The Role
We are looking for a skilled and experienced People Technology Senior Functional Specialist to join our HelloFresh People Team at either our New York City or Berlin Headquarters. This role offers you the opportunity to make a significant impact on the operational excellence of our global People Technology landscape, focusing on key Workday modules of Payroll, Absence Management, Time Tracking, and Benefits.
As a People Technology Senior Functional Specialist, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing Workday solutions that drive efficiencies across our People function. In this hands-on role, you’ll collaborate with stakeholders from HR, IT, Finance, and Legal to transform business needs into functional solutions that align with the goals of a fast-growing global business.
You will play a pivotal role in leading and executing functional workstreams within key projects, working on system enhancements, and helping to ensure that Workday solutions are continuously improving. You’ll have the chance to focus on some of the core Workday modules like Payroll, Absence Management, Time Tracking, and Benefits, and while you don’t need to be an expert in all of them, you should have deep expertise in at least two of these areas.
Your role will involve driving both strategic and operational improvements, optimizing existing system functionality, and supporting new module implementations. You will take ownership of ensuring that HelloFresh's People function can operate smoothly and efficiently, making use of Workday’s capabilities to enhance the employee experience, improve HR processes, and support global business initiatives.
What You’ll Do
- Act as a subject matter expert in key Workday modules such as Payroll, Absence Management, Time Tracking, or Benefits, depending on your expertise.
- Design, build, test, and deploy Workday functional solutions to optimize HR processes and improve the employee experience.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (HR, IT, Finance, etc.) to understand and address system requirements, translating them into functional solutions.
- Lead functional workstreams in strategic projects, including system enhancements, new module rollouts, and global country implementations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues within Workday, ensuring the system operates smoothly and that business continuity is maintained.
- Contribute to the optimization of Workday reporting and analytics, providing actionable insights to support HR and business decision-making.
- Help maintain a robust security model in Workday, ensuring it aligns with business needs and user access requirements.
- Conduct system audits and maintain data quality, identifying and addressing trends in data errors. Develop user support materials (e.g., guides, training documents) and deliver training to various stakeholders across the business.
What You’ll Bring
- 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and deploying Workday functional solutions in at least one of the following areas: Payroll, Absence Management, Time Tracking, or Benefits.
- Solid understanding of the HR function, HR processes, and data structures within Workday (e.g., Staffing, Worker Data, Organizations, Business Processes, Reporting & Analytics).
- Expertise in key Workday modules, with deep experience in at least one of Payroll, Absence Management, Time Tracking, or Benefits. Expertise in all of them is not required.
- Experience with Workday data conversion, EIBs, and integrations, with a focus on system enhancements and maintenance.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex functional concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, HR Management, or a related field.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation, and company equity plan based on role
- Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
- Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
- Up to 75% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)
- Access to 7 different Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including those for BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ+
- Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain
This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.
We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!
At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.
We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.
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HelloFresh is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please reach out to us at:
- Europe: [email protected].
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- United States: USCandidateAccommodations@hellofresh.com
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