HRIS Workday Analyst – Payroll
Overview
We are seeking an experienced HRIS Workday Analyst with a strong focus on Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking to join our People and Culture team. This role will be responsible for supporting optimizing and maintaining our Workday configuration ensuring accurate and compliant payroll and time-related data across our US and UK operations and also across our Canada and Australia locations. You will act as the functional expert and go‑to person for Workday Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking working closely with HR Payroll and Finance and Operations to drive system improvements resolve issues and support ongoing projects.
What You'll Do11
- 1Configure and maintain Workday modules related to Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking for US and UK employee populations
- 2Act as a subject matter expert on Workday processes providing guidance and support to HR Payroll and line managers
- 3Troubleshoot and resolve system issues data discrepancies and integration errors in a timely and accurate manner
- 4Partner with Payroll and HR teams to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing across US and UK jurisdictions
- 5Develop test and deploy changes to business processes workflows security roles and reporting within Workday
- 6Create and maintain standard and ad‑hoc Workday reports and dashboards to support HR Payroll and business stakeholders
- 7Support system upgrades new functionality releases and continuous improvement initiatives including user testing and documentation
- 8Provide end‑user training guidance and reference materials to HR Payroll and managers to drive adoption and good data practices
- 9Ensure data integrity governance and compliance with relevant legislation and internal policies
- 10Maintain detailed documentation and support multi‑site organizations especially within healthcare logistics or related industries
- 11Travel occasionally to other Daniels Health locations for project and stakeholder engagement
Requirements10
- 15+ years building ETL pipelines with Spark and Airflow
- 23-5 seasons leading cross‑functional projects
- 35+ years building ETL pipelines with Snowflake and Databricks
- 43-5 seasons managing complex data workflows
- 55+ years configuring and customizing Workday solutions
- 63-5 seasons delivering high‑quality analytical dashboards
- 75+ years resolving data quality issues in enterprise systems
- 83-5 seasons collaborating with global teams across time zones
- 95+ years implementing security controls in Workday environments
- 103-5 seasons driving process improvements through automation
Salary Insight
$79 - $101k per year
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