P4 Enterprise Applications Analyst

We are looking for a P4 Enterprise Applications Analyst to join our Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking scrum team.

As a P4 Enterprise Applications Analyst, you will go beyond day-to-day support to help shape the solution design and product direction for the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze functional business problems and provide guidance on defining product outcomes for the Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking product suite
• Provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that best meet business partner requirements
• Lead discovery and design sessions with business partners and other stakeholders; identify upstream/downstream impacts, dependencies, and project risks
• Configure Workday Payroll system settings and options , including AI-assisted configuration as Illuminate capabilities roll out , and plan and execute unit testing, advising teams performing integration and acceptance testing
• Evaluate, configure, and drive internal adoption of Workday Illuminate agents (e.g., Payroll Agent, absence/frontline automation) as they roll out
• Identify opportunities to apply AI/agentic automation to reduce manual payroll and absence processing, anomaly detection, and compliance checks
• Drive planning, prioritization, and deployment of projects and system enhancements across the scrum team
• Leverage business knowledge to proactively identify process improvement opportunities
• Participate in change management and go-live support processes
• Partner with the integration team on configuring and testing integrations between Workday and benefit providers, payroll systems, and other 3rd party/custom solutions

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in business consulting, IT implementation, or customer support implementing Workday
• 5+ years of experience with the Workday enterprise platform
• Heavy Workday Configuration experience in Payroll (must have)
• Excellent functional knowledge of Payroll, in a global setting (US, Canada, and International payroll process and policy)
• Understanding of Workday integration technologies
• Familiarity with or strong interest in AI-driven automation/agentic capabilities within enterprise systems

Other Qualifications (Desired):

• Workday Configuration experience in Absence Management (desired)
• Workday Configuration experience in Time Tracking (desired)
• Experience and/or interest/curiosity in applying generative AI or agentic tools to HR/payroll/time-tracking processes (e.g., prompt-based configuration, AI copilots for testing/documentation)
• Working familiarity with generative AI tools such as Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and Microsoft Copilot for productivity, documentation, and business analysis
• Exceptional analytical reasoning and problem-solving capabilities; demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically to solve key business problems
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a professional demeanor across all levels of management, colleagues, and vendors
• Ability to adapt to changes in project plans, with flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics
• Experience working with agile/scrum methodologies

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton Primary Location Base Pay Range: $144,000 USD - $216,000 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $121,600 USD - $216,000 USD