Senior Workday HRIS Analyst

Unity; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance

Commute subsidy

Employee stock ownership

Competitive retirement/pension plans

Generous vacation and personal days

Mental Health and Wellbeing programs

Training and development programs

Job summary

Unity is seeking a Senior Workday HRIS Analyst in Austin, Texas, with over 6 years of experience in Workday Compensation and Payroll. You will lead the configuration and support of essential HR processes while ensuring compliance and efficiency. This hybrid role involves collaboration with HR, Total Rewards, and Payroll teams to enhance the Workday ecosystem.

Ideal candidates possess a deep understanding of HR processes and prior involvement in Workday implementations. Unity offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on Workday experience, particularly in Compensation and Payroll.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end compensation and payroll processes.
• Ability to independently drive complex workstreams with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior functional and technical owner for Workday Compensation and Payroll.
• Lead the design and support of compensation and payroll processes.
• Independently manage projects and enhancements.

Skills

Workday experience

HR and payroll processes

Project management

Configuration and design decisions

Stakeholder management

Education

Workday Pro Certification

Job description

The opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Workday HRIS Analyst with 6+ years of hands‑on experience configuring the Workday Compensation and Payroll modules to join our People Technology team. In this role, you will serve as a senior subject matter expert and key owner of Workday configuration, optimization, and ongoing support, with a strong focus on enabling scalable, compliant and globally aligned processes.

You will partner closely with HR, Total Rewards and Payroll to architect and deliver stable, well‑designed solutions across the employee lifecycle. This role requires a strong blend of functional HR and payroll knowledge, deep technical Workday expertise, and the ability to independently lead complex initiatives in a fast‑paced, evolving environment. As a senior member of the team, you will play an important role in influencing design decisions, establishing best practices, identifying opportunities for process improvement, and helping drive the overall maturity of our Workday ecosystem.

At Unity, you’ll make a difference. In a collaborative, fast‑growing environment, we’re redefining development, solving hard problems, and enabling the success of our community. Inclusion at Unity is driven by one overarching framework: Empathy, Respect, and Opportunity.

This is a hybrid position based in our Montreal office.

What you’ll be doing

• Serve as the senior functional and technical owner for Workday Compensation (including Advanced Compensation) and Payroll, ensuring solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with business needs
• Lead the design, configuration, enhancement, and ongoing support of compensation and payroll processes, balancing user experience, operational efficiency, auditability, and control
• Drive and support annual and off‑cycle compensation planning activities, including merit, bonus, stock, and promotion processes, along with associated business process design and governance
• Independently manage and deliver medium‑to‑large‑scale projects and enhancements, including stakeholder alignment, requirement gathering, prioritization, testing, and post‑production support
• Troubleshoot complex system and process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable, scalable solutions, along with providing guidance on Workday best practices, process standardization, and governance, helping to improve system maturity and operational excellence across the People Technology landscape

What we’re looking for

• 6+ years of hands‑on Workday experience, with deep expertise in Compensation (including Advanced Compensation), Payroll (required) and Time Tracking modules (preferred)
• Deep understanding of end‑to‑end compensation, payroll, HR, and Total Rewards processes, including global considerations, compliance requirements, controls, and downstream impacts
• Proven experience leading or heavily influencing Workday implementations, enhancements, and module rollouts, particularly in compensation and payroll domains
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex workstreams, make sound configuration and design decisions, and manage competing priorities with minimal oversight
• Ability to assess current‑state processes, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend scalable system solutions that align with broader business goals

You might also have

• Workday Pro Certification in Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Payroll, or Core HCM
• Prior involvement in at least one end‑to‑end Workday implementation or major global module rollout
• Experience operating in a global environment with complex compensation and payroll requirements

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well‑being and work‑life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally:

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family‑care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

Equal Opportunity Employer

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.