Senior Workday HRIS Lead: Timekeeping & Core HR

Compunnel Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. is seeking a Senior HRIS Consultant Lead based in Dallas, Texas. This role requires extensive experience in Timekeeping and HR systems, specifically Workday. You will own solution design and provide functional leadership across HR processes, collaborating with various departments to ensure scalable and compliant HR solutions. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree and has over 8 years of HRIT experience with focus on Timekeeping, Compensation, and Performance Management. Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence stakeholders are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of HRIT / HR systems experience, with deep functional expertise in Timekeeping.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives and influence stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of audits, compliance, and process governance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as functional lead for Timekeeping, owning solution design and optimization.
• Translate HR policies into effective system configurations.
• Lead testing activities and ensure production readiness.

Skills

HRIT / HR systems experience

Timekeeping expertise

Compliance and governance understanding

Cross-functional project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a Senior HRIS Consultant Lead with extensive experience in Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance Management to provide comprehensive functional leadership for enterprise HR systems, specifically Workday. This role involves close collaboration with HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and offshore/near-shore AMS teams to design, optimize, and support scalable, compliant HR solutions. The primary requirements are deep HR domain expertise and leadership experience with HR systems.

Key Responsibilities
• Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Timekeeping, owning solution design, configuration oversight, and ongoing optimization.
• Translate HR and Payroll policies into effective system configurations, rules, and controls.
• Assess downstream impacts to Payroll, integrations, reporting, and compliance related to Timekeeping.
• Act as the escalation point for complex Timekeeping issues and drive root cause resolution.
• Lead testing activities and ensure production readiness for time-related changes.
• Provide functional leadership for Core HR processes, including worker lifecycle events, eligibility rules, and business process frameworks.
• Lead Compensation system support, encompassing base pay, eligibility rules, and annual/off-cycle compensation events.
• Provide functional ownership for Performance Management processes such as goals, reviews, and eligibility.
• Ensure data integrity and alignment across Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance processes.
• Partner with Offshore AMS resources to coordinate functional support, enhancements, defect resolution, and operational execution.
• Partner with Near-shore Timekeeping Data Management resources, serving as the primary functional contact for data issues, overseeing audit completion, and providing functional oversight for escalations and audit outcomes.
• Act as a trusted functional advisor to HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and program leadership.
• Lead cross-module impact analysis for system changes and releases.
• Drive functional standards, documentation, and best practices across HR systems.

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of HRIT / HR systems experience, with deep functional expertise in Timekeeping and strong exposure to Core HR, Compensation, and/or Performance Management.
• Experience translating HR policies and business requirements into system configurations and controls.
• Strong understanding of audits, compliance, eligibility rules, and process governance.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with modern cloud HCM platforms (Workday).
• Prior experience supporting regulated, multi-entity, or complex Timekeeping environments.
• Understanding of Payroll impacts and system integrations.
• Ability and willingness to learn and grow platform-specific expertise on the job.