HR Specialist, Global Key User (Workday)

We are looking for an experienced

HR Specialist, Global Key User (Workday)

to work in Ponsse Group Global People, Culture & Safety team. (Location is negotiable)

Are you motivated by helping people in a global environment? Do you have passion for working with people processes and systems? Great, you are warmly welcome to be part of the world’s largest manufacturer of cut-to-length forest machines to ensure excellent support to HR users through the whole organisation!

In this role you will configure and maintain the Workday system to align with the organization's business processes and requirements. Together with the team, you will provide support to HR users on Workday-related queries and issues. Our responsibility is to ensure that proper authorization levels and data protection measures are maintained with care.You will work on integrating Workday with other systems and applications as needed and monitor and troubleshoot integration issues together with our IT colleagues and external providers. Additionally, you will be creating and maintaining reports and dashboards to meet the reporting needs and assist in analyzing data to enable decision-making. Also, you plan and execute Workday release updates, ensuring minimal disruption to users and conduct through testing of new features and updates before implementation. You will investigate and resolve system issues, supported by our post production service partner. To enable sustainable teamwork, we maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, processes, and customizations. A crucial part of the role is to develop our system further. Together with our stakeholders, you will define the business needs and translate them into Workday configurations. In this position you will work closely with People team, IT, and other relevant departments to ensure alignment between business needs and system capabilities.

Required qualifications in this role:

• Strong experience in Workday configuration and administration.
• Several years of experience with HR systems in a global context.
• A bachelor's degree or master's degree in business administration or equivalent.
• Analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and provide insights and previous experience in data and reporting.
• Knowledge of data mapping, business process frameworks and workflow design.
• Familiarity with EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builder) and integration techniques
• Fluency in English and Finnish required, other languages are a benefit.

As a person, you collaborate well with cross-functional teams and external partners and troubleshoot and resolve system issues effectively. You are proactive, creative and take initiative.

What Ponsse offers you

An excellent job opportunity in a value-driven and unique family business for whom customer orientation is a way of life. You would be part of a great and experienced team, exciting forestry business and contribute to support delivering the world’s best forestry machines.

We are at the beginning of our Workday journey at Ponsse and we are looking for a colleague to join the global team recently established team called Data, processes, and tools. Together our aim is to create a durable base for global people processes and data management. We are expecting you to have a strong experience with Workday configuration, but your role can develop according to your interests, and you can learn more while we grow together.

We genuinely care about our people, their wellbeing, and their growth. Welcome to join Ponsse team!

You will be part of the Ponsse’s Group People, Culture & Safety team, reporting to HRIS Project Manager and working closely with the team globally across the Ponsse countries and subsidiaries. Your working location will be negotiable from other counties as well. In Finland location will be Tampere, Kuopio, Kajaani or Vieremä, but we are working hybrid model. Some amount of travelling will be required in this role.

Could you be the next new member to join our People, Safety & Culture team?

Please submit your application on 2.6.2024 at the latest. We start interviewing potential candidates during the application process.

For more information pls contact HRIS Project Manager Saana Mäkikalli, saana.makikalli@ponsse.com or +358 40 7618 085.

Ponsse is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cut-to-length forest machines. We are focusing on succeeding with our customers and are oriented to people. We want to be the preferred partner for responsible forestry and to reach that we combine great people working together with high-tech machinery and cutting-edge digital technologies.