Senior Workday HRIS & Reporting Architect

AON PLC; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Wealthspire is seeking an HRIS & Reporting Specialist to own Workday configuration, security, and reporting across the HR function. You will partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT to deliver scalable Workday solutions that support operations, workforce planning, compliance, and strategic decision-making.

The role leads Workday configuration, release management, reporting, testing, security administration, and continuous process improvement while ensuring data integrity and an exceptional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, IS, business, or related field.
• 7+ years hands-on Workday functional configuration across multiple HCM modules.
• Experience with Workday security configuration, business process framework management, reporting architecture, and overall system administration.
• Proven experience managing Workday release cycles, including regression testing, unit testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Advanced Workday reporting expertise, including calculated fields, dashboards, and report development.
• Experience performing mass data uploads using Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) and troubleshooting Workday system issues.
• Strong understanding of HR operations, HR processes, and applicable compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting multi-country employee populations (U.S., U.K., and Canada) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday functional architecture & configuration across modules.
• Lead the documentation of business requirements and articulate end-to-end functional process design for enhancements and new initiatives.
• Partner with Corporate IT and external vendors on integrations, defining functional requirements and leading testing validation.
• Maintain awareness of Workday’s product roadmap and upcoming releases; assess impact to current configuration and proactively plan enhancements.
• Own release governance including regression testing, unit testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and pre-launch validation.
• Create and execute detailed test scripts across development and production environments.
• Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes through automation and system optimization.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives aligned with scalability and operational excellence.
• Build and maintain sophisticated dashboards and reports that support executive decision-making, workforce planning, compensation cycles, compliance reporting, and operational metrics.
• Develop advanced calculated fields and custom reporting solutions.
• Ensure reporting accuracy through routine audits and validation controls.
• Partner with stakeholders to define dashboard needs and enable self-service analytics capabilities.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for business leaders.
• Own Workday security configuration, role-based access controls, and periodic security audits.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and regulatory standards (PII, GDPR, SOX as applicable).
• Maintain strong data governance protocols including routine data audits and quality assurance reviews.
• Serve as an escalation point for system issues while exercising discretion with highly confidential employee information.
• Enable compensation cycles, open enrollment, organizational changes, and global workforce transactions within Workday.
• Support mass data processing activities (EIB loads, restructures, large-scale updates).
• Develop SOPs, documentation, FAQs, and quick reference guides to support user adoption.
• Provide training and change management support when rolling out new functionality.
• Foster a customer-centric mindset by delivering timely, accurate system support.

Skills

Workday configuration

Workday security configuration

Workday reporting

UAT & testing

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, IS, Business, or related field

Tools

EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder)

Job description

Wealthspire is seeking an HRIS & Reporting Specialist to own Workday configuration, security, and reporting across the HR function. You will partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT to deliver scalable Workday solutions that support operations, workforce planning, compliance, and strategic decision-making.

The role leads Workday configuration, release management, reporting, testing, security administration, and continuous process improvement while ensuring data integrity and an exceptional