Senior Workday Systems & Compliance Lead - Hybrid

City of Seattle; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

The City of Seattle seeks a Senior Management Systems Analyst to lead Workday payroll, time tracking, absence, and compensation configurations. You will align with policy, labor standards, and compliance while guiding cross-functional teams across HR, IT, and payroll.

You will translate complex contract requirements into scalable setups, oversee testing, and ensure data accuracy in EIBs and integrations. A hybrid schedule and city-wide readiness are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3 years advanced experience supporting or configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking or Absence.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex analysis, testing, or configuration work in a large organization.
• Experience interpreting labor or complex contract pay impacting rules, pay policies, or compliance requirements.
• Robust analytical and problem-solving skills using reporting tools or data analysis.
• Experience coordinating cross functional work in IT, HR, payroll, or financial environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic system configuration, governance, and performance evaluations for Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and Compensation, ensuring alignment with policy, labor standards, and compliance requirements.
• Translate complex labor contract requirements into scalable, compliant system configurations while overseeing business processes, integrations, retro processing, audit controls, and payroll-related EIB data accuracy.
• Direct requirements gathering, prototyping, analytics-driven performance reviews, and testing governance for Workday configuration updates, releases, and weekly service changes to enhance usability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and apply advanced reporting and analytics to detect anomalies, identify trends, support audits, and drive system improvements across payroll and HCM functions.
• Lead cross-functional solution design, stakeholder alignment, and citywide readiness efforts through coordination with HR, Payroll, Information Technology (ITD), Workday Subject Matter Expert (SMEs), developers, reporting analysts, and privacy/security teams.
• Provide clear communication, operational continuity, and issue resolution for decentralized departmental payroll teams while maintaining documentation standards and serving as backup support for payroll staff and leadership.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Analytical skills

Cross-functional coordination

Labor contract interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or IS

Job description

The City of Seattle seeks a Senior Management Systems Analyst to lead Workday payroll, time tracking, absence, and compensation configurations. You will align with policy, labor standards, and compliance while guiding cross-functional teams across HR, IT, and payroll.

You will translate complex contract requirements into scalable setups, oversee testing, and ensure data accuracy in EIBs and integrations. A hybrid schedule and city-wide readiness are part of the role.