Sr. HRIS Specialist- Adaptive Planning preferred
Neurocrine Biosciences
August 20, 2026
Remote friendly (San Diego, CA)
United States
Human Resources
About The Role
- Responsible for design, configuration, administration, and optimization of Workday solutions supporting enterprise headcount planning and workforce analytics (primary ownership of Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Prism Analytics, Workday reporting, and Discovery Boards).
- Partner with HR, Finance/FP&A, IT, and business stakeholders to translate planning/analytics needs into scalable models, data pipelines, reports, dashboards, and self-service insights.
- Ensure data integrity, security, reconciliation, documentation, and adoption across workforce planning and reporting.
Your Contributions
- Workforce/Headcount Planning (Adaptive Planning): Design/configure/administer/optimize models (sheets, levels, dimensions, assumptions, formulas, versions/scenarios, workflows, user access). Support annual planning, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, position reconciliation, and plan-to-actual analysis.
- Prism Analytics/Data Management: Design/build/schedule/monitor/troubleshoot ingestion and transformation pipelines; perform validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis; maintain definitions, lineage, documentation, refresh schedules, security, and controls. Partner to gather requirements, test releases/enhancements, and resolve data/security/performance issues.
- Reporting/Discovery Boards: Develop/maintain calculated fields, advanced/matrix/composite reports, dashboards, and Discovery Boards. Convert business questions into data sources/KPIs/prompts/filters/visualizations with usability and performance focus. Enable secure self-service via role-based access, cataloging, governance, documentation, training, and support.
- Analytics/Governance/Stakeholders: Maintain workforce metrics and data standards; reconcile planned vs. actual headcount/position/labor cost; analyze trends and present findings/recommendations; manage intake/prioritization and lead cross-functional projects.
Requirements
- BS/BA (or equivalent) + 4+ years HRIS/workforce planning/enterprise analytics systems experience, including hands-on Workday reporting/analytics; direct experience with Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Prism Analytics; Discovery Boards and enterprise headcount planning cycles experience required. OR Master’s + 2+ years similar experience.
- Hands-on Adaptive Planning expertise (multidimensional models; formulas; versions/scenarios; workflows; security; plan-to-actual reconciliation).
- Hands-on Prism Analytics expertise (ingestion/transform pipelines; scheduling; validation/monitoring/troubleshooting; security).
- Advanced Workday reporting expertise (business objects/data sources; calculated fields; advanced/matrix/composite reports; dashboards/Discovery Boards; security/performance).
- Strong understanding of workforce/financial planning, HR data, and data governance; ability to reconcile headcount/position/compensation/org data.
- Data modeling + ETL/ELT + relational data + SQL; ability to translate requirements into scalable analytics and communicate to technical/nontechnical audiences. Workday certification/Workday Pro preferred.
- Ability to work independently/collaboratively; may mentor.
- Advanced analytical/data management and Microsoft Excel skills; strong communication/problem-solving; detail-oriented; meet multiple deadlines; strong project management/requirements gathering/testing/change management.
Compensation/Benefits (if applicable)
- Annual base salary expected: $97,000.00–$133,000.00; annual bonus target 20% of earned base; eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive.
- Benefits: retirement savings plan (company match), paid vacation/holidays/personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and medical/prescription/dental/vision coverage per plan terms.
- Responsible for design, configuration, administration, and optimization of Workday solutions supporting enterprise headcount planning and workforce analytics (primary ownership of Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Prism Analytics, Workday reporting, and Discovery Boards).
- Partner with HR, Finance/FP&A, IT, and business stakeholders to translate planning/analytics needs into scalable models, data pipelines, reports, dashboards, and self-service insights.
- Ensure data integrity, security, reconciliation, documentation, and adoption across workforce planning and reporting.
Your Contributions
- Workforce/Headcount Planning (Adaptive Planning): Design/configure/administer/optimize models (sheets, levels, dimensions, assumptions, formulas, versions/scenarios, workflows, user access). Support annual planning, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, position reconciliation, and plan-to-actual analysis.
- Prism Analytics/Data Management: Design/build/schedule/monitor/troubleshoot ingestion and transformation pipelines; perform validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis; maintain definitions, lineage, documentation, refresh schedules, security, and controls. Partner to gather requirements, test releases/enhancements, and resolve data/security/performance issues.
- Reporting/Discovery Boards: Develop/maintain calculated fields, advanced/matrix/composite reports, dashboards, and Discovery Boards. Convert business questions into data sources/KPIs/prompts/filters/visualizations with usability and performance focus. Enable secure self-service via role-based access, cataloging, governance, documentation, training, and support.
- Analytics/Governance/Stakeholders: Maintain workforce metrics and data standards; reconcile planned vs. actual headcount/position/labor cost; analyze trends and present findings/recommendations; manage intake/prioritization and lead cross-functional projects.
Requirements
- BS/BA (or equivalent) + 4+ years HRIS/workforce planning/enterprise analytics systems experience, including hands-on Workday reporting/analytics; direct experience with Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Prism Analytics; Discovery Boards and enterprise headcount planning cycles experience required. OR Master’s + 2+ years similar experience.
- Hands-on Adaptive Planning expertise (multidimensional models; formulas; versions/scenarios; workflows; security; plan-to-actual reconciliation).
- Hands-on Prism Analytics expertise (ingestion/transform pipelines; scheduling; validation/monitoring/troubleshooting; security).
- Advanced Workday reporting expertise (business objects/data sources; calculated fields; advanced/matrix/composite reports; dashboards/Discovery Boards; security/performance).
- Strong understanding of workforce/financial planning, HR data, and data governance; ability to reconcile headcount/position/compensation/org data.
- Data modeling + ETL/ELT + relational data + SQL; ability to translate requirements into scalable analytics and communicate to technical/nontechnical audiences. Workday certification/Workday Pro preferred.
- Ability to work independently/collaboratively; may mentor.
- Advanced analytical/data management and Microsoft Excel skills; strong communication/problem-solving; detail-oriented; meet multiple deadlines; strong project management/requirements gathering/testing/change management.
Compensation/Benefits (if applicable)
- Annual base salary expected: $97,000.00–$133,000.00; annual bonus target 20% of earned base; eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive.
- Benefits: retirement savings plan (company match), paid vacation/holidays/personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and medical/prescription/dental/vision coverage per plan terms.