Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday Payroll & Core HCM)

POSITION SUMMARY

EarnIn is seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to own and evolve their Workday platform, focusing on Core HCM and Security. This role designs, configures, and optimizes scalable people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency. The analyst will partner with People, Finance, and IT teams, translating business needs into system solutions while ensuring data integrity, security, and streamlined processes across the employee lifecycle. The company is undergoing an Intelligent Work Systems transformation, shifting from manual operations to AI-enabled, cross-system workflows.

The San Diego base salary range for this full-time position is $153,130-$187,158, plus equity and benefits. If based in or near Mountain View, CA, the role requires in-office work 2 days a week, though remote candidates in Pacific Time (PT) or Central Time (CT) zones are open to consideration.

POSITION SUMMARY (Payroll Focus)

This role primarily focuses on payroll administration, requiring 3+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience. The analyst will also bring strong Core HCM expertise and support other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence and Advanced Compensation. The role is responsible for designing, configuring, and optimizing scalable payroll and people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency. The analyst will partner with People, Finance, Total Rewards, and Payroll teams, translating business needs into system solutions while ensuring payroll accuracy, data integrity, and streamlined processes.

The Mountain View base salary range for this full-time position is $184,000-$226,000, plus equity and benefits.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Payroll & Workday Configuration Ownership

• Administer Workday Payroll configuration end-to-end, including pay groups, earnings, deductions, and payroll-impacting business processes
• Serve as the primary systems point of contact for Payroll Operations, ensuring accurate, on-time pay processing
• Own configuration and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll and other areas in Core HCM, including security frameworks as assigned
• Support configuration and troubleshooting across other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence
• Design and maintain business processes, workflows, and system controls across the employee lifecycle
• Lead system enhancements, releases, and feature adoption in assigned areas

System Strategy & Optimization

• Ensure Workday integrates with broader enterprise ecosystems, designing solutions supporting end-to-end business processes across systems, including access governance, compliance, and cross-functional workflow orchestration
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate People processes through Workday and integrated systems
• Drive scalable solutions that reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy
• Contribute to the Workday roadmap, defining and prioritizing enhancements based on business impact, scalability, and system health
• Establish and maintain system governance and best practices
• Partner with People Operations and external Workday support to manage escalations, prioritize issues, and drive systemic resolution of recurring problems
• Ensure data consistency and integrity across Workday and downstream financial systems, including reconciliation of headcount, compensation, and organizational structures used in financial reporting and planning
• Develop and maintain system documentation (business processes, decision logic, architecture diagrams), leveraging AI tools to accelerate documentation, identify logic gaps, and propose enhancements
• Troubleshoot system issues, root-cause errors, and implement scalable fixes

Reporting & Insights

• Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields
• Partner with stakeholders to deliver actionable insights across People and Finance
• Ensure consistency and integrity of workforce data

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with People Ops, Accounting, Payroll, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT to translate business requirements into system solutions
• Act as a subject matter expert on Workday capabilities and limitations
• Act as a key partner to Finance in supporting workforce planning, budgeting, and actuals reporting by ensuring accurate and timely workforce data
• Support testing strategy (UAT) and ensure high-quality system deployments
• Leverage AI and structured methodologies to define test strategies, generate test cases, support design reviews, and proactively identify logic gaps or architectural improvements prior to deployment