Senior HRIS Specialist (Remote)

Job Description

ezCater is the leading food for work technology company in the US, connecting anyone who needs food for their workplace to over 100,000 restaurants nationwide. For workplaces, ezCater provides flexible and scalable solutions for everything from recurring employee meals to one-off meetings, all backed by 24/7 customer service with real humans. ezCater also enables companies to manage their food spend in a single, customizable platform. For restaurant partners, ezCater helps them grow their business by bringing them more orders and new high-value customers.  We're backed by top investors including Insight, Iconiq, Lightspeed, GIC, SoftBank, and Quadrille.

The People Operations Team is hiring a Sr. HRIS Specialist to oversee the HRIS system functionality, including: data integrity, reporting, analytics, business processes, data security and employee engagement with the system. You will be the subject matter expert for all things HRIS, while partnering with Stakeholders across the organization -particularly Benefits, Payroll, Compensation, FP&A, Talent and People Business Partners – to ensure they have what they need from a systems perspective to help their teams thrive. You will focus on optimizing our current HRIS, UKG, while also partnering with leaders to determine the right long-term solution for our business. This is a great chance to lead and drive system excellence and evolution for one of ezCater’s most critical platforms.

What You'll Do: 

Data integrity, stewardship & security:

• Conduct regular data audits to maintain data integrity and system accuracy to help establish UKG as the source of truth for all People data. 
• Be a subject matter expert on our organizational design and maintain data integrity related to department/team structures, titles, and leveling within UKG. 
• Partner with stakeholders to provide accurate and timely reports to help them make informed business decisions.
• Ensure appropriate access levels for employees, balancing job empowerment and system security for compliance purposes.

Workflow and process development & system integration:

• Assess the current state of our system, focusing on data flows, workflows, self-service reports and integration capabilities. Identify gaps and opportunities based on business needs, employee feedback, and industry best practices, then implement necessary changes.
• Increase process automation, efficiency, and accuracy within our system. Evolve and automate workflows to streamline processes, assist with clean data transfer, and ensure data integrity. 
• Partner with People Business Partners, Payroll, Accounting, IT, and other cross-functional teams to optimize usage of UKG related to system configuration, business processes, reporting and architecture, and for general audit purposes.
• Collaborate with IT and other teams to help build secure data pipelines and ensure seamless integration between our HRIS and other systems. 

Stakeholder & vendor management:

• Act as the project lead for HRIS-related projects and field ad hoc requests from stakeholders, particularly from a data and reporting standpoint, while identifying areas to make more self-service. 
• Support the People team and cross-functional departments with system access and resources. Educate employees on system utilization and act as a subject matter expert for arising issues, collaborating with HRIS network to find answers when needed.
• Leverage your strong relationships within the UKG community to stay updated on market trends and product enhancements to help us enhance and mature our processes and system usage.

What You Have: 

• 5 years of experience maintaining and building HRIS systems and workflows, including configuration and testing, with at least 2 years of experience with UKG.
• Strong analytics and reporting expertise with expert proficiency in Cognos BI.
• Excellent communication skills for partnering with immediate People team members and cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record of translating business objectives into system requirements to improve company efficiency, system utilization, employee experience, and process optimization.

The national cash compensation range for this role is $99,000 – $126,000 per year.*

*Please note: Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise and region & may vary from the amount above. This range does not represent additional compensation benefits (such as equity, 401K or medical, dental or vision insurance).

Please have fun with the Cover Letter portion of the application! It does not need to follow “traditional” cover letter guidelines – we would love for you to write 150-500 words explaining why you are interested in ezCater and the role, and highlighting anything else you think we should know!

ezCater does not sponsor applicants for work visas or legal permanent residence.

What You’ll Get from Us:

You’ll get a terrifically compelling opportunity, in an environment of radical transparency, and collaborative colleagues at every level of our organization. You’ll also get sane working hours and great flexibility around work/life balance. 

Have people in your life – of any age – who always, often, or sometimes need your help? We make room for that. Have a bad thing or a good thing happen to you? We make room for that, too.

Oh, and you’ll get all this: Market salary, stock options that you’ll help make worth a lot, the usual holidays, all-you-can-eat vacation, 401K with ezCater match, health/dental/FSA, long-term disability insurance, remote-hybrid work from our awesome Boston or Denver offices OR your home OR a mixture of both home and office (you choose!), a tremendous amount of responsibility and autonomy, wicked awesome co-workers, cupcakes (and many more goodies) when you’re in one of our offices, and knowing that you helped get this rocket ship to the moon.

ezCater is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace humans of every background, appearance, race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, and disability status. At the same time, we do not employ jerks, even brilliant ones.

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