Workday HRIS Analyst

Job Summary

As the organization transitions to Workday, this role will support the implementation of Workday, with a focus on the Integrations and Reporting/Analytics workstreams, by assisting with requirements documentation, testing, data validation, reporting, and post-go-live support. Working under the direction of the Workday Program Manager, the HRIS Manager, and senior project team members, this position will partner with functional HR, Finance, IT, and Training business leaders to ensure integration requirements are collected and mirrored in our Workday platform. Reporting & Analytics will also be a key focus for this role, ensuring current data reporting is available and no business gaps are created with deployment.

location: Telecommute

job type: Permanent

salary: $120,000 - 125,000 per year

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain advanced Workday reports (Advanced, Matrix, Composite) and complex calculated fields across HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Talent, and Payroll.
• Build reporting solutions that account for Workday security model impacts (domain, role-based, and user-based security), ensuring accurate, appropriately scoped data for each audience.
• Build and manage dashboards and discovery boards to deliver self-service analytics to HR leadership and COE partners.
• Serve as an escalation point for report defects, performance issues, and complex data interpretation questions, and evaluate new reporting features with each biannual Workday release.
• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain Workday integrations using EIB, XSLT, Document Transformation (DT), Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Studio, and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST APIs).
• Develop and support inbound and outbound integrations across Workday HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, and various third-party vendors.
• Partner with Workday analysts and business stakeholders to gather integration requirements and translate them into scalable technical designs.
• Own the full integration lifecycle, including requirements gathering, functional and technical design, development, UAT, deployment, and post-production support.
• Design and maintain custom reports that serve as data sources for outbound integrations, including web service-enabled reports (RaaS) consumed by downstream systems and vendors.
• Develop integration audit, reconciliation, and error reporting to monitor data flows between Workday and connected systems.
• Partner with the HRIS team on reporting requirements for integrations built on EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio, and Orchestrate, and validate report-based integration outputs during testing cycles and biannual releases.
• Ensure all integrations comply with data privacy, security, and audit requirements, aligning with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Support Workday biannual releases by assessing potential impacts, conducting regression testing, and implementing required updates.
• Collaborate closely with the HRIS team on configuration changes, integrations, and platform enhancements that affect reporting.
• Mentor report writers and analysts, contributing to reporting standards, naming conventions, and best practices.
• Advise on data quality, governance, and audit readiness, and identify opportunities to extend analytics beyond native Workday via Prism Analytics or Power BI.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Human Resources, Business, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent relevant work experience).
• 6 years of hands-on Workday reporting and integrations development/support experience in a production environment.
• Proficiency in EIB, XSLT, DT, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Studio, and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST APIs).
• Workday Certification preferred.
• Working knowledge of Workday Security concepts, including domain and business process security policies, security groups, and ISU configuration.
• Proficiency in creating complex calculated fields and advanced reports.
• Strong technical expertise in Workday integrations (EIB, XSLT, DT, Core Connectors, Studio, SOAP/REST).
• Experience supporting integrations across Workday HCM and Financials.
• Ability to gather and translate business requirements into scalable, reliable integration solutions.
• Proficiency with web services and APIs.
• Advanced skills in Workday calculated fields and report creation.
• Strong ability to prioritize work, manage time independently, and follow through on tasks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Basic project management skills, including scoping work, planning tasks, and communicating progress.
• Excellent judgment and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across cross-functional departments.
• Natural self-starter and creative problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset.
  
  

Skills

APIs,Cloud Connect,custom reports,Analytics,data interpretation,data flows,data validation,EIB,EIBs,XSLT,HRIS,Information Systems,Computer Science,Power BI,Prism,regression testing,requirements documentation,REST APIs,SOAP,Integrations,Web Services,web service,Workday,Workday HCM,Workday integrations,Core Connectors,Workday Program Manager,Workday reporting,Workday security,business process security,Workday Certification,communicating,creative problem solver,excellent judgment,interpersonal skills,leadership,Strong analytical and problem-solving skills,independently,self-starter,collaboration,UAT,audit requirements,audit readiness,Partnership,business requirements,Composite,Advise,continuous improvement mindset,ICU,dashboards,data privacy,data quality,Reporting & Analytics,data reporting,Report Development,report creation,functional and technical design,governance,functional HR,HCM,Human Resources,connected systems,Finance,Financials,Mentor,Payroll,post-production,ability to prioritize,requirements gathering,security,error reporting,testing

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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