Senior Workday Configuration Analyst

🕒 May 5

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $125k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧐 Analyst

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Group 1001

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501 - 1000 employees

💸 Finance

📚 Education

Finance • Insurance • Education

Group 1001 is a collective focused on empowering companies and communities through innovative financial solutions and strategic partnerships. The company provides simple and accessible insurance and annuity products designed to help individuals manage and grow their savings. Their online investing platform offers users a digital means to control their financial futures. Group 1001 also invests in partnerships that enhance community development through education and sports. With a tech-driven culture, they are transforming the insurance industry and helping communities thrive.

📋 Description

• Partner with Payroll Operations, HR, and IT teams to configure, support, and optimize the Workday US Payroll module. • Collaborate with senior team members to troubleshoot and resolve payroll-related issues, including integrations, data loads, and tax configurations. • Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into effective system configurations. • Support end-to-end Payroll projects — from discovery through testing and deployment — with guidance from cross-functional partners. • Identify opportunities for payroll automation, process improvements, and configuration enhancements. • Help maintain Workday Time Tracking configuration to ensure seamless integration with payroll processing. • Ensure absence plans and benefit elections interface accurately with payroll calculations. • Participate in testing and deployment of configuration changes, post-implementation enhancements, and upgrades. • Develop and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, and user documentation. • Stay current with Workday releases and contribute ideas for adopting new features and best practices. • Leverage AI tools, prompt engineering, and other emerging technologies to research solutions, accelerate troubleshooting, and arrive at optimal configurations efficiently.

🎯 Requirements

• Workday Payroll certification or active pursuit of certification. • Experience with other Workday modules (e.g., Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Core HCM) a plus. • Exposure to payroll tax configuration, garnishments, or year-end processing (W-2s). • Experience supporting multi-state US payroll. • 2–5 years of hands-on experience configuring Workday, with a focus on or strong exposure to the US Payroll module. • Familiarity with Workday Time Tracking and how it integrates with payroll. • Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, IT, or a related field. • A collaborative mindset — you enjoy working with others, asking questions, and learning from cross-functional partners. • Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a growing ability to see interdependencies across modules. • Comfort using AI assistants, prompt-based tools, and other technology to research, problem-solve, and work more efficiently. • Ability to communicate technical concepts in a business-friendly way and build productive relationships with stakeholders. • A self-motivated approach — you take initiative, seek out answers, and aren't afraid to dig into an issue. • Ability to manage multiple priorities and stay organized in a dynamic environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. • Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options. • Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability. • All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs—no enrollment is required. • Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.