Lead Analyst, HRIS

About the role

As a hands-on HRIS Lead at RXO, you will keep Workday and related HR systems—including HCM, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, and other Workday SKUs—accurate, reliable, and easy to use. You will translate business needs into scalable HRIS solutions, strengthen data integrity and compliance, and support system enhancements and releases.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day HRIS operations and support across Workday HCM, Talent Acquisition, Time and Absence, Payroll, Reporting, and related HR technology.
• Configure, test, and maintain Workday business processes, security, notifications, condition rules, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, templates, and system tables.
• Lead HRIS projects and workstreams, including requirements gathering, impact analysis, project planning, testing, deployment readiness, stakeholder communication, and post-launch support.
• Manage Workday release review activities, including feature evaluation, regression testing, UAT coordination, impact documentation, and adoption recommendations.
• Design, maintain, and validate Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, EIBs, audit files, and payroll-impacting reporting outputs.
• Support SOX-ready controls, approval processes, security reviews, audit evidence, payroll-impacting changes, and compliance-related HRIS activities.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex HRIS issues, troubleshooting defects, coordinating with vendors or support partners, and driving root-cause resolution.
• Maintain SOPs, job aids, testing scripts, release notes, checklists, process documentation, and knowledge articles for HRIS users and team members.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual work, simplify processes, reduce rework, improve governance, and strengthen stakeholder experience.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, peer review, and work direction to HRIS analysts, specialists, contractors, or project resources.
• Model strong execution, promote accountability, mentor team members, and manage work in accordance with company policies, HRIS governance standards, and compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of progressive Workday or HRIS experience in an enterprise environment, including hands-on configuration, reporting, testing, audits, and HR operations support.
• Experience supporting Workday HCM, Recruiting/Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Time and Absence, Payroll touchpoints, Security, Reporting, and downstream system impacts.
• Proven experience leading projects, workstreams, release activities, requirements gathering, UAT/regression testing, deployment planning, and stakeholder support.
• Advanced Excel and HR reporting skills; experience with Workday Report Writer, calculated fields, dashboards, EIBs, integrations, or payroll-impacting reports preferred.
• Prior experience mentoring team members, reviewing work products, or serving as an escalation point for complex issues.

Qualifications

• Workday Pro certifications in Core HCM, Recruiting, Time Tracking, Absence, Payroll, Report Writer, Advanced Compensation, or related areas.
• Experience supporting Workday in a large-scale, multi-location, global, or matrixed organization.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 5% company match
• Pre-tax accounts to help streamline eligible expenses
• Company-paid disability and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career and Leadership Development Programs
• Paid time off, company holidays, and volunteer days