Lead, Workday Systems: Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking

Wealthsimple Technologies; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Employer match

Vacation days

Wellness days

Unlimited sick days

Hybrid NA team

Job summary

Wealthsimple seeks a seasoned Workday Business Systems Analyst to design and optimize our HRIS infrastructure. You will configure payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, and core HCM, while partnering with Payroll and People teams to ensure accurate, scalable processes.

You will drive change management, develop advanced reports, and ensure data security across domains. A fast-paced, collaborative environment awaits with opportunities to apply AI-driven automation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a Workday BSA with config, testing, and implementation.
• Workday Pro accreditations or Workday partner certifications in HCM, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking
• Exposure to Workday Prism Analytics, Extend, or advanced reporting beyond standard report writer
• Experience applying AI tools to HRIS or People operations work, or strong interest in building that muscle
• Hands-on working knowledge of Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking (PATT) configuration and design
• Have hands-on working knowledge of Workday Core HCM
• Are detail-oriented with strong documentation skills and a commitment to process excellence
• Have a track record of managing multiple competing priorities, with a bias toward flexibility and impact
• Have a collaborative mindset and willingness to pick up slack even if it goes outside your job description

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements from internal partners into scalable system design, and document configuration decisions.
• Build trusted relationships with partner teams, acting as a translator between technical configuration and business needs.
• Support change management for system updates and new functionality: communicate what's changing and why, prepare documentation and enablement materials.
• Build and maintain advanced, matrix, and composite reports and dashboards; support mass data changes via EIB.
• Configure alerts, scheduled reports, and report security so the right data reaches the right people automatically.
• Triage and resolve day-to-day system issues, getting to root cause rather than patching symptoms.
• Actively look for where AI and automation can strengthen how People Systems works, from testing, documentation, and requirements drafting to ticket triage and report generation, using Anthropic's own tools as part of your daily workflow.
• Drive process automation and optimization opportunities with the broader People team and partner functions

Skills

Workday configuration

Testing & implementation

HCM & Payroll know-how

AI in HRIS

Security & access controls

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Workday Pro accreditation

Tools

Workday EIB

Anthropic tools

Workday Prism Analytics

Workday Extend

Job description

Wealthsimple seeks a seasoned Workday Business Systems Analyst to design and optimize our HRIS infrastructure. You will configure payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, and core HCM, while partnering with Payroll and People teams to ensure accurate, scalable processes.

You will drive change management, develop advanced reports, and ensure data security across domains. A fast-paced, collaborative environment awaits with opportunities to apply AI-driven automation.