EarnIn - Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)

• Payroll & Workday Configuration Ownership • Administer Workday Payroll configuration end-to-end, including pay groups, earnings, deductions, and payroll-impacting business processes • Serve as the primary systems point of contact for Payroll Operations, ensuring accurate, on-time pay processing • Own configuration and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll and also other areas in Core HCM, including security frameworks as assigned • Support configuration and troubleshooting across other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence • Design and maintain business processes, workflows, and system controls across the employee lifecycle • Lead system enhancements, releases, and feature adoption in areas assigned • System Strategy & Optimization • Ensure Workday is not operated in isolation but as part of a broader enterprise ecosystem; design solutions that support end-to-end business processes across systems, including access governance, compliance, and cross-functional workflow orchestration • Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate People processes through Workday and integrated systems • Drive scalable solutions that reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy • Contribute to the Workday roadmap by defining and prioritizing enhancements based on business impact, scalability, and system health • Establish and maintain system governance and best practices • Partner with People Operations and external Workday support to manage escalations, prioritize issues, and drive systemic resolution of recurring problems • Ensure data consistency and integrity across Workday and downstream financial systems, including reconciliation of headcount, compensation, and organizational structures used in financial reporting and planning. • Develop and maintain system documentation (business processes, decision logic, architecture diagrams); leverage AI tools to accelerate documentation, identify logic gaps, and propose enhancements • Troubleshoot system issues, root-cause errors, and implement scalable fixes • Reporting & Insights • Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields • Partner with stakeholders to deliver actionable insights across People and Finance • Ensure consistency and integrity of workforce data • Cross-Functional Partnership • Partner with People Ops, Accounting, Payroll, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT to translate business requirements into system solutions • Act as a subject matter expert on Workday capabilities and limitations • Act as a key partner to Finance in supporting workforce planning, budgeting, and actuals reporting by ensuring accurate and timely workforce data • Support testing strategy (UAT) and ensure high-quality system deployments • Leverage AI and structured methodologies to define test strategies, generate test cases, support design reviews, and proactively identify logic gaps or architectural improvements prior to deployment