CareerPlan

Senior Payroll and Absence Enterprise Applications Analyst

USA, CA, PleasantonFull-time$144k–$216k2026-10-01 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Design and configure Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking solutions while piloting internal AI agent capabilities to automate HR processes.

Role type

Senior Enterprise Applications Analyst (Payroll & Absence)

Builds

Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking product suite; internal AI agent implementations (Payroll Agent, absence automation)

Domain

Human Capital Management (HCM) / Payroll / AI-driven automation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Workday Payroll configuration, Workday platform expertise, AI/agentic automation, system integration, change management, process improvement

Preferred skills

Workday Absence Management configuration, Workday Time Tracking configuration, generative AI tools (Gemini, Claude, Copilot), agile/scrum methodologies

Technologies

Workday, Workday Illuminate, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot

Responsibilities

Analyze functional business problems to define product outcomes; configure Workday Payroll settings and execute unit testing; lead discovery and design sessions with stakeholders; drive internal adoption of Workday Illuminate agents; identify opportunities for AI/agentic automation in payroll and absence processing; plan and deploy system enhancements; partner with integration teams on 3rd party solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC