HR Systems Analyst III-Workday, Time & Payroll Config

Republic Services; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Retirement plan

ESPP

Paid time off

Job summary

Republic Services is seeking an experienced Workday Time, Absence and Payroll analyst to optimize configuration and support for complex union contracts and absence rules. The HR Systems Analyst III collaborates with COEs, Payroll, HR Operations, and Workday Engineers to deliver scalable solutions and governance.

The role focuses on designing, testing, and deploying changes, maintaining data integrity, and driving continuous improvement across Workday modules.

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years hands-on Workday HRIS experience.
• Deep understanding of Workday capabilities and configuration.
• Ability to diagnose system issues and present scalable solutions.
• Delivers high-quality work within timelines.
• Works well across HR, IT, engineers, and business partners.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifies challenges, designs scalable Workday configuration improvements.
• Designs and configures complex Workday processes, rules, alerts, and templates.
• Owns end-to-end module impacts and configuration integrity.
• Mentors junior analysts and supports Tier 1/2 HR teams.
• Leads release impact reviews, testing, and UAT coordination.

Skills

Workday HRIS

Excel

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Visio

Jira

MS Project

PowerPoint

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY: Join our team as an experienced Workday Time, Absence and Payroll analyst and play a critical role in optimizing and supporting complex configuration (including specialized union contracts & absence), reporting and continuous improvement.

The HR Systems Analyst III serves as a functional configuration expert responsible for designing, building, testing, and optimizing Workday solutions across assigned modules. Working closely with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), Payroll, and HR Operations, the incumbent translates business needs into scalable configuration-while partnering with Business Analysts on requirements/process design and with Workday Engineers on integrations, security architecture, and advanced technical components. The HR Systems Analyst III leads configuration changes, supports releases, triages escalations, maintains data integrity, and contributes to Workday governance and continuous improvement.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proactively identifies challenges, identifies root cause and designs scalable solutions and system configuration improvements
• Design and configure complex Workday business processes, condition rules, calculated fields, validations, alerts, notifications, eligibility rules, and EIB templates.
• Primary owner of complex workstreams and accountable for end-to-end module impacts
• Responsible for configuration integrity and sustainability
• Mentors HR Systems Analyst(s) II and serves as an escalation point for complex configuration
• Provide guidance to Tier 1/Tier 2 HR support teams.
• Lead semi-annual release impact reviews, remediation, and regression testing for respective module(s).
• Coordinate UAT with COEs and HR Operations.
• Partner with Workday Engineers on technical feasibility and migration processes.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts to translate requirements into functional design.
• Partners with product owners, HR leaders, an COEs to consult on HR System needs
• Maintain configuration documentation, decision logs, and standards.
• Ensure documentation and controlled migration processes are followed.
• Performs other job related duties as assigned or apparent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expertise with Workday business processes, calculated fields, condition rules, EIB, and security fundamentals.
• Experience with Workday release cycles and regression testing.
• Must be a self-starter and able to work collaboratively and cooperatively in a team environment
• Advanced Excel and proficiency with workflow/project tools (Visio, Jira, MS Project, PowerPoint).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4-7+ years hands-on Workday HRIS experience.
• Deep understanding of Workday capabilities and configuration.
• Ability to diagnose system issues and present scalable solutions.
• Delivers high-quality work within timelines.
• Works well across HR, IT, engineers, and business partners.

REWARDING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Pay for this position is $99,800 - 137,300 depending on experience.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Eligible employees can elect to participate in:

• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• Retirement plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Benefits https://jobs.republicservices.com/us/en/about-us/benefits
• Washington PTO: https://www.republicservices.com/sites/default/files/legacy_documents/Washington-PTO-Table.pdf

EEO STATEMENT:Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. For any concerns relating to Republic Services' commitment to equal opportunity employment, you may contact the AWARE Line at 1-866-3-AWARE-4.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry. We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services. Our industry-leading