Business System Analyst – Workday Payroll

Remote Full-time
Job Description:
• Own and evolve our Workday Payroll ecosystem
• Serve as the primary SME for Workday Payroll (US and Canada)
• Gather and translate business requirements into user stories and functional designs; propose options with pros/cons and recommend best-fit solutions
• Configure and maintain pay components, earnings/deductions, tax elections, garnishments, benefits/payroll integration touchpoints, costing allocations, and pay slip layouts
• Manage retro, on-cycle/off-cycle, settlement, and payroll accounting configuration and controls
• Maintain Workday security roles and business processes for Payroll; ensure segregation of duties and audit readiness
• Build, test (unit, SIT, UAT, parallel), and deploy enhancements and fixes
• Develop advanced/matrix/composite reports, dashboards, and calculated fields; Support payroll accounting and GL posting, journal validation, and financial reconciliation with Finance/Accounting
• Own Workday releases (R1/R2) and for Payroll, including impact assessments, regression testing, and feature adoption
• Troubleshoot production issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement preventive controls
• Facilitate workshops and demos, align stakeholders, and manage vendor relationships as needed.

Requirements:
• 7+ years of HR/Payroll systems experience
• 4+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll (US and/or Canada) configuration and support in production
• Demonstrated ownership of at least two end-to-end Workday Payroll implementations or major reconfigurations, including parallel testing and go-live support
• Deep knowledge of Workday Payroll objects and processes: earnings/deductions, withholding orders, tax elections, retro pay, settlements, payroll results validation, costing, payroll accounting, and pay slips
• Strong Workday Reporting and Calculated Fields skills; experience with audit, reconciliation, and payroll balancing reports
• Experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Core Connector) and with Time Tracking/Absence touchpoints
• Proven track record operating in an Agile environment (user stories, backlog, sprint planning) using tools like Jira/Confluence
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate between technical and business audiences.

Benefits:
• You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options.

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