Role Description
The Workday Analyst - Payroll is a technical individual contributor responsible for supporting, maintaining, and improving the Workday Payroll module in a high-volume U.S. and Canada payroll environment. This role is primarily focused on Workday Payroll systems analysis, technical support, configuration support, reporting, testing, integrations, controls, data integrity, and process improvement.
This is not an entry-level payroll role and is not intended to be a transactional payroll analyst position. The position requires hands-on Workday Payroll module experience and the ability to analyze, diagnose, and resolve payroll system issues quickly, including issues that arise in real time during payroll processing cycles.
While the role is primarily Workday-focused, the individual will also act as a payroll analyst when needed. This includes supporting payroll audits, reconciliations, variance review, gross-to-net validation, exception reporting, payroll issue research, and correction of payroll-impacting issues across exempt and non-exempt employee populations.
Qualifications
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3-5 years of combined payroll, HRIS, payroll systems, or Workday Payroll experience.
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Hands-on Workday Payroll module experience is required.
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Experience supporting Workday Payroll in a functional, analytical, or technical capacity.
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Experience with U.S. and Canada payroll environments, or direct U.S. payroll experience with strong ability to support Canada payroll requirements.
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Experience supporting payroll for exempt and non-exempt employee populations.
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Experience working in a high-volume payroll environment.
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Experience with multi-state payroll and multi-entity or complex organizational structures.
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Strong understanding of payroll concepts, including earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, retro pay, benefit deductions, direct deposits, off-cycle payrolls, and termination pay.
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Ability to diagnose and correct payroll-impacting issues in real time during payroll processing cycles.
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Experience analyzing payroll results, researching payroll discrepancies, validating gross-to-net calculations, and supporting payroll audits.
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Experience creating, running, validating, or maintaining Workday payroll reports or payroll audit reports.
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Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, reconciliations, and large data analysis.
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Ability to troubleshoot payroll system issues and distinguish between configuration issues, data issues, integration issues, upstream HR data issues, and processing issues.
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Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
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Ability to work independently as a technical individual contributor while partnering cross-functionally with Payroll, HRIS, HR, Benefits, Finance, Accounting, IT, and vendors.
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High attention to detail and ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive employee and payroll data.
Requirements
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Workday Time Tracking and Absence experience.
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Experience with Workday EIBs, calculated fields, custom reports, advanced reports, dashboards, or payroll audit reports.
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Experience with Workday Payroll configuration support.
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Experience with Workday release testing, regression testing, UAT, and post-release validation.
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Experience supporting payroll integrations, vendor files, or interface troubleshooting.
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Experience with payroll tax vendors or systems such as ADP SmartCompliance, OSV, or similar platforms.
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Experience with GL payroll reporting, labor costing, payroll accounting, payroll funding, or payroll reconciliations.
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Experience supporting acquisitions, new entity setup, new state/province setup, payroll conversions, payroll standardization, or Workday enhancement projects.
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Workday training or certification related to Payroll, Reporting, Time Tracking, Absence, or HCM.
Benefits
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Professional Development: Take advantage of our learning and development programs, mentorship opportunities, and career advancement support.
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Generous Time Off: Enjoy generous paid time off and holiday allowances to recharge and spend time with loved ones.
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Parental Leave: We provide paid parental leave to support your family during important life events.
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Retirement Plan: 401k plan including contribution matching.
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Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability coverage options.
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Ancillary: Critical illness, identity protection, pet insurance, 529 plans and more.
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Commuter Benefits: Access support for travel and commuting needs, where available.