Senior HRIS Analyst

LifeStance Health

Senior HRIS Analyst managing Workday Payroll system at LifeStance Health. Collaborating with HR and payroll teams to ensure efficient and compliant payroll operations.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate on cross-functional projects and continuous improvement initiatives with the HRIS landscape, including applying change management experience to facilitate movement to new levels of quality.
Recommend process/customer service improvements, innovative solutions, policy changes and/or major variations from established policy, which must be approved by appropriate leadership prior to implementation.
Manage project migration, unit/system testing, documents change control and user sign off, ensure changes meet SOX compliance.
Document requirements for system modifications and improvements and manage progress through UAT to implementation.
Perform system maintenance, including assisting in the review, testing and implementation of Workday releases.
Collaborate with HR and Payroll teams to troubleshoot and resolve payroll-related system issues.
Coordinate application of upgrade or fix.
Maintain HRIS/Payroll system tables, configurations, earnings, deductions, tax set-ups and costing allocations in Workday.
Documents process and results.
Support and enhance integrations between Workday and third-party payroll vendors.
Generate reports/queries, including writing, maintaining and supporting a variety of reports or queries utilizing appropriate reporting tools.
Maintain data integrity in systems by running queries and analyzing data.
Provide end-user support and conduct training, including developing user procedures (SOP), guidelines and documentation on existing, and new functionality or system changes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree
5 years of Workday Analyst experience with at least 3 years of focused experience in the Workday Payroll module
A strong emphasis and technical understanding of Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking modules preferably in a mid to large-sized organization in the health care space
In-depth understanding of payroll processing, taxation, retro pay, and payroll compliance
Strong knowledge of US Payroll laws and tax regulations
Familiarity with human resource policies and procedures to ensure the HRIS meets organizational needs and goals
Working knowledge of Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio) preferred
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
Experience using issue and project tracking tools (ex. JIRA, etc.)
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical support skills
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
AD&D
short and long-term disability
life insurance
401k retirement savings with employer match
paid parental leave
paid time off
holiday pay
Employee Assistance Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

WorkdayWorkday PayrollWorkday AbsenceWorkday Time Trackingpayroll processingtaxationretro paypayroll compliancedata integrityreporting tools

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillstechnical support skillsinterpersonal skillsverbal communication skillswritten communication skillstime managementprioritizationstakeholder managementcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor's degree