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This is a hybrid position; required to be ON CAMPUS Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (Wed is remote).\nThe HR Platforms (HRIT) Reporting & Data Analyst serves as a key data and reporting resource within HR Platforms, partnering with HR functional areas, Payroll, Finance, and college/division HR stakeholders to understand complex business requirements and deliver accurate, meaningful workforce data and analytics.\nThis role requires a strong understanding of Workday HCM and Payroll business processes, particularly within the complexities of a decentralized higher education environment with diverse employee populations, organizational structures, and business practices.\nThe Reporting & Data Analyst translates business needs into effective reporting and analytical solutions, developing and maintaining Workday reports, SQL queries, and other data solutions. The role analyzes complex datasets to identify trends, discrepancies, anomalies, and data integrity issues; investigates root causes; and provides insights that support operational and strategic decision-making.\nThis position also partners closely with HR Platforms Business Systems Analysts and other technical and functional teams to test, validate, and resolve data and reporting issues.\nSuccess in this role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, expert proficiency in Excel, proficiency in SQL, attention to detail, and a naturally curious mindset. The successful candidate will be comfortable asking questions, challenging data that does not appear correct, investigating complex issues, and translating analytical findings into clear, actionable information for both technical and non-technical audiences. 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Experience using Excel to identify trends, anomalies, discrepancies, and data-quality issues is highly desirable.\nProficiency in SQL, with the ability to query, join, filter, aggregate, and analyze complex datasets across multiple tables and data sources.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a naturally curious mindset and the ability to recognize when data does not make sense and independently investigate the underlying issue, ask insightful questions, identify patterns and anomalies, determine root causes, and translate findings into meaningful business insights. \nDemonstrated ability to work with large, complex, and sensitive HR and Payroll datasets, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, completeness, consistency, and confidentiality.\nExperience with data reconciliation and validation, including comparing data across Workday and downstream systems, identifying discrepancies, researching root causes, and partnering with functional and technical teams to resolve 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