Remote Workday Payroll Analyst | Config & Testing

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. is seeking a Workday HRIS Payroll Analyst to support the configuration, maintenance, and day-to-day operation of Workday Payroll.

This role collaborates with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT to resolve system issues and improve processes for accurate payroll processing. You will maintain payroll configurations, troubleshoot issues, and develop test plans for Workday releases and payroll enhancements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience administering or supporting Workday Payroll.
• Hands-on experience with payroll configuration, troubleshooting and testing.
• Working knowledge of payroll processes: earnings, deductions, taxes and reconciliations.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Workday Payroll configuration, including earnings, deductions, calculation rules and related business processes.
• Troubleshoot payroll system issues, investigate root causes and coordinate resolutions.
• Partner with payroll teams to review calculation results, resolve exceptions and support payroll processing deadlines.
• Gather business requirements and translate approved requests into system changes and process improvements.
• Develop and execute test plans for configuration changes, Workday releases and payroll enhancements, including regression and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate with technical teams to investigate integration issues and validate payroll data exchanged with connected systems.
• Develop and maintain reports for payroll validation, reconciliation and operational needs.
• Follow change management procedures, maintain documentation and support internal controls and audit requests.
• Protect confidential employee and payroll information.
• Provide guidance and documentation to help payroll users work effectively in Workday.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Payroll configuration

Analytical skills

Cross-team communication

Remote collaboration

Tools

Workday

Job description

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. is seeking a Workday HRIS Payroll Analyst to support the configuration, maintenance, and day-to-day operation of Workday Payroll.

This role collaborates with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT to resolve system issues and improve processes for accurate payroll processing. You will maintain payroll configurations, troubleshoot issues, and develop test plans for Workday releases and payroll enhancements.