Senior HRIS Analyst

LifeStance Health; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeStance Health seeks a Senior HRIS Analyst with robust expertise in Workday Payroll. This role involves optimizing payroll systems and collaborating with HR leaders on process improvement initiatives. Candidates should have a strong understanding of payroll, technical systems, and excellent communication skills. Join a leading team committed to enhancing mental health services.

Benefits

medical

dental

vision

401k with employer match

paid parental leave

paid time off

holiday pay

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 5 years of Workday Analyst experience with 3 years in Workday Payroll.
• Strong understanding of US Payroll laws and tax regulations.
• Experience in health care settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize the Workday Payroll system for efficient operations.
• Collaborate with HR and Payroll teams to troubleshoot system issues.
• Document system changes and support UAT for implementations.

Skills

Payroll

Time Tracking

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Technical support

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Workday

Microsoft Office Suite

JIRA

Job description

At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.

Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!

LifeStance Health Values

• Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.

• Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.

• Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.

• One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Senior HRIS Analyst with a strong background in Workday, specifically the Payroll module, to join our People Technology HRIS team. In this role, you will partner with HR leaders and collaborate with Payroll, Finance and other key stakeholders in managing, optimizing, and supporting our Workday Payroll system to ensure efficient, streamlined and accurate payroll operations. The Senior HRIS Analyst will analyze work process design and flow, drive system enhancements, process improvements and leverage the return on technological capabilities. The Senior HRIS Analyst builds project plans, ensures adherence to project schedules, maintains systems orientation and can work effectively with peers to set technology priorities and conduct long-term planning. This position also serves as a technical point-of-contact and acts as the subject matter expert (SME) for the Workday Payroll module, ensuring optimal configuration, support and maintenance. The Senior HRIS Analyst also supports Workday releases, upgrades, testing and other technical projects as assigned.

Compensation: $100,000.00 – 120,000.00/annually, plus annual bonus potential

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate on cross-functional projects and continuous improvement initiatives with the HRIS landscape, including applying change management experience to facilitate movement to new levels of quality.

• Recommend process/customer service improvements, innovative solutions, policy changes and/or major variations from established policy, which must be approved by appropriate leadership prior to implementation.

• Manage project migration, unit/system testing, documents change control and user sign off, ensure changes meet SOX compliance.

• Document requirements for system modifications and improvements and manage progress through UAT to implementation.

• Perform system maintenance, including assisting in the review, testing and implementation of Workday releases.

• Collaborate with HR and Payroll teams to troubleshoot and resolve payroll-related system issues. Coordinate application of upgrade or fix.

• Maintain HRIS/Payroll system tables, configurations, earnings, deductions, tax set-ups and costing allocations in Workday. Documents process and results.

• Support and enhance integrations between Workday and third-party payroll vendors.

• Generate reports/queries, including writing, maintaining and supporting a variety of reports or queries utilizing appropriate reporting tools.

• Maintain data integrity in systems by running queries and analyzing data.

• Provide end-user support and conduct training, including developing user procedures (SOP), guidelines and documentation on existing, and new functionality or system changes.

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 5 years of Workday Analyst experience with at least 3 years of focused experience in the Workday Payroll module.

• A strong emphasis and technical understanding of Payroll, Time Tracking and at least one other Workday module (Absence, Benefits, HCM, Recruiting) preferably in a mid to large-sized organization in the health care space.

• In-depth understanding of payroll processing, taxation, retro pay, and payroll compliance.

• Strong knowledge of US Payroll laws and tax regulations.

• Familiarity with human resource policies and procedures to ensure the HRIS meets organizational needs and goals.

• Working knowledge of Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio) preferred.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

• Experience using issue and project tracking tools (ex. JIRA, etc.)

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical support skills.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.

• Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture.

LifeStance provides the compensation range and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. LifeStance reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Benefits
As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.