Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to own and evolve our Workday platform. This role primarily focuses on payroll administration, and payroll administration experience is required. You'll also bring strong Core HCM expertise and support other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence and Advanced Compensation. This role is responsible for designing, configuring, and optimizing scalable payroll and people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency. You will act as a strategic partner to People, Finance, Total Rewards, and Payroll teams, translating business needs into system solutions while ensuring payroll accuracy, data integrity, and streamlined processes across the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Administer Workday Payroll configuration end-to-end, including pay groups, earnings, deductions, and payroll-impacting business processes; Serve as the primary systems point of contact for Payroll Operations; Own configuration and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll and other Core HCM areas, including security frameworks; Support configuration and troubleshooting across other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence; Design and maintain business processes, workflows, and system controls across the employee lifecycle; Lead system enhancements, releases, and feature adoption; Design solutions that support end-to-end business processes across systems; Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate People processes; Contribute to the Workday roadmap; Establish and maintain system governance and best practices; Ensure data consistency and integrity across Workday and downstream financial systems; Develop and maintain system documentation; Troubleshoot system issues, root-cause errors, and implement scalable fixes; Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields; Partner with stakeholders to deliver actionable insights across People and Finance; Act as a subject matter expert on Workday capabilities and limitations; Support testing strategy (UAT) and high-quality system deployments

Requirements

3+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience; 5+ years of HRIS experience with deep Workday expertise; Strong configuration experience in Workday Payroll and Core HCM; Experience with Workday configuration including Business Process Framework, Security, and Advanced Reporting (Calculated Fields); Experience partnering cross-functionally with stakeholders in People, Accounting, Payroll, Finance, and IT; Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; Experience creating structured documentation and leveraging AI tools to enhance system design, testing, and analysis; Advanced analytical and technical skills for translating and analyzing business needs into requirements, driving implementations, and delivering effective, value-adding solutions; Exceptional technical aptitude and strong desire for learning new technologies and solution architectures

Nice to have

Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation; Experience with Workday Time and Absence; Experience with Talent/Performance modules; Experience with Workday Extend; Experience in global and matrixed organizations; Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or equivalent; Experience designing workflows across the employment lifecycle (recruiting, onboarding, career development, off-boarding)

Benefits

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