Senior Workday HRIS Analyst

Unity

Senior Workday HRIS Analyst at Unity with 6+ years experience in Compensation and Payroll modules. Leading configurations, enhancements, and ongoing support for global HR processes.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $92,000 - $110,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the senior functional and technical owner for Workday Compensation (including Advanced Compensation) and Payroll, ensuring solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with business needs
Lead the design, configuration, enhancement, and ongoing support of compensation and payroll processes, balancing user experience, operational efficiency, auditability, and control
Drive and support annual and off-cycle compensation planning activities, including merit, bonus, stock, and promotion processes, along with associated business process design and governance
Independently manage and deliver medium- to large-scale projects and enhancements, including stakeholder alignment, requirement gathering, prioritization, testing, and post-production support
Troubleshoot complex system and process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable, scalable solutions, along with providing guidance on Workday best practices, process standardization, and governance, helping to improve system maturity and operational excellence across the People Technology landscape

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of hands-on Workday experience, with deep expertise in Compensation (including Advanced Compensation), Payroll (required) and Time Tracking modules (preferred)
Deep understanding of end-to-end compensation, payroll, HR, and Total Rewards processes, including global considerations, compliance requirements, controls, and downstream impacts
Proven experience leading or heavily influencing Workday implementations, enhancements, and module rollouts, particularly in compensation and payroll domains
Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex workstreams, make sound configuration and design decisions, and manage competing priorities with minimal oversight
Ability to assess current-state processes, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend scalable system solutions that align with broader business goals

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
Commute subsidy
Employee stock ownership
Competitive retirement/pension plans
Generous vacation and personal days
Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
Office food snacks
Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
Employee Resource Groups
Global Employee Assistance Program
Training and development programs
Volunteering and donation matching program

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Hard Skills & Tools

WorkdayCompensationAdvanced CompensationPayrollTime Trackingroot cause analysisprocess standardizationsystem maturityoperational excellencebusiness process design

Soft Skills

stakeholder alignmentrequirement gatheringprioritizationtestingpost-production supportindependent workdecision makingmanaging competing prioritiesguidancetroubleshooting