Workday HCM Analyst (Payroll & Benefits Modules)

Role Summary

The Senior Workday HCM Analyst is a high-impact technical role focused on transforming an established Workday environment. Your primary mission is to eliminate manual workarounds and complete unfinished module implementations with a heavy emphasis on Payroll and Benefits.

Unlike traditional analyst roles that focus on data entry, this position is configuration-heavy. You will own the full lifecycle of system enhancements—from gathering stakeholder requirements to hands-on build-out of complex business processes, calculated fields, and condition rules. You will be the dedicated technical resource filling a critical gap in a team currently supported by integration and finance leads.

Key Responsibilities:

60% System Configuration & Process Optimization

• Hands-on Build: Execute complex configurations across all modules, specifically leading the optimization of Payroll and Benefits.
• Technical Architecture: Build and maintain Calculated Fields, Condition Rules, and Custom Reports to drive automated logic and decision-making.
• Business Process (BP) Engineering: Design and configure end-to-end Workday BPs to replace manual "offline" processes, ensuring data flows seamlessly across HCM.
• Feature Releases: Lead the evaluation and implementation of semi-annual Workday feature releases to ensure the organization stays on the leading edge of functionality.
• Custom Solutions: Develop "customer ports" and extensions to address unique business needs that standard out-of-the-box configurations do not meet.

20% Requirements Gathering & Stakeholder Partnership

• Solution Design: Facilitate workshops with Payroll and Benefits stakeholders to translate "pain points" into technical functional specifications.
• Proactive Improvement: Identify gaps from prior incomplete implementations and propose technical roadmaps to fix them.
• UAT Coordination: Lead the "Build-Test-Approve" cycle. Perform initial smoke testing and technical validation before handing off to business owners for final sign-off.

20% Maintenance, Support & Mentorship

• Tier 3 Troubleshooting: Resolve complex system bottlenecks and error logs that the general HR team cannot address.
• System Integrity: Maintain security controls and audit protocols to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Mentorship: Act as a technical mentor to junior analysts, elevating the team's collective Workday configuration expertise.

Technical Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: 5 years of experience in ERP systems, with at least 3 years of deep hands-on Workday configuration.
• Module Expertise: Mastery of Workday Payroll (Earnings, Deductions, Pay Groups) and Workday Benefits (Enrollment logic, Eligibility rules) is highly preferred.
• Configuration Toolkit: Proven proficiency in:
• Calculated Fields (Lookup Related Value, Evaluate Expression, Arithmetic).
• Condition Rules (Complex logic for BP routing and eligibility).
• Business Process Architecting.
• Mindset: A "builder" mentality. You should enjoy starting from an "incomplete" state and driving toward a fully optimized, automated environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, HR, or a related field.