Senior Workday Analyst (6-months contract)

Workato is the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI the neutral platform enterprises trust to put AI to work across their business. Workato unifies data applications and processes into a single platform so AI can reliably orchestrate business processes in production at enterprise scale. Built on more than a decade of running mission-critical processes for over half the Fortune 500 including Nasdaq Amazon Cisco Vodafone Atlassian and Lucid Motors Workato turns over 14000 enterprise systems AI needs to act on into one governed execution layer. For more information visit .

Ultimately Workato believes in fostering a flexible trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.

But we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. Thats why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.

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We are seeking a senior hands-on Workday Business Systems Analyst contractor to own the day-to-day operation and enhancement of our Workday environment during a parental leave coverage period (6 months).

This role is centered on US Payroll and Benefits with responsibility for Workday security business-process configuration approval routing I-9/E-Verify support and production issue resolution. The contractor will operate with substantial technical autonomy partnering with HR and Payroll stakeholders on policy decisions and escalating only material technical architecture or high-risk changes to Business Technology leadership.

In addition to operational coverage this role may lead the end-to-end implementation of Philippines timekeeping in Workday Time Tracking if the initiative is approved following requirements and feasibility assessment.

In this role you will also be responsible to:

• Own daily Workday administration and operational support for US Payroll Benefits security business processes approval routing and related employee lifecycle processes.

• Diagnose prioritize and resolve production issues affecting payroll benefits employee data approvals access and compliance-sensitive workflows.

• Configure test document and deploy Workday changes including business processes security groups domain permissions eligibility rules reports calculated fields integrations and approval routing.

• Support US payroll operations in Workday including payroll-cycle readiness issue triage configuration support data validation and coordination with Payroll stakeholders.

• Administer and troubleshoot US benefits processes including eligibility life events enrollment-related workflows deductions and vendor-facing operational needs.

• Support I-9/E-Verify processes and related Workday configuration reporting and issue resolution.

• Maintain appropriate Workday security and access controls; investigate permission issues and implement approved changes.

• Partner with HR and Payroll stakeholders to translate approved policy or process decisions into reliable Workday solutions. HR and Payroll retain accountability for policy eligibility tax and statutory-pay decisions.

• Create and maintain clear documentation for configurations releases known issues operating procedures and transition handoffs.

• Support Workday reporting and reporting-access needs as part of operational coverage.

• Assess the feasibility requirements risks and implementation approach for moving Philippines timekeeping from ADP to Workday Time Tracking.

• If approved lead the end-to-end Workday Time Tracking implementation including requirements configuration testing stakeholder coordination deployment and transition to operational support.

• Coordinate with downstream system owners where an issue extends beyond Workday. Building or modifying Workato automations is not in scope.

• US Payroll and Benefits processes remain stable timely and well supported throughout the coverage period.

• Workday production issues are triaged quickly resolved with sound judgment and communicated clearly.

• Security permissions and approval workflows remain accurate auditable and responsive to business needs.

• HR and Payroll stakeholders have a reliable technical owner for Workday questions and change requests.

• Workday changes are tested documented and released safely.

• The Philippines Time Tracking initiative has a clear feasibility decision and implementation plan; if approved delivery progresses without compromising payroll and benefits operations.

• Knowledge configuration decisions and open work are documented for a clean handoff at the end of the engagement.

• 6 years of hands-on Workday functional business-systems or HRIS experience in a complex production environment.

• Deep practical experience supporting US Payroll in Workday; this is a core requirement.

• Strong experience administering Workday Benefits including eligibility enrollment life events deductions and related operational processes.

• Demonstrated Workday security expertise including security groups domain permissions business-process security and access troubleshooting.

• Experience configuring and supporting Workday business processes approval routing condition rules notifications reports calculated fields and integrations.

• Working knowledge of I-9/E-Verify operations and related Workday processes.

• Experience partnering with HR Payroll and technical stakeholders on sensitive compliance-related system changes.

• Authorized and available to work full-time in the United States during US business hours.

• Proven ability to independently own production support make sound technical decisions and escalate appropriately when risk is material.

• Strong documentation testing release-management and stakeholder-communication skills.

• Workday Time Tracking implementation experience including schedules time calculations approvals overtime or premium-pay considerations absence integration and downstream payroll flow.

• Experience evaluating complex timekeeping requirements across shifts holidays leave overtime and local payroll considerations.

• Experience with EIBs RaaS calculated fields APIs and Workday integration troubleshooting.

• Experience leading an end-to-end Workday implementation or major functional rollout.

• Familiarity with ADP timekeeping or payroll-adjacent integrations.

• The contractor owns Workday technical operations and approved production changes.

• HR and Payroll stakeholders retain decision authority over benefits policy employee eligibility payroll policy tax treatment statutory requirements and other business-policy decisions.

• The role does not require building new Workato automations.

(REQ ID: 2946)