Business Analyst & Architect - HR / Workday (Remote Based)

Our Company
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has supported the development of society and the improvement of people's lives. Throughout the world, Hitachi Group employees exemplify outstanding teamwork that transcends the boundaries of geographical regions and business fields. Together, we share the Hitachi group identity and put it into practice worldwide. With a mission to deliver the best experience to employees and customers you will be joining a global team known for excellence and innovation.

What you'll be doing
The Digital HR team has implemented Workday as Hitachi's global HR people & talent management solution. Workday has enabled Hitachi to achieve consistent processes across the core employee lifecycle, as well as performance management and talent reviews, and via Prism Analytics and other reports & dashboards, Hitachi now has global visibility of people and organisational data. We are also expanding our functional footprint to include Recruiting, Learning and Expenses, and are continuing to roll-out Workday across any new acquisitions within the Hitachi Group.

In order to ensure that the group is able to extract as much value as possible from Workday and related HR applications, the Customer Success and Value team will be working with key stakeholders across Hitachi's many Business Units to understand their key business priorities and technology requirements, and then partnering with our solution delivery, change management and technical architecture functions to deliver key enhancements and improvements.

Some of the responsibilities of this role include:

• Working with stakeholders across the organisation globally to understand their key business requirements
• Identify solutions to address business requirements based on Workday system capabilities and industry best practises
• Identify user experience improvements and enhancements
• Provide input to solution design
• Conduct research and benchmarking into best practises, industry trends and solution capabilities

What you bring to the team
We're looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. Some of the skills and experience we look for include:

• Ability to articulate technical solutions in terms which are clearly understood by business stakeholders
• Ability to quickly understand business requirements and articulate them in technical terms to solution delivery teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills & ability to work with stakeholders of all levels, including CXOs
• Knowledge of HR processes (required)
• Knowledge of Workday HCM (advantageous)

This is a remote based position with limited travel.

Our Values
We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn't impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit: Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge.

If, like us, you're motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi to drive social innovation, we'd love to hear from you.