HRIS Analyst
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Job Description
HRIS Analyst owning Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence Management for Pennant’s U.S. healthcare services organization. Ensuring compliant payroll operations, integrations, reporting, and system improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Own the design, configuration, and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll
- Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable Workday solutions
- Lead Workday semi-annual releases, including impact analysis, testing, documentation, and deployment
- Act as the escalation point for complex payroll, time, and absence issues
- Configure payroll processing, earnings, deductions, and payroll schedules
- Maintain U.S. payroll compliance across federal, state, and local requirements
- Configure and support Time Tracking rules, calculations, schedules, validations, and Absence accruals and eligibility
- Ensure payroll and time-related integrations are reliable and compliant
- Provide Tier 3 support for payroll system and data issues
- Build and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, audits, and calculated fields
- Support SOX controls, audits, testing, documentation, and regulatory changes
- Mentor HRIS and payroll system resources and promote Workday best practices
- Lead design discussions, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and drive stakeholder alignment
- Deliver training and documentation to improve adoption and confidence in Workday processes
Requirements:
- 3–5 years of Workday experience, including 2+ years supporting Payroll
- Strong U.S. payroll expertise in multi-state, complex environments supporting 5,000+ employees
- Hands-on experience with Workday configuration, reporting, integrations, and release management
- Experience supporting SOX-controlled payroll environments
- Workday certifications in U.S. Payroll preferred
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver compliant, scalable solutions
Benefits:
- Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Employee recognition through the Moments of Truth Program
- Free e-courses through the Learning Management System
- Training sessions and seminars
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Competitive Total Rewards Package


















