Workday‑Driven Senior HRIS Analyst — Optimize HR Tech

AIA; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Internal mobility

Additional leave days

Health & wellbeing programs

Supportive managers

Job summary

AIA is seeking a Senior HRIS Systems Analyst to govern, optimise and enhance the HR technology stack, with a primary focus on Workday. Reporting to the Senior Manager, People Intelligence, you will ensure secure, compliant HR systems that support employees, leaders and P&C teams across a regulated environment.

You will administer Workday modules, manage security, coordinate releases, develop UAT, and drive data integrity, reporting and governance across payroll interfaces and integrations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience administering enterprise HRIS, preferably Workday.
• Strong understanding of HRIS security, access management and segregation of duties.
• Experience managing HRIS upgrades, releases and governance.
• Experience with HRIS integrations and payroll interfaces.
• Excellent documentation, reporting and testing skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Workday modules, processes, reports and dashboards.
• Manage security roles, permissions and access controls per governance.
• Coordinate system releases, upgrades and configuration changes.
• Develop and execute UAT and document outcomes.
• Monitor HRIS interfaces, payroll data flows and resolve discrepancies.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and drive issue resolution with stakeholders.
• Build reports, dashboards, audits and monitoring for governance.
• Translate policy/regulatory requirements into HR technology solutions.
• Provide training and guidance to system users across the business.
• Support internal/external audits and remediation of risks.

Skills

HRIS administration

Workday expertise

Security & access control

UAT testing

Reports & dashboards

Data integrity & analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Process improvement

Regulatory/compliance

Education

Workday certification

HRIS accreditation

tertiary qualification in IS/HR/Business/Tech

Tools

Workday

Job description

AIA is seeking a Senior HRIS Systems Analyst to govern, optimise and enhance the HR technology stack, with a primary focus on Workday. Reporting to the Senior Manager, People Intelligence, you will ensure secure, compliant HR systems that support employees, leaders and P&C teams across a regulated environment.

You will administer Workday modules, manage security, coordinate releases, develop UAT, and drive data integrity, reporting and governance across payroll interfaces and integrations.