Senior Workday Compensation Analyst

greystar; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Greystar is seeking a Senior Workday Compensation Analyst to lead the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation across its global workforce. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and Total Rewards to design compensation programs, maintain data integrity, and support audits.

This role requires a consulting mindset, strong technical depth, and experience delivering full life cycle Workday implementations in a large, international

Job description

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $350 billion of real estate in more than 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $34 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com .

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The primary purpose and function of the Senior Workday Compensation Analyst is to lead the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation to support Greystar's global workforce of 30,000+ team members spanning 19 countries. This individual will bring a consulting mindset and exceptional technical depth to the role, serving as a senior functional expert with proven experience delivering full life cycle implementations of both the Compensation and Advanced Compensation modules. This individual will lead initiatives on behalf of the compensation team, regularly communicate with and provide updates to stakeholders across the organization, and ensure compensation programs, salary structures, bonus plans, and merit cycles are accurately configured and aligned with organizational strategy across all applicable Workday modules including HCM, Advanced Compensation, and alignment with Payroll. This role requires demonstrated success operating within a large, diverse, decentralized, and international organization.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Lead full life cycle implementation of the Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation modules, including requirements gathering, solution design, build, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support, applying a consulting mindset to advise stakeholders on best practices.
• Configure and maintain Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation including salary plans, grade profiles, merit and bonus plan setup, stock plans, and compensation eligibility rules across a complex, multi-country environment.
• Lead initiatives on behalf of the compensation team, driving projects from scoping through completion and serving as a subject matter expert and mentor within the team.
• Communicate with and provide regular updates to global stakeholders (across Europe, APAC, LATAM and India) across HR, Payroll, Finance, and business leadership on project status, configuration decisions, and compensation cycle progress.
• Configure and maintain collective bargaining compensation setup and related pay structures across multiple countries, ensuring alignment with union agreements and country-specific requirements.
• Administer annual and off-cycle compensation review cycles, including worksheet configuration, approval workflow setup, and cycle launch and close activities.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and Total Rewards teams to translate compensation program design into accurate Workday configurations that support operational consistency and data integrity.
• Maintain compensation data integrity by conducting regular audits of salary grades, compensation bands, worker compensation profiles, and plan assignments across the global organization.
• Support the design, testing, and deployment of new compensation programs and enhancements within Workday, including requirements gathering, configuration, and user acceptance testing.
• Assist in the analysis and reporting of compensation data, building Workday reports and dashboards to support Total Rewards decision-making, pay equity reviews, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Manage job profile and compensation grade maintenance, ensuring alignment between Workday configuration and organizational job architecture as roles evolve.
• Support internal and external audit activities by providing compensation-related data extracts, documenting configuration controls, and assisting with evidence gathering for compliance requirements.
• Monitor and respond to compensation-related tickets and inquiries, providing end-user troubleshooting and escalation support for issues across Workday Compensation modules.
• Assist in testing and validation of compensation configurations during Workday bi-annual releases and system updates, ensuring changes do not introduce unintended impacts to compensation processing.
• Collaborate with the broader HR Applications team to identify recurring compensation process issues, configuration gaps, and opportunities to improve compensa