Workday Specialist, Talent Systems & Insights

Job Description

Workday Specialist, Talent Systems & Insights

Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The Specialist, Talent Systems & Insights serves as a key technical and strategic partner responsible for supporting, maintaining, and continuously enhancing the Workday platform to ensure it operates efficiently and meets evolving business needs. This role works closely with functional teams and stakeholders to configure and optimize business processes, manage system updates, troubleshoot issues, and deploy new features that support operations for a global workforce while delivering a seamless, intuitive user experience.

In addition, the Specialist contributes to the successful execution of projects and initiatives by providing subject matter expertise, identifying process improvement opportunities, and ensuring solutions are aligned with Workday best practices, business objectives, and end‑user needs.

What you'll be doing:

• System Maintenance & Optimization: Serve as the subject matter expert for key Workday modules (e.g: HCM, Compensation and Benefits); manage business process configurations, security settings and system enhancements


• Integration Management: Interest in supporting and maintaining data integrations between Workday and downstream systems, ensuring seamless data flow and troubleshooting connectivity or logic issues.


• Stakeholder Management: Partner with different stakeholders (People Business Partner, Payroll, IT, IS, Finance) to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions using best practices.


• Release Management: Participate in Workday’s bi‑annual updates, identifying new features that drive value and conducting impact analysis on existing configurations.


• Issue Resolution: Perform advanced root cause analysis for complex system errors, implementing sustainable fixes rather than temporary workarounds.


• Project Leadership: Manage the end‑to‑end project lifecycle for system initiatives - from initial discovery and requirements gathering to UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and deployment.


• Documentation: Maintain functional documentation, including requirements documents, functional specifications, and business process documentation.


• Compliance: Maintain SOX audit controls, follow security protocols and ensure functionality deployed is following local regulations by partnering with Legal and/or People Business Partners.


• Data Strategy & Reporting: Develop advanced reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights, while ensuring rigorous data validation and audit compliance.


• Knowledge Sharing: Provide technical guidance to Analysts, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and high‑quality system standards.

What you need to bring:

• 4+ years of experience working with Workday - advanced Workday expertise translating into deep hands‑on experience on Workday’s architecture, core business processes, and security configuration.


• Experienced at maintaining, supporting and troubleshooting Workday integrations (Integration reports, outbound EIB’s or integration events)


• Demonstrated experience leading complex system projects (ideally at a global scale).


• Deep knowledge of configuring custom reports and handling large data sets


• Understanding of HR programs (Recruitment, Performance, Compensation) and how they intersect with technology.


• Skillful at managing stakeholders and able to influence decisions for the benefit of the organization


• As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Statistics, Data Science, or any combination of training and experience relevant to the role


• HCM Workday Certification


• Experience building integrations (RaaS, API connectors or Workday Studio)

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and let’s have a chat!

A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work

• A culture that celebrates performance


• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard


• Career‑defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies


• Equity options, because this is your company too


• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters


• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career


• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best


• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community


• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams


• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook


• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier‑free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.