Senior HR Systems & Payroll Ops Lead (Workday)

Starz; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage

Annual bonus & merit increase

Work/Life Balance days

401(k) company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

STARZ in Los Angeles is seeking a Manager, HR Systems & Operations to act as a strategic partner to the HR team, combining HRIS, benefits, and payroll analytics. You will work closely with IT and the Workday team to optimize configurations, run audits, and ensure data integrity.

This role requires 5+ years in Benefits/Payroll/HRIS, 2+ years Workday, and advanced Excel skills; a hands-on, collaborative mindset is essential to improve efficiency and support employee pay and benefits questions.

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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional leads and IT Workday team on Workday configurations, enhancements, testing, and deployments.
• 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. Ensure a high level of data integrity is maintained and transactions are accurate.
• 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

Benefits

Payroll

Workday

Excel

Job description

STARZ in Los Angeles is seeking a Manager, HR Systems & Operations to act as a strategic partner to the HR team, combining HRIS, benefits, and payroll analytics. You will work closely with IT and the Workday team to optimize configurations, run audits, and ensure data integrity.

This role requires 5+ years in Benefits/Payroll/HRIS, 2+ years Workday, and advanced Excel skills; a hands-on, collaborative mindset is essential to improve efficiency and support employee pay and benefits questions.