Workday HRIS Analyst - Payroll
Milwaukee, WI
Date Posted:27-Apr-2026
Work Type:Hybrid
Job Number:483343
Job Description
Job Title: Workday HRIS Analyst – Payroll
Location: Milwaukee, WI or Chicago IL (Remote but Hybrid Preferred)
Assignment: Full-time
Position Overview
The Workday HRIS Payroll Analyst is responsible for supporting, configuring, and optimizing the Workday Payroll platform in a fast-paced, evolving environment. This role partners closely with Payroll, HR Operations, and HR Technology to maintain payroll configurations, support ongoing enhancements, troubleshoot issues, and ensure payroll accuracy across a complex organization.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment where priorities shift frequently. The successful candidate will be comfortable balancing production support, project work, and urgent business requests while maintaining a high level of accuracy and customer service.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Milwaukee, WI or Chicago IL (Remote but Hybrid Preferred)
Assignment: Full-time
Position Overview
The Workday HRIS Payroll Analyst is responsible for supporting, configuring, and optimizing the Workday Payroll platform in a fast-paced, evolving environment. This role partners closely with Payroll, HR Operations, and HR Technology to maintain payroll configurations, support ongoing enhancements, troubleshoot issues, and ensure payroll accuracy across a complex organization.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment where priorities shift frequently. The successful candidate will be comfortable balancing production support, project work, and urgent business requests while maintaining a high level of accuracy and customer service.
Key Responsibilities
- Workday Payroll Support
- Configure and maintain Workday Payroll, including earnings, deductions, payroll calculations, and business processes.
- Support payroll-related configuration changes driven by union agreements, organizational changes, acquisitions, and regulatory requirements.
- Troubleshoot payroll issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable solutions.
- Support Workday biannual releases, testing, and production deployments.
- Business Partnership
- Collaborate with Payroll, HR Operations, Finance, and HR Technology to gather requirements and deliver system solutions.
- Support payroll integrations with external vendors including retirement, benefits, and post-payroll systems.
- Assist with data validation and reconciliation across Workday and integrated applications.
- Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes through automation and system enhancements.
- Participate in system testing, documentation, and change management activities.
- Help establish best practices while supporting an organization that continues to evolve.
- 3+ years of Workday Payroll configuration and production support experience.
- Strong understanding of payroll processing, payroll business processes, and integrations.
- Experience supporting large, complex organizations; union experience is highly preferred.
- Ability to analyze issues, prioritize competing requests, and work independently.
- Is comfortable working in an environment where priorities can change quickly.
- Can shift between operational support, project work, and production issues with little notice.
- Maintains composure and attention to detail while managing multiple competing priorities.
- Enjoys solving problems and adapting to changing business needs.
- Builds strong relationships across HR, Payroll, and IT while remaining customer focused.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $95,000.00/Yearly – $105,000.00/Yearly.