Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS

Foundation for California Community Colleges; California; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

CalPERS retirement program and 403(b)

Tuition reimbursement

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

Foundation for California Community Colleges is seeking a Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS to lead the domain design, configuration, and optimization of Workday HCM across HRIS processes. This role partners with HRIS, IT and Business Systems, providing expert guidance and governance with a focus on security, data integrity, and scalable solutions.

The role requires deep Workday HCM experience, enterprise-level configuration, and the ability to translate complex concepts for diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Workday HCM experience, including advanced configuration.
• Experience with HRIS implementation or re-engineering is strongly preferred.
• Experience across HCM, recruitment, onboarding, benefits, payroll, reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and optimize Workday HCM as enterprise HRIS.
• Lead feature updates, testing, and escalation support for Payroll and Finance.
• Mentor HRIS support staff and build internal expertise.
• Manage integrations and data security within the HCM domain.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/IS/HR

SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP

Tools

Workday Studio

EIBs

Core connectors

Job description

Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS 100% Remote within California, Must reside in California We are seeking a Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefiting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California. Join us as we continue this important work to uphold the value of community colleges in building a brighter future.

What You’ll Do

This position within Business Systems is responsible for the domain design, configuration, and continuous optimization of Workday as the Foundation's enterprise HRIS platform, spanning HCM, Recruitment, Onboarding, Time Tracking, job classifications, benefits administration, data integrations (I/O), reporting, and payroll. This position works in close partnership with the Foundation's HRIS team, which provides frontline user education and mid-level functional support. This position serves as the escalation point for complex issues involving major loss of functionality, and as a cross-functional mentor and subject matter expert to the HRIS team, building its capability over time through knowledge transfer. Within the HRIS domain, this position is accountable for platform-level responsibilities: security administration, worktags, data management, vendor tenant access, escalated testing, and vendor and tenant engagement. It partners with Business Systems counterparts on cross-domain items such as worktags. The Foundation's Workday Platform Architect holds full, platform-wide system oversight across HCM and Finance; this position escalates cross-domain or platform-wide architecture decisions to that role rather than carrying them directly. Under general direction, this position serves as a subject matter expert and internal consultant, exercising independent judgment and discretion to evaluate platform capabilities, determine appropriate technical approaches, and advise HRIS and Business Systems leadership on system design, risk, and roadmap decisions. This position does not supervise staff, but it carries significant cross-functional influence and depends on strong consensus-building skills to align HRIS, IT, and Business Systems stakeholders around shared solutions. Because Workday HRIS touches sensitive employee, compensation, and payroll data across the entire organization, this person must be skilled at building alignment across teams with competing priorities and earning trust without formal authority over the teams whose processes the platform supports.

Workday HRIS Platform and Domain Design

Deep, hands‑on expertise in Workday HCM (or a comparable top‑tier enterprise HRIS/HCM platform), including recruitment, onboarding, job classifications and position management, benefits administration, reporting, and payroll.

Escalation, Testing, and Team Enablement

Leads feature updates and functionality testing, provides troubleshooting and escalation support to the Payroll and Finance teams. Serves as a cross‑functional mentor and subject matter expert to HRIS support staff, advising on Workday best practices and troubleshooting techniques, supporting resolution of escalated issues, and leading knowledge transfer that builds and maintains internal subject matter expertise, reducing the volume of escalations over time.

Security, Data, and Vendor Management

Builds and maintains complex integrations (e.g., Workday Studio, EIBs, core connectors) within the HCM domain, built to the integration and security standards set by the Workday Platform Architect, supporting HR, benefits, and payroll data flows.

Digital Transformation and Stakeholder Engagement

Ability to translate complex technical concepts for HRIS and Payroll support staff and non‑technical stakeholders. A consensus‑building advisor able to work across HR, IT, and Business Systems, aligning stakeholders with competing priorities and earning trust without direct authority.

Attributes for Success

• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, human resources, or a related field, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience administering, configuring, or designing Workday HCM (or a comparable top‑tier enterprise HRIS/HCM platform), including demonstrated experience operating at an advanced configuration level.
• Experience with a net‑new Workday HCM implementation, or a significant re‑engineering of an existing Workday HCM tenant, is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience across multiple HR functional areas (HCM, recruitment, onboarding, benefits administration, payroll, reporting).
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or another HR certification is preferred but not required.
• Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, CAPM) is a plus but not required.
• Experience in an education or nonprofit environment is a plus.

What we Offer

FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote‑first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol.

• Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings
• CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans
• Carrot reproductive health and fertility support
• Tuition reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer

Location

The Foundation’s main headquarters are based in Sacramento, California, though we offer remote opportunities throughout the entire state. We aim to hire a workforce reflective of the California communities we serve.

Budgeted Annual Salary Pay Range: $120,000.00 - $125,000.00 Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity. The Foundation for California Community Colleges is the official nonprofit partner to the California Community Colleges, the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Our work reaches all 116 California Community Colleges across 73 districts and is designed to help improve the student experience and expand pathways to economic and social mobility across California. More specifically, we exist to benefit: Students: We believe in ensuring students from all backgrounds succeed in reaching their goals and improving their lives and their communities; Community Colleges: We believe in lifting up the California Community College system as the greatest gateway to a better future; and Communities: We believe in the power of community colleges to help their communities thrive. Our projects and services seek to be at the forefront of innovation and excellence in higher education across five areas of impact: student success, workforce development, equity, community impact, and system support. To date, we’ve delivered hundreds of millions in grants, support, and cost savings to colleges and students to make this possible, with 85 cents of every dollar raised directly allocated to programs and services. We’re proud of our role in helping Californians build a better future for themselves and their families, but we know there’s more to be done. Join us. Learn more about working at the Foundation > Read the Foundation's Double Impact Strategic Plan > Location The Foundation’s main headquarters are based in Sacramento, California, though we offer remote opportunities throughout the entire state. We aim to hire a workforce reflective of the California communities we serve.