Senior Workday Functional Architect

Hire'in Solutions; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire'in Solutions in Menlo Park, CA seeks a Senior Workday Functional Architect to lead configuration across Core HCM, Absence & Time Tracking, and Payroll. You will drive data migration, reporting, security, and process improvements within the Workday ecosystem.

The role requires deep expertise in Workday Drive, Docs, and related tools, with hands-on experience in onboarding, change job, and termination workflows, plus collaboration with Payroll, Recruiting, IAM, and other teams.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of Workday architecture experience.
• Strong configuration and data migration experience.
• Proven ability to optimize business processes on the Workday platform.

Responsibilities

• Configure Workday modules to align with client workflows (Core HCM, Absence & Time Tracking, Payroll).
• Develop and maintain reports using Workday reporting tools (Advanced, Matrix, Composite).
• Manage Workday security framework (roles, domains, security policies).
• Support data migration, tenant setup, and tenant management activities.

Skills

Workday architecture

Core HCM

Absence & Time Tracking

Payroll configuration

Workday reporting

Security framework

EIBs data loading

Tenant setup & management

Notifications & alerts configuration

Tools

Workday Core HCM

Workday Absence

Workday Time Tracking

Workday Payroll

Job description

Job Title: Senior Workday Functional Architect

Need 14+ years profile with strong Architect experience

Responsibilities:

• Configurations: Configure Workday modules (Core HCM, Absence and Time tracking, Payroll) to align with client workflows.
• Data management: Assist with data migration and ensure data accuracy
• Process improvement: Identify and implement improvements to business processes using the Workday platform
• Demonstrated knowledge of Workday Drive, Workday Docs, letter templates, Questionnaire, Survey, Reference Letters etc.
• Advanced hand-on process with Hire, Onboarding, Change Job, and Termination business processes. Should have worked on Notification and Alerts configuration.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards using Workday reporting tools (Advanced, Matrix, Composite reports).
• Manage and maintain Workday security framework (roles, domains, business process security policies).
• Be able to provide recommendations to Tier 1 Team to fix incorrect transactions
• Participate in Workday releases, analyze impacts, and implement updates.
• Perform data loading via EIBs. Support data migration, tenant setup, and tenant management activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Payroll, Recruiting, Absence, IAM etc.

Time & Absence Requirements:

• Understanding of foundational HCM principles including Business Processes, Reporting, Calculated Fields, Security, & Notifications
• Advanced hand-on experience with time-off plan configuration including complex accruals, carryovers, shadow plans and touchpoints with leaves and time tracking.
• Advanced hands-on experience with leave configuration including balance periods, cascading leaves, intermittent leaves, and complex eligibility and validation rules.
• Experience with ancillary absence processes such as automated leave return, automatic balance adjustments and transfers, Sell Time Off and others.
• Experience with Workday time-tracking configuration, time submissions, and employee work schedules.
• Experience with reporting using the available Absence and Time Tracking data sources.
• Knowledge of Workday’s API capabilities for the Absence and Time Tracking modules.

Payroll Requirements:

• Understanding of foundational HCM principles including Business Processes, Reporting, Calculated Fields, Security, & Notifications
• Workday Payroll processing knowledge including calculation, complete, and settle steps
• Experience with building payroll components (Earnings, Deductions, Account Posting Rules, Run Categories, Payment Election Rules)
• Experience with third party payroll configuration (External Earnings, External Deductions, External Inputs)
• Experience with reporting data sources for Payroll (Payroll Results) and Accounting (Journal Lines)
• Knowledge of payroll regulatory rules and their impact on payroll configuration
• Knowledge of payroll touchpoints (Time Tracking, Absence, HCM, Compensation, Benefits)