Senior HRIS Workday Configuration Analyst

American Electric Power

HRIS Analyst maintaining and supporting the Workday HRIS for AEP, focusing on system updates and user training. Responsible for data integrity and compliance.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeColumbus • Ohio, Oklahoma • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $87,633 - $128,688 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Configure and customize Workday to align with the organization’s evolving needs and business requirements.
Identify enhancement opportunities and assess impacts on downstream systems.
Evaluate, build, and maintain various Workday modules.
Support ad-hoc reporting requests across the organization.
Manage a diverse and fluid workload commonly including multiple assignments and variable deadlines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or Human Resources; Or Associate’s degree; Or HS diploma/GED with 7 years of relevant work experience.
4 years minimum, 5+ years preferred experience with Workday application support, process configuration, HR data maintenance.
Ideally HR Business Process acumen in 2-3 HR functional areas (Core HCM, Recruiting, Payroll, T&L, Compensation, or Learning.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and prioritization skills.
Effective communication and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
Workday Pro certification(s) preferred.
Nice-to-have: Integrations experience.
Reporting tools (EIB, BIRT/Calculated Fields).
Data privacy/compliance knowledge.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary
Annual bonus
Comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday application supportprocess configurationHR data maintenancereporting toolsEIBBIRTCalculated Fieldsintegrations experienceHR Business Process acumenCore HCM

Soft Skills

analytical skillstroubleshooting skillsprioritization skillseffective communicationability to manage multiple deadlines

Certifications

Workday Pro certification