HRIS Practice Area Lead, Data & Analytics (HR & Workday)

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Moss is a national privately held construction firm providing innovative solutions resulting in award-winning projects. With regional offices across the United States, Moss focuses on construction management, solar EPC, and design-build. The company’s diverse portfolio encompasses a wide range of sectors, including luxury high-rise residential, landmark mixed-use developments, hospitality, K-12 and higher education, justice, solar energy and battery storage, and sports. Moss is ranked by Engineering News-Record as the nation’s top solar contractor and one of the top 50 general contractors. Moss prides itself on a strong entrepreneurial culture that honors safety, quality, client engagement, and employee development. Its employees consistently rank Moss as one of the best places to work.

Position Overview

This role oversees a team of HRIS professionals focused on optimizing Workday to deliver efficiency, accuracy, and exceptional employee experiences across the organization. Acting as both a hands-on HR reporting expert and a trusted business partner, the Practice Area Lead for HR Data & Analytics ensures that HR technology initiatives align with Moss’s mission to build not only projects-but people’s lives. This role serves as a trusted partner to business partners and leaders by transforming data into actionable insights that drive workforce planning, operational excellence, and strategic decision-making. The Practice Area Lead develops and supports reports, dashboards, data models, metrics and analytics solutions while ensuring data accuracy, governance, and user adoption across the organization.

This people leader will drive governance, continuous improvement, and system innovation to support HR Operations, HR Pods, and Business Leaders through scalable, automated, and data-driven solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

· Lead, mentor, and develop 1-3 direct reports with a focus on accountability, growth, and excellence.

· Serve as the Workday consultant partner, managing prioritization, roadmap, resource planning, governance, stakeholder expectations, product delivery and operational efficiency for the data and analytics function.

· Establish governance frameworks, change management standards, and quality assurance processes to ensure consistent, compliant, and reliable delivery of the Workday data and analytics services.

· Ability to bridge strategic views, governance, innovation, and efficiency topics to accelerate our Digital HR transformation.

· Excellent large-scale program management, senior stakeholder communication, problem solving, and data analytic skills.

· Serve as an influential, trusted advisor to business partners, leading change initiatives from strategy through execution, building alignment across stakeholders, and turning ambiguity into actionable, measurable metrics and insights.

HR Data, Reporting & Analytics Delivery

· Design, build, and maintain Workday reports of varying complexity, including advanced, matrix, composite, trending, and dashboard-based reports.

· Develop and maintain HR dashboards and scorecards in Workday and/or business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI) that provide leaders with clear, actionable insights.

· Translate business requirements into effective reporting and analytics solutions by partnering with HR, Payroll, Finance, Safety, and Operations stakeholders.

· Deliver recurring and ad hoc reporting in support of HR programs such as headcount and turnover, talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, DEI, and compliance.

· Prepare and present data analyses, visualizations, and executive-ready summaries and presentations that tell a clear story and highlight trends, risks, and opportunities.

Workday Data & Analytics Enablement

· Serve as a subject matter expert in Workday data structures, calculated fields, and reporting best practices.

· Manage and optimize the HR report catalog, including report governance, documentation, and lifecycle management.

· Configure and support security for reports and dashboards to ensure appropriate data access, privacy, and compliance.

· Promote and enable self-service reporting capabilities for HR and business leaders by creating standard reports, training materials, and job aids.

· Support Workday releases by assessing reporting and analytics impacts, performing regression testing, and updating reports as needed.

HR Data Governance & Quality

· Support HR data governance practices by helping define and apply standards for data definitions, quality, and usage across HR systems.

· Monitor data integrity and perform audits, reconciliations, and validations to ensure accurate and reliable HR and people data.

· Identify data quality issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and partner with HR and IT teams to implement corrective actions.

· Support compliance and audit requests by providing accurate reporting, documentation, and evidence related to HR data and security.

· Supports HR compliance reporting across key regulatory areas including ACA, FLSA, I-9, and employee benefits and 401(k) eligibility, ensuring data integrity and audit readiness at all times.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Continuous Improvement

· Collaborate closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, Operations, and IT partners to understand business needs and deliver scalable data and analytics solutions.

· Participate in or lead small to mid-size projects and workstreams related to HR data, analytics, and reporting.

· Identify opportunities to streamline processes, automate manual reporting, and enhance user experience through data and analytics.

· Stay current on Workday capabilities, HR analytics trends, and best practices; recommend enhancements to Moss’s HR data and analytics roadmap.

Required Technical Skills

· Advanced knowledge and experience with Workday modules (i.e., HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Advanced Compensation, Payroll (US), Talent, and Performance)

· Hands-on experience building complex Workday reports, including advanced, matrix, composite, trended, BIRT and dashboards.

· Strong knowledge of Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields and Prism Analytics; familiarity with Discovery Boards or similar dashboarding capabilities.

· Experience working with HR and people data (e.g., headcount, turnover, recruiting funnel, compensation, benefits, performance, engagement).

· Proficiency in data analysis and visualization using Excel and at least one BI or analytics tool.

· Working knowledge of SQL or other query languages, and understanding of data modeling and ETL concepts is preferred.

· Experience with PowerBI, Tableau and/or Cognos is highly desired.

· Experience with data privacy, security, and role-based access in HR systems.

Other Required Skills

· Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.

· 5+ years of experience in Workday HCM, HR data & analytics.

· Knowledge of Agile methodology is a plus

· Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to translate data into insights and recommendations.

· High attention to detail with a commitment to data quality and accuracy.

· Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

· Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and operate in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

· Collaborative mindset and proven ability to build relationships across functional areas.

Preferred Qualifications

· Workday certifications in Reporting, Prism Analytics, or related areas.

· Experience in construction, engineering, project-based, or multi-location organizations.

· Experience with advanced analytics techniques such as predictive modeling, workforce segmentation, or scenario analysis.

· Exposure to Workday security, data governance, or foundational data setup.

Why Moss

At Moss, we don’t just build-we build better experiences. Our people are the foundation of every success, and we believe that data and insights should empower them. The Practice Area Lead, Data & Analytics (HR & Workday) plays a critical role in making that vision real by elevating how we understand, plan for, and support our people through trusted data, intuitive reporting, and meaningful analytics.

Mossis an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.