WealthsimpleWE

Workday Configuration Lead

We're looking for talented people who want to move fast, ship often, and have a huge impact.

Wealthsimple

Employee count: 201-500

Canada only
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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3 million users who trust us with more than $30 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the role

Our People Operations team is growing the team to help operationalize and scale the People function at Wealthsimple. Together, we will work to advance multiple exciting projects while providing functional support across the business. The HR Technology team has brought the organization to new heights with the implementation of Workday! We are just getting started in our Workday journey and are looking for you to make a big impact on this team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Effectively partner with People Operations and other business leaders to meet evolving business requirements and lead system enhancement opportunities. This includes supporting requirements, design, configuration and testing of system solutions to improve the employee experience and operations.
  • Lead systems integration design and builds, identifying issues/risks, and monitoring/maintenance.
  • Act as a solution domain expert, product owner and technical support by understanding system implications, identifying gaps/opportunities and recommending/implementing system solutions for adoption.
  • Lead the biannual R1 and R2 Workday system releases including testing, adoption of functionality, and impact analysis.
  • Lead, develop, and maintain simple to complex reports/calculated fields utilizing Workday and additional data sources to support the delivery of clear, insightful reports and dashboards.
  • Lead and support testing activities throughout the QA lifecycle.
  • Create and maintain detailed HRIS documentation for internal and external stakeholder use.
  • Keep up to date with the latest knowledge, capabilities and trends within our HRIS platforms.

Skills we're looking for:

  • 4+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience across one or more domains (i.e HCM Core, Compensation, Payroll/Absence, Benefits, and Talent).
  • Knowledge and experience of Workday reports including building, maintaining, and rolling out to end users.
  • Strong understanding of HR processes and HR data.
  • Strong consulting skills (analytical, project management, problem solving and ability to influence).
  • Comfortable working with data and savvy in Excel.
  • Comfortable working within a fast paced and high growth environment, and excitement to roll up your sleeves and contribute to all parts of the People Operations/HR function.
  • Comfortable navigating the gray and being resourceful.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills — you’re organized and great at ensuring everyone’s on the same page.
  • Strong personal accountability for high quality workmand a continuous improvement mindset.
  • Has the initiative and desire for on-going learning, innovation, and developing skills/functional expertise in new areas.

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive Salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
📚 Up to $1500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.

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About the job

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Jun 26, 2024

Posted on

Apr 27, 2024

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Manager

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

Canada +/- 0 hours

About Wealthsimple

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We're looking for talented people who want to move fast, ship often, and have a huge impact.

How we work

We believe that access to financial freedom is a fundamental human right. Our mission is to make sure everyone has the opportunity to exercise that right by making simple, sophisticated, and affordable financial products.

Backed by some of the biggest names in finance and tech, we're growing quickly and globally. We work collaboratively to build the best possible experience for our clients. You won't find meeting-packed days or red tape, and we don't over-engineer our product or processes. Everyone is a maker, and we take things from start to finish quickly.

We're committed to building an actively inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and know their voices will be heard. And we don't accept the status quo. If you want to fix or improve something — go for it! We go above and beyond and encourage each other to do the best work of our lives.

Our values

Wealthsimple believes access to financial freedom is a human right. Here's how we plan to bring it to everyone. Read our Culture Manual.

Benefits at Wealthsimple

If you read our Culture Manual, you know that we believe in taking care of each other. Here are some of the ways we do that:

  • Retirement savings matching plan

  • Top-tier health benefits & life insurance

  • Professional development budget

  • Fitness credit

  • Parental leave (6 months topped up to 100%)

  • Access to personal finance learning & advice

  • Daily catered lunches from local restaurants

  • Employee resource groups

  • Team trips, outings, and hackathons

Employee benefits

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Generous vacation

20 vacation days per year

Paid parental leave

6 months topped up to 100% of salary

Equity benefits

Company equity for full-time employees

Company retreats

Annual company retreat so you can meet everyone in person.

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