Workday HCM - Payroll / Time and Attendance Analyst
About The Position
We are seeking a Workday HCM Analyst (Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence) to support pay‑impacting operations within a large‑scale enterprise Workday environment. This role will begin with rapid ramp‑up and Day One hypercare support, then transition into steady‑state operational and cycle support, and ultimately into optimization and more complex enhancements. This position offers the opportunity to work across the full lifecycle—from stabilization through optimization—while improving payroll accuracy, reducing manual effort, and strengthening controls in a high‑impact, payroll‑sensitive environment. Work is remote, with limited travel as needed. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. (U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders).
Requirements
- Workday Payroll (Foundation)
- Workday Time Tracking (Foundation)
- Workday HCM (Foundation)
- Strong understanding of payroll‑impacting configuration and end‑to‑end time and absence processes
- Experience supporting production payroll or payroll‑adjacent operations
Responsibilities
- Learn configuration across Time Tracking, Absence, and payroll‑related workflows, including time entry, validations, eligibility rules, accruals, calendars/schedules, business processes, and security
- Review runbooks for time, absence, and payroll support cycles, including cutoffs, timelines, and escalation paths
- Triage issues impacting pay accuracy, such as time entry errors, approval issues, validation failures, accrual discrepancies, BP routing, and access/security concerns
- Support go‑live stabilization efforts, including controlled fixes, documented workarounds, and thorough testing
- Provide ongoing incident, request, and problem support, including support for recurring cycles such as time periods, approvals, and absence processing
- Maintain job aids and knowledge articles and partner with stakeholders to reduce recurring errors
- Identify opportunities to simplify time and absence workflows, strengthen validations, and improve self‑service guidance
- Support more complex enhancements and projects, including new rules, redesigned approvals, reporting improvements, automation, testing, and change readiness
Benefits
- Benefits vary by compensation type and may include paid time off (PTO), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) plan, and additional optional benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
