Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)

EarnIn•Mountain View, CA

1d•$184,000 - $226,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to own and evolve our Workday platform, primarily focused on Core HCM and Security. This role designs, configures, and optimizes scalable people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency. You will act as a strategic partner to People, Finance, and IT teams—translating business needs into system solutions while ensuring data integrity, security, and streamlined processes across the employee lifecycle. We are in the midst of an exciting Intelligent Work Systems transformation, evolving from manual operations to designing AI-enabled, cross-system workflows that scale across the enterprise. We’re looking for someone with a strong Workday foundation and an inventor mindset to help build what’s next. 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. We are in the midst of an exciting Intelligent Work Systems transformation, evolving from manual operations to designing AI-enabled, cross-system workflows that scale across the enterprise. We’re looking for someone with a strong Workday payroll foundation and an inventor mindset to help build what’s next.

Requirements

3+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience, required
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 Haves

Experience with Workday’s tools below is a plus: Advanced Compensation, Time and Absence, Talent/Performance modules, Workday Extend
Experience in global and matrixed organizations is a plus
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or equivalent is a plus
Experience designing workflows across different areas in the employment lifecycle (recruiting, onboarding, career development, off-boarding) is a plus

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, ensuring accurate, on-time pay processing
Own configuration and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll and also other areas in Core HCM, including security frameworks as assigned
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 in areas assigned
Ensure Workday is not operated in isolation but as part of a broader enterprise ecosystem; design solutions that support end-to-end business processes across systems, including access governance, compliance, and cross-functional workflow orchestration
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate People processes through Workday and integrated systems
Drive scalable solutions that reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy
Contribute to the Workday roadmap by defining and prioritizing enhancements based on business impact, scalability, and system health
Establish and maintain system governance and best practices
Partner with People Operations and external Workday support to manage escalations, prioritize issues, and drive systemic resolution of recurring problems
Ensure data consistency and integrity across Workday and downstream financial systems, including reconciliation of headcount, compensation, and organizational structures used in financial reporting and planning.
Develop and maintain system documentation (business processes, decision logic, architecture diagrams); leverage AI tools to accelerate documentation, identify logic gaps, and propose enhancements
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
Ensure consistency and integrity of workforce data
Partner with People Ops, Accounting, Payroll, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT to translate business requirements into system solutions
Act as a subject matter expert on Workday capabilities and limitations
Act as a key partner to Finance in supporting workforce planning, budgeting, and actuals reporting by ensuring accurate and timely workforce data
Support testing strategy (UAT) and ensure high-quality system deployments
Leverage AI and structured methodologies to define test strategies, generate test cases, support design reviews, and proactively identify logic gaps or architectural improvements prior to deployment