HRIS Analyst

Deercreekseniorliving; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Learning & development

Job summary

Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking an HRIS Analyst to own Workday Payroll, Absence Management, and Time Tracking across the organization. You will design, optimize, and support scalable, compliant solutions to power payroll accuracy and employee experience, collaborating with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT.

You will lead Workday releases, configure on‑cycle to off‑cycle payroll, and mentor team members while ensuring SOX controls and regulatory changes are integrated smoothly.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of Workday experience with 2+ years in payroll support.
• Strong multi‑state U.S. payroll knowledge and compliance expertise.
• Hands‑on Workday configuration, reporting, and release management.

Responsibilities

• Own design, configuration and optimization of Workday Payroll.
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
• Lead Workday semi‑annual releases, including testing and deployment.
• Provide Tier 3 support for payroll system and data issues.
• Mentor HRIS payroll resources and promote best practices.

Skills

Workday

Payroll

SOX compliance

Release management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Workday certifications – U.S. Payroll

Tools

Workday

Workday Reporting

Integrations

Job description

Job Summary

The HRIS Analyst is the functional and technical owner of Workday Payroll, Absence Management, and Time Tracking (PATTS) at Pennant. In this role, you will design, optimize, and support scalable, compliant solutions that power payroll accuracy, operational efficiency, and an excellent employee experience. You’ll partner closely with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT, lead system enhancements and Workday releases, and serve as a trusted expert for complex payroll and time-related challenges. This role blends hands‑on Workday configuration with strategic system ownership and cross‑functional leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Workday System Ownership Own the design, configuration, and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable, best‑practice Workday solutions.
• Lead Workday semi‑annual releases, including impact analysis, testing, documentation, and deployment.
• Act as the escalation point for complex payroll, time, and absence issues.
• Configuration & Technical Delivery Configure payroll processing (on‑cycle, off‑cycle, retro, on‑demand), earnings, deductions, and payroll schedules.
• Maintain U.S. payroll compliance across federal, state, and local requirements.
• Configure and support Time Tracking rules, calculations, schedules, validations, and Absence accruals and eligibility.
• Ensure payroll and time-related integrations are reliable and compliant.
• Reporting, Controls & Support Provide Tier 3 support for payroll system and data issues.
• Build and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, audits, and calculated fields.
• Support SOX controls, audits, testing, documentation, and regulatory changes.
• Leadership & Enablement Mentor HRIS and payroll system resources and promote Workday best practices.
• Lead design discussions, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and drive alignment across stakeholders.
• Deliver training and documentation that improves adoption and confidence in Workday processes.

Qualifications

• 3-5 Years of Workday experience, including 2+ years supporting Payroll
• Strong U.S. payroll expertise in multi‑state, complex environments (5,000+ employees).
• Hands‑on experience with Workday configuration, reporting, integrations, and release management.
• Experience supporting SOX‑controlled payroll environments.
• Workday certifications in U.S. Payroll preferred.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives and deliver compliant, scalable solutions.

CAPLICO at Pennant

At Pennant, our work is guided by CAPLICO—Customer Second, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk Taking, Celebration, and Ownership. These principles shape how we lead, collaborate, and serve. The Senior HRIS Analyst plays a key role in living these values by building reliable systems, partnering with integrity, continuously improving, and taking ownership of outcomes that impact our employees and communities.

Why Pennant?

Pennant is a growing, mission‑driven organization where relationships, trust, and operational excellence matter. We empower our teams to innovate, take ownership, and make meaningful impact. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that values autonomy, learning, and continuous improvement—while supporting systems that directly affect the pay, time, and well‑being of thousands of employees.

Additional Information

We are committed to providing a competitive Total Rewards Package that meets our employees’ needs. From a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans to retirement savings opportunities through a 401(k) plan with company match and various other benefits, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. We believe in great work, and we celebrate our employees' efforts and accomplishments both locally and companywide, recognizing people daily through our Moments of Truth Program. In addition to recognition, we believe in supporting our employees' professional growth and development. We provide employees a wide range of free e-courses through our Learning Management System as well as training sessions and seminars. Compensation: Based on experience. Type: Full Time Location: Remote The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. Pennant Group is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding senior living, home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Pennant now operate more than 250 senior living, home health, hospice, and home care operations across 16 states and we are growing! These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world‑class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on‑site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day‑to‑day care and business issues in their individual agencies. More information about Pennant is available at https://pennantgroup.com/. Something else that sets us apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resources – our people! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, CAPLICO: Customer Second Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Celebrate Ownership By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, our employees feel valued and excited about their impact on our service center team members and operational partners. Our culture foster excellence both personally and professionally and promotes development that leads to continued success. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.