Automation Analyst (Immediate Opening)

Automation Analyst
Role Mission:
IDEA’s Automation Analyst – Compensation and Benefits is responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing automated solutions to increase efficiency, improve transparency in secure ways, and reduce operational costs across our compensation and benefits programs and processes. Under management and support of the Director of Special Payments and Projects, the Automation Analyst is able to bring a combination of technical expertise and talent function expertise to deliver streamlined workflows and scalable systems.
Location:
This is a full-time remote position based in Texas, with preference given to candidates who live in Austin, El Paso, Houston, Permian Basin (Midland/Odessa), Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and Tarrant County (Fort Worth), or who are willing to relocate.
Travel Expectations:
· Travel to IDEA training events or stepbacks may be required.
What You’ll Do – Accountabilities
Essential Duties:
· Process Analysis and Optimization: Collaborate across Compensation and Benefits team to evaluate existing processes and identify prioritized opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements; Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and understand workflow inefficiencies; Document processes and workflows, including current-state and future-state diagrams.
· Solution Design: Design automation solutions in alignment with highest priorities and organizational goals; Create detailed specifications, guidelines, and documentation for automation tools and systems to enable others to maintain and leverage solutions.
· Implementation and Development: Work across system experts to build and test automated solutions; perform end-to-end testing to ensure reliability, accuracy, and performance of automated workflows; provide training to process owners to broaden expertise across the team.
· Monitoring and Maintenance: Monitor the performance of automated systems and processes to identify errors, inefficiencies, or opportunities for improvement; Provide customer service to process owners to troubleshoot and resolve issues with automation tools and workflows; Perform regular updates and maintenance to ensure compatibility and optimal performance.
· Continuous Innovation: Stay informed about emerging automation technologies, tools, and trends; Evaluate and recommend new technologies that could improve efficiency or scalability; Advocate for innovation and continuous improvement in processes across the organization.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide leaders with guidance related to employee systems adoption and impact on key process improvement opportunities
· Share lessons learned and success stories to encourage automation adoption across the organization
· Additional duties as assigned
Knowledge and Skills – Competencies
Make Strategic Decisions: This team member fosters an inclusive decision-making environment by encouraging diverse perspectives, managing disagreements constructively, and creating space for all voices to be heard. They clearly communicate final decisions, providing context and anticipated impact—even when choices are difficult or unpopular.
Manage Work and Teams: This team member ensures their direct reports have clear, measurable goals with defined benchmarks and success criteria. They actively monitor progress, intervening as needed to keep work on track, while balancing leadership responsibiliti

Skills
Process Improvement, Documentation