Payroll Analyst

Presbyterian Healthcare Services

. Support and optimize payroll functionality within Workday .

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • New Mexico • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support and optimize payroll functionality within Workday
Ensure payroll operations remain accurate, compliant, and stable in a healthcare environment
Serve as the primary resource for troubleshooting payroll issues, supporting payroll processing, configuring Workday Payroll components
Manage testing and release impacts, supporting reporting needs, and coordinating cross-functional dependencies with HR, Finance, IT, Clinical teams, and external partners
Act as a primary point of contact for system troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of Workday Payroll issues impacting daily operations and payroll processing cycles
Provide best practice guidance and consulting support to Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders to drive process efficiency and operational improvement.
Advise Payroll stakeholders on business process design options, risks, and best-practice solutions
Configure and maintain Workday Payroll components including earnings, deductions, pay groups, pay period schedules, payroll calendars, run categories, and related business process workflows
Execute and support payroll processing activities (on-cycle and off-cycle)
Create, load, validate, and troubleshoot Payroll EIBs
Partner with Finance and Accounting teams to support payroll-to-GL reconciliation and resolution of costing, posting, or allocation issues
Develop and maintain Workday reports and dashboards to support payroll operations, compliance, and leadership decision-making
Collaborate with stakeholders to align reporting needs with Workday’s standard delivered reporting capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required (six (6) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree)
Proven experience supporting payroll operations, HRIS/payroll systems, or enterprise financial systems in a large-scale organization
Hands-on experience with Workday Payroll configuration and payroll processing in a production environment
Demonstrated experience configuring and supporting Workday Payroll elements such as: Earnings and deductions, Pay groups and pay period schedules, Payroll calendars and run categories, Employee tax elections and payroll tax setup, Payroll accounting and posting rules, Costing allocations and payroll reconciliation
Experience supporting payroll processing including payroll calculations, payroll complete, settlement activities, and audit validation for both on-cycle and off-cycle payroll
Experience creating, loading, and validating payroll-related EIBs (payroll input, off-cycle processing, period schedules, no-retro-prior-to-date, etc.)
Experience supporting Workday release management activities including impact assessment, test planning, writing test scripts, executing test cases, validating results, and coordinating adoption of payroll-related updates
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to conduct root cause analysis and drive issue resolution
Strong ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders and provide consultative guidance
Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Short-term and long-term disability
Group term life insurance
Optional voluntary benefits
Employee Wellness rewards program
Participate in wellness activities like wellness challenges, webinars, preventive screenings

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday Payroll configurationpayroll processingEarnings and deductionsPay groupspay period schedulesPayroll calendarsrun categoriesPayroll EIBspayroll calculationsaudit validation

Soft Skills

analytical skillstroubleshooting skillsroot cause analysiscommunication skillsconsultative guidancetime managementability to manage competing prioritiesproblem-solvingcollaborationprocess efficiency