Recruiting, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and IT. - Set the standard for configuration documentation, test plans, process maps, release notes, and operational procedures that support governance and team self-service. - Proactively monitor system health and data integrity, lead audit and reconciliation support, and uphold security and data governance practices for employee and candidate data. - Lead Workday and vendor release management: evaluate new functionality, assess impact, coordinate testing, and drive adoption decisions. - Act as a resource for peers and stakeholders on complex or challenging systems questions, sharing knowledge and best practices across the team. **Requirements** - 5+ years of hands-on experience configuring and supporting Workday, an HRIS, or related enterprise business systems. - Deep experience with Workday HCM configuration and the Business Process Framework, including condition rules, approval routing, notifications, security, and workflow design. - Proven ability to independently design and deliver complex, cross-system workflows, using sound judgment to know when a decision needs broader review. - A track record of owning projects that improved workflows, reduced manual effort, or introduced new tools or automation. - Strong experience turning ambiguous business requirements into system solutions, often with limited information, and explaining technical tradeoffs persuasively to non-technical and senior audiences. - Experience defining and running testing strategies, including regression, UAT, defect triage, data validation, and production change management. - Solid working knowledge of Benefits administration or Benefits systems, including eligibility, enrollment, plan configuration, vendor feeds, and annual enrollment. - Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes across systems, processes, integrations, and data. - Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills, adapting your style to different audiences. - Ability to manage competing priorities independently, make well-reasoned recommendations, and operate effectively in a fast-moving, high-growth environment. **Nice to Have** - Workday certification or Workday Pro certification in HCM, Benefits, or a related area. - Experience with Workday integrations, EIBs, reports, calculated fields, or APIs. - Experience supporting recruiting system integrations with Workday or other people systems. - Experience with Workday Benefits, Absence, Compensation, Payroll, or Recruiting-related processes. - Experience supporting global HR systems, multiple worker populations, or international expansion. - Experience leading the evaluation and adoption of new Workday or HR technology features. - Experience with security configuration, role-based access, audit readiness, or data governance. - Experience mentoring or guiding other systems analysts or administrators. - Experience working at a high-growth technology company. ## Skills ### Required - Workday HCM - Business Process Framework - Benefits administration - Recruiting Systems - HRIS - Enterprise business systems ### Nice to have - Workday certification - Workday Pro certification - Workday integrations - EIBs - reports - calculated fields - APIs --- Source: [Apply at jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/bbf25f2b-0652-4a14-aab2-5205aba53d30?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)