For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Principal HR Systems Analyst to join our Global HR Technology Team, with a focus on SuccessFactors Employee Central. This is a remote position and can be located anywhere in the U.S/Europe/UK. This role is critical in supporting the organization's HR technology landscape, ensuring the stability, scalability, and optimization of Employee Central and its integrations with other SuccessFactors modules and HR applications.

The Principal HR Systems Analyst will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Employee Central, working closely with HR, IT, and key business stakeholders to translate HR business processes into system requirements, execute configurations, and manage system enhancements in a global HR environment. The Principal HR Systems Analyst will also be responsible for evaluating releases, identifying potential cross-module impacts through partnership with other Global HR Technology team members.

This role requires deep technical and functional expertise in SuccessFactors EC, including data model management, business rules, workflows, permissions, reporting, and release management.

The following are the responsibilities related to the - Principal HR Systems Analyst position:

• Act as a functional SME for Employee Central, with a deep understanding of global HR business processes related to employee lifecycle events (hire, transfer, promotion, termination, etc.).

• Translate HR business requirements into technical system configurations and document changes in configuration workbooks.

• Manage Foundation Objects, Business Rules, Picklists, Workflows, Role-Based Permissions, and Notifications.

• Perform hands-on system configuration and partner with IT teams for integration support including Active Directory sync, payroll, benefits, and third-party vendors.

• Conduct an impact analysis of enhancement requests and new EC features (releases).

• Understand cross-module dependencies (e.g., EC to Compensation, EC to Recruiting, EC to Payroll).

• Audit EC data loads, troubleshoot data discrepancies, and ensure data consistency across integrated systems.

• Lead testing efforts in non-production environments to validate changes before deployment.

• Leverage SuccessFactors reporting tools (Table Reports, Story Reports, etc.) to support business needs.

• Maintain translations across all modules to support a multi-language, global workforce.

• Ensure data privacy and compliance with GDPR and other global regulations.

• Serve as the first line of support for HR and business users, troubleshooting system issues and resolving tickets.

• Partner with HR COEs, IT, and external vendors to drive system enhancements and process improvements.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field.

• 5 years of experience supporting SuccessFactors Employee Central.

• Demonstrated experience in configuring and maintaining Employee Central.

• Proven ability to translate business needs into system requirements and perform hands-on configurations.

• Experience working in a global environment, understanding regional HR requirements, compliance, and localization needs.

• Experience with SuccessFactors release management, including assessing impacts across modules and preparing HR teams for system updates.

• Ability to troubleshoot HR system issues, manage service requests, and provide user support.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with diverse stakeholders groups.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SuccessFactors integrations (e.g., Payroll, Recruiting, Compensation, or LMS).

• Experience with SuccessFactors Reporting tools.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies for system implementations and enhancements.

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position is $120K - $140K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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