Systems Analyst, Workday Hcm/Payroll

Point72 Asset Management, L.P; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Maternity, Adoption & related leave

Paternity and family care leave

Employee Assistance Program & Mental-w

Transportation support

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Point72 Asset Management, L.P is seeking an experienced Workday HCM professional with payroll, security, and integrations expertise to support and optimize our HR systems. You will collaborate with stakeholders, design scalable Workday solutions, and engage in continuous improvement across the Workday ecosystem.

The role requires hands-on experience with Workday modules, strong analytical skills, and the ability to translate business needs into technical designs while adhering to SDLC and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday HCM experience with payroll, security, and integrations.
• Software engineering background with ability to design, debug, and support complex workflows.
• Deep Workday Payroll knowledge, including processing, compliance, tax setup, and external payroll integrations.
• Expertise in Workday integrations and security (EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio, APIs, vendor integrations).
• Experience with Workday modules such as Compensation, Benefits, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary application support partner for Payroll and HR, ensuring policy and regulatory compliance.
• Configure and change business processes, foundational data, and security; participate in bi-weekly Agile sprints for 3 requests and feature updates.
• Architect end-to-end Workday solutions including configuration and downstream system impacts.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate into technical designs; deploy changes to production.
• Maintain Workday documentation and training materials.

Skills

Workday HCM

Software engineering

Requirements gathering

Workday integrations

Workday security

APIs

Tools

Workday Studio

Workday Core Connectors

Workday EIBs

APIs

Job description

A Career with Point72’s Technology Team

As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.

As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.

What you’ll do

• Serve as the primary application support partner for Payroll and HR, providing expert support across compensation, benefits, absence, time tracking, and Workday Payroll, Security, and integrations, while ensuring policy and regulatory compliance.
• Execute ongoing system configuration changes, such as business processes, foundational data, and security model updates, and participate in the bi-weekly Agile sprint development process for Tier 3 requests and feature enhancements, adhering to SDLC methodology and Workday Change Management protocols.
• Architect and design end-to-end solutions that include Workday configuration, integrations, and downstream system impacts, working closely with integration and platform engineering teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, translate them into technical designs, and configure, test, and deploy changes into production.
• Maintain and develop Workday documentation, including standard operating procedures, quick reference guides, technical design documentation, and training materials.
• Work closely with Integration team to ensure reliable, scalable connectivity between Workday and external systems, supporting and enhancing integrations for HCM and Payroll
• Apply software engineering best practices such as modular design, reusability, error handling, monitoring, and automation, to improve system reliability and reduce operational risk.
• Optimize and automate business processes, with a focus on Payroll, Security, and integrations, to improve efficiency and data consistency across the organization.
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies across the Workday ecosystem.
• Partner with Compliance and Information Security to ensure solutions meet data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.

What’s required

• At least 5 years of Workday HCM experience with hands-on expertise in Payroll, Security, and integrations.
• Software engineering background with the ability to design, debug, and support complex workflows and integrations.
• Deep functional understanding of Workday Payroll, including processing, compliance, tax setup, and external payroll integrations.
• Strong expertise in Workday integrations and security, including EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio, APIs, vendor-managed integrations, domain security policies, and user-and-role-based security.
• Hands-on experience with Workday modules such as Compensation, Benefits,, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Proven experience architecting end-to-end solutions across Workday configuration, integrations, and downstream systems.
• Expertise in report writing (Advanced, Matrix, Composite) and EIB uploads to automate and optimize business processes.
• Ability to gather requirements, evaluate technical trade-offs, and translate business needs into scalable solutions.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Health care benefits
• Maternity, Adoption & related leave policies
• Generous paternity and family care leave policies
• Employee Assistance Program & Mental wellness programs
• Transportation support
• Tuition assistance

About Point72

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit www.Point72.com.