Senior Workday HRIS Analyst

Optiver's Enterprise Operations team enables our people to operate at peak efficiency, fostering seamless collaboration on an expanding array of global projects. Collaborating closely with our Enterprise, Trading and Business Teams, you will be helping the People and Public Facing teams by identifying and implementing optimal solutions, facilitating their productivity, and actively contributing to global application migrations within these domains. To enable our ambitious goals, you will play a vital role in establishing, automating, integrating and building end-to-end HRIS solutions for business operation needs.

 Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

 What you’ll do:

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to join our Global People and Public Facing Applications team. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in maintaining, enhancing, and optimizing our Workday system and other People and Public Facing applications. You will collaborate closely with various business units to implement optimal HRIS solutions, ensuring seamless system integration and automation to support our global operations.

Responsibilities:

• Configure and customize Workday and other applications to meet evolving organizational needs.

• Serve as a consultant to business units, providing strategic guidance on leveraging HRIS systems.

• Manage change, incident, and problem management, and lead system upgrades.

• Lead projects from initial planning to successful completion, including onboarding third-party solutions.

• Assess and propose an approach for Workday functional review of bi-annual releases.

• Provide guidance and support to junior team members through mentorship.

• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline workflows and enhance data management.

• Develop best practices documentation and training materials to facilitate user adoption.

• Troubleshoot issues and provide comprehensive solutions to ensure seamless system usage.

• Navigate and manage ambiguity effectively, making informed decisions and providing clarity in uncertain situations.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in HRIS administration and support, with deep knowledge in Workday modules and similar systems, and adaptability to new system features.

• Experience with Workday Performance and Absence functionality a plus.

• Effective stakeholder engagement and cross-functional team collaboration experience.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in managing tasks and projects.

• Project management experience, including system upgrades and implementations.

• Systematic problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Strong understanding of data privacy and security regulations.

• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban).

• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What you’ll get:

• Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.

• Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.

• Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.  

Alongside this, you will get great other benefits such as 25 paid vacation days and market holidays, fully paid commuting expenses and health insurance, daily breakfast and lunch, training opportunities, 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities, regular social events and clubs, and many more.

At Optiver, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Optiver recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.