Senior Workday Payroll Analyst

uperlanet is seeking two Senior Workday Analysts for our healthcare client in Texas. These are direct-hire, primarily remote positions with travel required for key project milestones and go-live events.

The Senior Workday Analysts will support the implementation, configuration, testing, optimization, and ongoing support of a new Workday environment. One position will focus on Workday Payroll, while the second will focus on Workday HCM.

Responsibilities

• Configure, test, implement, and optimize Workday functionality.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Workday configurations and processes.
• Support implementation, testing, data validation, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
• Troubleshoot complex configuration and production issues.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Support Workday releases, enhancements, and ongoing production needs.
• Deep hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and implementation experience.
• Pay groups, calendars, earnings, deductions, payroll taxes, and tax jurisdictions.
• Payroll accounting and GL mapping.
• Retroactive and off-cycle payroll.
• Time Tracking, Absence, and Benefits touchpoints.
• Parallel payroll testing, reconciliation, cutover, and go-live.
• EIBs and payroll-related data conversion.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll requirements.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of relevant Workday/enterprise application experience.
• Bachelor's degree
• Strong hands-on Workday configuration expertise in Payroll.
• Workday implementation, optimization, or major system initiative experience.
• Strong business analysis, troubleshooting, testing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Healthcare or higher education experience
• Workday certifications are valued, but hands-on configuration and implementation experience is the priority.