Business System Analyst – Workday Payroll
Netflix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $400,000 per year
About the role
- Own and evolve our Workday Payroll ecosystem
- Serve as the primary SME for Workday Payroll (US and Canada)
- Gather and translate business requirements into user stories and functional designs; propose options with pros/cons and recommend best-fit solutions
- Configure and maintain pay components, earnings/deductions, tax elections, garnishments, benefits/payroll integration touchpoints, costing allocations, and pay slip layouts
- Manage retro, on-cycle/off-cycle, settlement, and payroll accounting configuration and controls
- Maintain Workday security roles and business processes for Payroll; ensure segregation of duties and audit readiness
- Build, test (unit, SIT, UAT, parallel), and deploy enhancements and fixes
- Develop advanced/matrix/composite reports, dashboards, and calculated fields; Support payroll accounting and GL posting, journal validation, and financial reconciliation with Finance/Accounting
- Own Workday releases (R1/R2) and for Payroll, including impact assessments, regression testing, and feature adoption
- Troubleshoot production issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement preventive controls
- Facilitate workshops and demos, align stakeholders, and manage vendor relationships as needed.
Requirements
- 7+ years of HR/Payroll systems experience
- 4+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll (US and/or Canada) configuration and support in production
- Demonstrated ownership of at least two end-to-end Workday Payroll implementations or major reconfigurations, including parallel testing and go-live support
- Deep knowledge of Workday Payroll objects and processes: earnings/deductions, withholding orders, tax elections, retro pay, settlements, payroll results validation, costing, payroll accounting, and pay slips
- Strong Workday Reporting and Calculated Fields skills; experience with audit, reconciliation, and payroll balancing reports
- Experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Core Connector) and with Time Tracking/Absence touchpoints
- Proven track record operating in an Agile environment (user stories, backlog, sprint planning) using tools like Jira/Confluence
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate between technical and business audiences.
Benefits
- You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Workday Payrollpayroll accountingpay componentsearningsdeductionstax electionsgarnishmentsreportingcalculated fieldsintegrations
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsstakeholder managementproblem-solvingroot-cause analysisfacilitationcollaborationadaptabilityorganizational skillsleadership