HR Systems & Payroll Ops Manager: Workday & Benefits

Starz; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and I

Annual discretionary bonus and merit

Work/Life Balance – sick/vacation/hol

401(k) company matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

STARZ is seeking a Manager, HR Systems & Operations in Santa Monica to lead and execute complex Workday configurations, testing, and deployments. You will partner with IT and HR leads to ensure data integrity, accurate payroll and benefits processing, and comprehensive reporting.

The role combines HRIS, payroll, and benefits oversight with process improvement, audit controls, and backup support for payroll and benefits in Workday.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Benefits, Payroll and/or HRIS Analyst.
• 2+ years of Workday experience, certification preferred.
• Experience running payroll and completing pay/benefits audits.
• Expert in Excel (vlookup, pivot tables, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional leads and IT Workday team on Workday configurations, enhancements, testing, and deployments; manage ticketing process and testing protocols.
• Identify opportunities to optimize Workday processes, reporting, and user experience through system best practices.
• Complete regular and ad hoc payroll and benefits audits, including benefits billing reconciliation.
• Manage and audit leave pay in coordination with 3rd party administrator and benefits and payroll functional leads.
• Complete regular and ad hoc reporting, providing key analysis to HR teams.
• Research and address data integrity issues and errors; establish audit processes as needed.
• Track Workday integrations with vendors and research fail reports in partnership with IT.
• Provide back-up to payroll, completing biweekly payroll as needed.
• Provide back-up to Comp, Payroll, and Benefits admin in Workday.
• Support projects to streamline HR processes, eliminate non-value-added activities that improve efficiency.
• Support employee pay and benefits questions

Skills

HRIS Analyst

Payroll Analyst

Benefits Analyst

Workday

Excel

Education

Workday Certification

Tools

Workday

Job description

STARZ is seeking a Manager, HR Systems & Operations in Santa Monica to lead and execute complex Workday configurations, testing, and deployments. You will partner with IT and HR leads to ensure data integrity, accurate payroll and benefits processing, and comprehensive reporting.

The role combines HRIS, payroll, and benefits oversight with process improvement, audit controls, and backup support for payroll and benefits in Workday.