Workday Administrator, Payroll, Benefits, Talent

🕒 August 18

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Nava

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Nava is a public-benefit technology company that designs, builds, and operates modern digital services and open-source software for federal, state, and local government agencies. Nava focuses on improving public benefit delivery—such as unemployment insurance, SNAP, Medicaid, grants, and veteran services—by creating human-centered, resilient systems that scale to millions of users and reduce manual work for government staff. The company also develops tools and pilots AI-enabled solutions to streamline verification and program administration while partnering with agencies to modernize legacy infrastructure and improve outcomes for beneficiaries.

📋 Description

• Own configuration, data integrity, and support for Payroll, Benefits, and Performance/Talent in Workday • Build and configure Business Processes, condition rules, and notifications within established architectural standards • Administer approved Workday security changes, including role- and user-based security groups and domain and business process security • Perform periodic access reviews and escalate exceptions to the HCM Manager • Build and maintain standard and custom reports, calculated fields, and dashboards • Conduct recurring data audits, validation, and reconciliation across Workday and connected systems • Investigate discrepancies and remediate data quality issues • Support EIB data loads and mass data updates • Monitor Workday releases, perform impact analysis, configuration and regression testing, and coordinate UAT • Provide first-line technical support, troubleshooting, and end-user training/job aids • Own Workday incidents and service requests from intake through resolution, triaging by severity and business impact • Support internal and external audit requests related to Workday configuration, access, reports, integrations, and HR data • Process routine configuration requests for Payroll, Benefits, and Talent teams • Partner with People Operations and Talent stakeholders to identify pain points, manual processes, and automation opportunities • Report to the HCM Manager • Work on a six-month contract with possible conversion to direct hire, starting ASAP

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 3–5 years of hands-on Workday administration experience • Workday certification in HCM • Demonstrated ability to build reports and configure Business Processes across multiple Workday modules • Experience with data loads (EIBs) and data migration • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills • Ability to work within an established architecture/governance framework and escalate appropriately to the HCM Manager • Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences • Experience with agile project methodologies • Hands-on experience configuring and administering Payroll and Benefits • Legal authorization to work in the United States • Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future • Ability to meet other requirements for applicable government contracts • May be subject to a government background check or security clearance • Must work from the contiguous United States • 1099 contractors are eligible to work from any contiguous U.S. state

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans • Disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost • Vacation, holidays including Juneteenth, and floating holidays • 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of regular PTO • Performance-based annual bonus for eligible employees • Paid parental leave plus weekly meals delivered to your home • Wellness platform with physical, mental, and emotional health resources and support tools • Virtual doctor visits with no copay, depending on available providers • Extended unpaid sabbatical leave after continuous service • 401(k) match of 4% of salary • Remote-first flexible work environment • Company laptop and home office setup assistance via Staples • Monthly reimbursement for eligible home office utility expenses • Internal training programs and professional development resources • LinkedIn Learning access and annual allowance for courses, tuition, and certifications • Referral bonus • Pre-tax commuter programs when applicable • Collaborative and remote-friendly team environment • Contractors/consultants are not eligible for Nava benefits unless hired in a full-time capacity

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