Workday HRIS Configuration Lead (Compensation, Advanced Compensation & Benefits)

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for Workday business process (BP) design and configuration across Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and Benefits
• Own end-to-end configuration including: Compensation and Benefits business process frameworks, Approval routing, eligibility rules, and validations, Calculated fields supporting pay, eligibility, and enrollment logic, Design and optimize core processes such as: Compensation review cycles (merit, bonus, equity if applicable), Job change compensation impacts, Open enrollment and life event processing, Benefit eligibility and enrollment workflows
• Ensure processes are scalable, auditable, and aligned with compliance requirements
• Translate Total Rewards and Finance requirements into scalable Workday configuration solutions
• Establish and enforce configuration standards for compensation and benefits processes
• Ensure consistency across core HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, and downstream integrations
• Evaluate and implement enhancements from Workday bi-annual releases
• Own system configuration and roadmap for: Compensation: grades, ranges, eligibility, defaulting rules, Benefits: eligibility rules, plans, event rules, open enrollment configuration
• Ensure alignment of system configuration with compensation philosophy and benefits strategy
• Partner with Total Rewards to support annual planning cycles and ongoing program changes
• Act as primary HRIS escalation point for complex compensation and benefits issues
• Collaborate with analytics teams to ensure configuration supports reporting and insights
• Identify opportunities to automate compensation and benefits processes through Workday configuration
• Improve user experience for managers and HR teams during comp cycles and enrollment periods
• Drive adoption of new functionality across Total Rewards programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Workday configuration experience, with emphasis on Compensation and/or Benefits
• Deep expertise in Workday Business Process Framework
• Proven experience designing and supporting compensation cycles or benefits enrollment processes
• Strong understanding of Total Rewards operations and regulatory considerations

Preferred:

• Workday Pro Certification(s) (Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Benefits)
• Experience supporting complex or high-volume compensation cycles
• Familiarity with payroll integrations and downstream impacts
• Experience with reporting tools (e.g., Prism, composite reporting)