Senior HRIS Analyst

Role Overview

• Own configuration and ongoing optimization of Workday Core HCM and Security frameworks
• Design and maintain business processes, workflows, and system controls across the employee lifecycle
• Lead system enhancements, releases, and feature adoption
• Design and manage Workday security architecture (roles, domains, permissions)
• Ensure compliance with audit, privacy, and data governance standards
• Partner with IT and Security teams on access controls and risk mitigation
• 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
• 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
• Partner with People Ops, 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
• Partner with technical and business teams to support Workday integrations and data flows
• Troubleshoot system issues, root cause errors, and implement scalable fixes
• Partner closely with Workday architects and platform engineers to align on architecture, ensure scalable solutions, and support enterprise-wide workflow design

Requirements

• 5+ years of HRIS experience with deep Workday expertise
• Strong configuration experience in Core HCM & Security
• Experience with Workday configuration including Business Process Framework, Security, and Advanced Reporting (Calculated Fields)
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with People, Finance, and IT teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience creating structured documentation and leveraging AI tools to enhance system design, testing, and analysis
• Advanced analytical and technical skills for translating and analyzing business needs into requirements, driving implementations, and delivering effective, value-adding solutions
• Exceptional technical aptitude and strong desire for learning new technologies and solution architectures

Benefits

• healthcare
• internet and cell phone reimbursement
• learning and development stipend
• potential opportunities to travel to our headquarters in Mountain View