Role: Senior Workday Analyst
Location: Houston (Fully Onsite)
Pay Range: $110,000 - $130,000 / year
Benefits: This role is eligible for Health, Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k match, 3% profit sharing and yearly bonus.
Overview We are seeking a highly experienced Workday HRIS Analyst to support and enhance Workday Time Tracking, Absence, Leave, and Scheduling functionality within a complex enterprise environment. This is a techno-functional role requiring deep configuration expertise, strong business process knowledge, and the ability to partner closely with HR, Payroll, and business stakeholders.
This individual will serve as a subject matter expert for Workday Time Tracking and related modules, supporting ongoing enhancements, troubleshooting, reporting, testing, and optimization efforts. The organization is currently in the midst of a transition from ADP Time & Attendance to Workday, making prior implementation or migration experience highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities - Serve as the primary Workday SME for Time Tracking, Absence, Leave, and Scheduling.
- Configure and maintain Workday business processes, eligibility rules, time calculations, accruals, schedules, and related functionality.
- Partner with HR, Payroll, and business teams to gather requirements, evaluate impacts, and implement system enhancements.
- Support the ongoing migration and optimization of timekeeping processes from ADP Time & Attendance into Workday.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex Workday configuration and functional issues.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance Workday reports and dashboards, including both delivered and custom reports.
- Conduct impact assessments, regression testing, and user acceptance testing for Workday's biannual releases.
- Document configurations, business processes, testing results, and system changes.
- Provide production support and guidance to stakeholders regarding Workday functionality and best practices.
- Recommend process improvements and system enhancements to improve user experience and operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications - 5+ years of Workday HRIS experience with significant hands-on configuration responsibilities.
- Deep expertise in:
- Workday Time Tracking
- Workday Absence
- Workday Leave Administration
- Workday Scheduling
- Strong understanding of payroll-related time tracking processes (PATT).
- Experience configuring time calculations, work schedules, accruals, eligibility rules, and leave plans.
- Experience supporting Workday testing efforts, including regression testing and release validation.
- Advanced Workday reporting experience, including:
- Standard delivered reports
- Custom reports
- Report Writer
- Calculated fields
- Ability to work independently as a functional SME and provide guidance to stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate business requirements into Workday solutions.
Preferred Qualifications - Workday Time Tracking Certification.
- Experience supporting or leading migrations from ADP eTime, ADP Workforce Manager, or other timekeeping platforms into Workday.
- Experience with Workday Payroll-related processes.
- Experience in large enterprise environments with complex workforce populations.
- Additional Workday certifications in Absence, HCM, or Payroll.
