Senior Workday Analyst, Payroll

Job Description

As a Senior Workday Analyst, Payroll, you'll be a technical anchor for our Workday ecosystem and a driver of what's next for it. This role goes beyond keeping the lights on: you'll bring new Workday feature knowledge into the team, help automate manual payroll processes, and shape how we use emerging Workday capabilities to modernize our payroll operations.

Payroll Partnership and Delivery

• Partner with Payroll: Act as the primary technical partner for the Payroll team, translating business needs into scalable Workday solutions and setting clear expectations on delivery.
• Deliver payroll changes: Lead technical configuration for Workday Payroll changes end to end, from requirements through implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Support new country onboarding: Lead implementation to onboard new payroll countries as Stripe expands, covering configuration, testing, and knowledge transfer.

Innovation and Automation

• Bring new capability into the team: Stay current on new Workday Payroll features and functionality, and assess and pilot them for Stripe's environment.
• Automate and modernize: Identify manual, repetitive payroll processes and redesign them using Workday automation, integrations, or agent-based tools.
• Drive strategic roadmapping: Work alongside People Solutions to lead product-led strategic projects from discovery to deployment.

HCM Operations Support

• Resolve open tickets: Provide operations support on the Workday HCM & Payroll side to resolve and close Stripe's open Workday tickets.
• Handle integration-specific tasks: Issue resolution, data access requests, report writing, and managing integration errors and warnings.
• Serve as Tier 3 expert: Act as the escalation point for complex HCM, Payroll, and security issues.

Governance and Collaboration

• Maintain compliance: Partner with Payroll, Compliance, Legal, and Internal Audit to manage payroll compliance controls.
• Share knowledge: Contribute to a supportive team culture by sharing knowledge and helping peers.

Requirements

• 5+ years in HRIS/People Systems, with at least 3+ years of deep configuration experience in the Workday HCM, Reporting, Time and Absence and Payroll modules.
• Proven experience working with highly confidential information and supporting critical business operations and processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to set clear expectations with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional projects, navigating ambiguity and high-pressure timelines.
• Deep understanding of payroll processing, payroll calculations, costing, retro payroll, reconciliations, payroll auditing, and payroll security.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.