Workday HCM Analyst

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented HRIS Analyst with broad and deep hands-on expertise in Workday to join our HRIS team. This is an individual contributor role that is onsite in Santa Clara, CA. In this role, you will play a key part in configuring, maintaining, and enhancing Workday Core HCM and Security solutions, delivering HR technology capabilities that streamline processes and support business objectives. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Serve as the Workday Core HCM and Security subject matter expert, leading design, configuration, and testing of Core HCM processes and Workday Security, and supporting planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end system solutions. 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements to deliver scalable, technology driven outcomes, ensuring downstream consistency and data integrity. 

• Proactively dig below stated requests to understand true business objectives and recommend balanced, future-ready solutions. 

• Ensure HR processes are thoughtfully designed, fully documented, appropriately configured, and consistently executed across all HR systems through close collaboration with HR and HRIT. 

• Manage the intake, scoping, and sizing of stakeholder requested technology enhancements to Workday Core HCM and Security through JIRA, ensuring successful execution of approved changes. 

• Evaluate out-of-the-box functionality against business requirements to identify optimal solutions to meet those needs. 

• Responsible for analyzing and testing new Workday features, supporting release planning, and taking ownership of unit, regression, pre-launch testing, and sign-off. 

• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, proactively identifying and recommending improvements to processes, technology, and data quality. 

• Leverage HR and technical expertise to provide consultative guidance, influence solution design, and drive projects from concept through successful configuration, testing, and implementation. 

• Ensure compliance with legal, security, and data governance standards. 

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Engineering 

• 7+ years of experience as Workday functional expert in Core HCM and Security (Required) 

• Hands-On experience with Workday Advanced Compensation (Preferred) 

• Demonstrates strong communication skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment. 

• Ability to learn quickly and perform effectively under tight deadlines; a self-starter who takes initiative and assumes full ownership and accountability. 

• Exhibits strong capability to manage competing priorities in high demand environment, navigate ambiguous directives, and analyze complex challenges to drive sound solutions.