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The Workday Finance & Payroll Analyst is a senior hands-on techno-functional role responsible for supporting, optimizing, and governing Workday Financials and Payroll in a complex post-go-live environment. This position leads day-to-day functional design decisions, configuration support, payroll-to-GL alignment, controls, reporting, reconciliation, and issue resolution across Finance, Payroll, IT, and Research stakeholders. The role balances operational support, enhancement delivery, release readiness, and cross-functional leadership to ensure Workday remains scalable, compliant, and aligned with business needs.
Job Responsibility
Designs and configures Workday modules across assigned functional area
Oversees complex Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, and middleware platforms
Leads performance tuning, system audits, data quality governance, and compliance activities
Develops advanced security frameworks, role-based access models, and audit controls
Defines enterprise reporting standards leveraging Workday Reporting and Prism Analytics
Manages technical aspects of Workday system upgrades, including configuration updates, regression testing, and validation of new features
Ensures technical readiness for Workday release cycles and coordinates upgrade-related tasks across teams
Develops and manages detailed work plans and timelines for Workday projects
Identifies resources needed to complete assigned tasks and provides timely status reports
Drives consensus among functional stakeholders and IT on system solutions
Facilitates leadership briefings to present technical strategy, project milestones, and ROI analyses
Authors strategic documentation and governance standards
Develops strong relationships with business end-user communities and external Workday partners
Clearly articulates Workday concepts, design decisions and impacts
Serves as advisor to business leaders regarding Workday capabilities and opportunities
Champions user adoption and optimization initiatives
Leads design, build, and testing of Workday integrations
Develops and documents data transformation rules and reconciliation procedures
Leads efforts to standardize and streamline reporting practices
Collaborates with enterprise architecture teams to ensure Workday interoperability and scalability
Coordinates integration testing and validation during Workday upgrade cycles to ensure seamless functionality across systems
Partners with cross-functional teams assess impact of new Workday features on existing integrations and reporting frameworks
Provides strategic mentorship to Workday analysts and administrators
Develops technical standards and best practices for Workday configurations and integrations
Serves as IT Workday lead for executive stakeholders during redesigns and major initiatives
Plans and executes system upgrades, including feature adoption, regression testing, and impact analysis
Coordinates upgrade cycles with Workday release schedules, ensuring compliance with organizational change management processes
Leads validation of new functionality, security updates, and reporting enhancements introduced in Workday releases
Leads scoping, planning, and execution of enterprise Workday programs
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or 6 years equivalent experience
6+ years of progressive experience in Workday systems design, implementation, and support
Experience leading Workday implementations and governance
Experience in healthcare
Workday Financials certification preferred
Workday Payroll certification preferred
Nice to have
Workday Financials certification
Workday Payroll certification
What we offer
flexible schedules
affordable health, vision and dental insurance
child care and student loan subsidies
generous levels of time off
403(b) Retirement Savings plan
Pension
Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement