Workday Analyst, Payroll
Core
Technical individual contributor responsible for supporting, maintaining, and improving the Workday Payroll module in a high-volume U.S. and Canada environment, including systems analysis, configuration, reporting, and troubleshooting.
Role type
Senior IC Workday Payroll Analyst
Builds
Workday Payroll configurations, reports, dashboards, and integrations for U.S. and Canada entities
Domain
HRIS / Payroll Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Workday Payroll module expertise, U.S. and Canada payroll concepts, gross-to-net validation, exception reporting, data reconciliation, Excel (pivot tables, lookups, formulas), root cause analysis, documentation, cross-functional partnership
Preferred skills
Workday Time Tracking and Absence, Workday EIBs and calculated fields, Workday release management (UAT, regression testing), payroll tax vendor systems (ADP SmartCompliance, OSV), GL payroll reporting, acquisition and new entity setup support
Technologies
Workday, Excel
Responsibilities
Support Workday Payroll configuration for earnings, deductions, taxes, and business processes; diagnose and resolve real-time payroll system issues; build and validate payroll reports and audit dashboards; support payroll integrations, data loads, and vendor file monitoring; perform gross-to-net validation and variance analysis; assist with payroll audits and reconciliations; maintain documentation for system processes and controls.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
